Gardening Australia presenter Colin Campbell dies
ABC TV presenter Colin Campbell has passed away at the age of 79.
The ABC Gardening Australia presenter died this morning after a short battle with cancer.
Not only a presenter on Gardening Australia, Campbell hosted radio show Talk Gardening on 4BC, retiring after 29 years on new Years Day, 2012.
He also wrote columns for both the Gardening Australia magazine and Brisbane’s Courier-Mail newspaper.
May God Bless you Colin and your family and friends. Even though I do not have a green thumb I still enjoyed your week end shows on 4BC. I will miss that wicked sense of humour of yours. Enjoy eternal spring in ….. as you would often say ….. in God’s Great Garden.
Col was a lovely, lovely man with a wicked sense of humour who did a great deal for promoting Queensland in addition to his passion for gardening. He will be greatly missed by many, avid gardeners and brown thumbs alike.
Vale Col Campbell.
Vale. I’m a big Gardening Oz fan. Colin will be missed.
I remember Colin accepting a very sad and sorry looking plant at a gardening show, from a visitor. He said to the lady – you’d think you would be ashamed to bring a plant like that here and we roared with laughter, It was such an apt remark. Vale dear Colin and sympathy to your family – you will be sorely missed.