Jamie Durie

Jamie Durie
OAM
Jamie Durie in 2012
Born
Jamie Paul Durie

(1970-06-03) 3 June 1970 (age 54)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupations
  • Landscaper
  • horticulturalist
  • furniture designer
  • television presenter
  • television producer
  • author
Years active1986−present
Known for
Children3
Websitejamiedurie.com

Jamie Paul Durie OAM (born 3 June 1970[citation needed]) is an Australian horticulturalist and landscape designer, furniture designer, television host, television producer, and author of eleven books on landscape architecture, garden design and lifestyle.[1][2][3] He is the founder and director of a design company PATIO Landscape Architecture and Durie Design[2] and also is a 2008 Gold Medal winner at Britain's prestigious Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show in Chelsea, London for Australian Garden and designed by Durie.[4] As of 2018, Durie has hosted more than 50 design shows around the world.[5]

Durie was the television host of the 2008 Australian lifestyle program The Outdoor Room, broadcast on the Seven Network.[6] He hosted the dynamic design makeover show HGTV Showdown in 2009.[7] Durie hosted the US PBS series The Victory Garden from 2007 to 2010. The show is PBS network's longest-running gardening TV series.[8][9][2]

Following the end of The Outdoor Room on the Seven Network in 2010, Durie relocated the concept of the series to broadcast on the American HGTV network as The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie. Unable to bring his own Australian design team along, Durie put together a new team of top-notch designers, horticulturists and contractors.[10] In his HGTV series, Durie rescues forlorn yards in Southern California with design schemes inspired by gardens and landscapes from around the world. Filmed mostly in and around Los Angeles, The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie uses sustainable ideas - such as low-water plantings and reclaimed hardscape - to design intimate, livable environments for erstwhile non-gardeners.[11][12][13]

In November 2024 Durie's most recent program "Growing Home with Jamie Durie" aired on Channel 7. A series documenting the creation of his family's off-grid, sustainable dream home.

Durie is currently managed by Bravo Management.

  1. ^ Depository, Book. "Results for Jamie-Durie - Book Depository". www.bookdepository.com.
  2. ^ a b c "Jamie Durie - Chefs". www.pbs.org. 17 October 2011.
  3. ^ "Jamie Durie moves indoors". 20 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Nocookies". The Australian. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Devastating news for Jamie Durie". www.newidea.com.au. 5 June 2018.
  6. ^ "The Outdoor Room". 7plus.com.au.
  7. ^ "HGTV Showdown - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  8. ^ "The Victory Garden's Edible Feast - Shows". www.pbs.org. 11 October 2011.
  9. ^ "The Victory Garden | PBS" – via www.pbs.org.
  10. ^ "The Outdoor Room With Jamie Durie" – via www.hgtv.com.
  11. ^ "Jamie Durie: The Outdoor Room". www.gardendesign.com.
  12. ^ Prinzing, Debra (28 May 2011). "Alfresco from top to bottom" – via LA Times.
  13. ^ McKeough, Tim. "Jamie Durie Looks for Outdoor Décor". New York Times.