Alan Titchmarsh shares wife's objection to his ITV show as he admits 'I get it in the neck'

Alan Titchmarsh, the nation's favourite gardening guru, continues to inspire with his designs showcased on ITV's Love Your Garden.

Despite his years of horticultural design expertise, there's one crucial detail he often overlooks much to his wife's chagrin.

On the Queen Bees podcast with Jane Horrocks and Ester Coles, he shared how his wife humorously points out that she handles all the laundry in their home, joking: "My wife tells me that the fairies washed all the clothes again."

READ MORE:Eamonn Holmes and new girlfriend's relationship 'revealed' by restaurant worker

READ MORE:Eamonn Holmes goes public with new girlfriend as pair make statement on exotic cruise

Perhaps due to her domestic duties, Alan's wife Alison frequently reprimands him about his garden designs: "I get it in the neck from my wife."

"When we designed gardens on Love Your Garden, we'd do these wonderful gardens and she'd say, 'Excuse me, where's the rotary dryer?"

With many UK homes lacking space for a full-length clothes line, rotary dryers offer a practical solution for smaller gardens.

A recent survey revealed that nearly eight out of 10 respondents believe drying clothes indoors could lead to health problems.

Alan admits that whenever Alison queries the absence of the device, he has to remind her that he made a provision for a dryer in the garden, but didn't actually install the pole for it until after filming had wrapped up.

Alan Titchmarsh has shared a golden nugget of advice for those embarking on the journey of creating a new garden without the luxury of his expert team's assistance. He suggests that the best starting point is to take inspiration from nearby gardens.

Alan advises: "It's such an obvious thing to say,...but the thing to do is to go and look at the gardens that are nearest to you. People will be keen gardeners in the same street, or a street away. Look what grows well in their gardens.

"It's not just down to them being good gardeners. Some of it will be, obviously, but it's also what suits that area.

"If you spend all your time trying to get rhododendrons and camellias to grow, and there aren't any in your area, the chance are it's chalky soil and they don't grow there."