Alan Titchmarshs poignant end of life confession as he | UK News
Gardening legend Alan Titchmarsh made an emotional confession about reaching the end of his life as he admitted he has to downsize his home as its garden will likely be too large for him to look after in his advancing years. The £3.9million Georgian mansion he shares with spouse Alison has been on the market since September, and now the horticulturalist has opened up about the real cause behind the choice.
Alan, 76, purchased the unbelievable property in 2002. It lies in Holybourne, close to Alton, Hants, and dates back to 1960 – though over the years, Alan has carried out in depth renovation work. He explained to BBC Gardeners’ World magazine: “So why go? Well… it’s time. Time to downsize – a little – as those of us in relatively senior years are regularly told we would be wise to do.”
Alan admitted that though they’d “no plans to move”, he and Alison are now “knocking on a bit”. He joked: “Which I refuse to believe, despite what the numbers tell me. You do muse on the future – a future which I hope will be long and fulfilling.”
But he desires to take care of a smaller garden before his age means he can’t take care of the bigger one any longer.
Alan said: “The day will come when it starts to be overwhelming and I’d rather move on to fresh pastures before that becomes the case.”
Alan insisted he just isn’t retiring and will “miss” his outdated garden, explaining: “After making the decision, I hummed and haa-ed about the wisdom of it all.
“But once sound reasoning convinced me this was not giving in and winding down, but simply taking on a new challenge – a challenge that was do-able in the long term – the apprehension was replaced by excitement.”
He acknowledges that the new homeowners of his property will “do their own thing” with the garden – as they must.
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