Kate Garraway revealed the garden she has grown to support her husband Derek Draper's recovery in a "very emotional" appearance on ITV's Love Your Garden with Alan Titchmarsh on Tuesday evening.
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The Good Morning Britain star shared the moment that her husband first saw the transformed space, with Derek seen smiling as she told him: "This is your part of the garden."
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Kate has revealed that gardening has been therapeutic for her in the past two years since Derek was hospitalised with COVID-19. The former political adviser spent 12 months in hospital before being allowed to return home, but he still has a number of long-term health issues and requires specialist care.
Now the 54-year-old has found new ways to support his recovery with a special area of the garden filled with plants to improve the family's health and wellbeing.
© Photo: ITVKate Garraway has created a medicinal garden for her husband Derek
Speaking about the idea on Love Your Garden, Kate said: "I love the idea that there's plants that look good, smell good and do good. I hope it works."
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The garden features three different plant beds – one for plants that can be used to make tea, one with medicinal plants including those filled with antioxidants, and a third that is a separate aromatherapy bed.
© Photo: ITVThe Good Morning Britain star shared the emotional moment on Love Your Garden
"If you look past the initial beauty of the plants, it can give you so much more. I haven't quite proved you can grow yourself well but I think I've definitely learnt you can grow yourself happier," Kate said.
Sharing the idea behind the garden on Instagram on Tuesday, the mum-of-two told her followers: "It started out as a kind of therapy - gardening & nature helped distract me when life felt on the edge and then, thanks to the team @loveyourgarden, I took it a step further & turned our garden into a beautiful factory for physical healing too.
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"They even helped me carry Derek outside so he could see the fruits of our labour too - a very emotional moment."
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