Rob Verlinden
Rob Verlinden | |
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Born | Rob Verlinden 30 August 1950 |
Nationality | Dutch |
Rob Verlinden (Laren, 30 August 1950) is a Dutch gardener, television presenter of gardening shows and writer of several gardening books.
Biography[]
Verlinden was brought up with gardening and in 1974 he succeeded his father in the family gardening shop. In 1986 Verlinden started his television career working on the show . In 1992 he switched to RTL 4 and started the program Flora Magazine which was broadcast for two seasons. In 1993/1994 "Flora Magazine" was combined with the do-it-yourself show Eigen Huis (own home), by handyman , into the program Eigen Huis en Tuin (own home and garden). Verlinden and Zwinkels switched to SBS 6 in 2004. The program they had planned did however never start, due to Zwinkels being found unfit due to lawsuits against him. Verlinden supported his friend, but eventually decided to continue on his own with a new program (the gardencleaners).
Rob also has a weekly column in and Algemeen Dagblad, and is on the radio every day on the show tuinweerbericht (Meteo Consult garden weather forecasting ).
Personal[]
Verlinden was married and has two children and seven grandchildren. He came out during his marriage, which ended in a divorce.[1]
TV programs[]
- Avro's Service Salon (AVRO, 1986 – 1992)
- Flora Magazine (RTL 4, 1992 – 1993) with
- Eigen Huis en Tuin (RTL 4, 1993 – 2004) with
- Robs tuinreizen (RTL 4, 2003)
- Kerst met Rudolph en Rob (RTL 4, 2003 – 2004) with Rudolph van Veen
- De Tuinruimers (SBS 6, 2004 – 2010)
- Robs grote tuinverbouwing (SBS 6, 2010 – 2018)
Books[]
- Tuinieren met gevoel (2005)
- De tuinruimers (2006)
References[]
- ^ Rob Verlinden over scheiding en coming out, Weekend, 2012-02-01.
External links[]
- (in Dutch) Column of Rob Verlinden on Goedenwel.nl
- Rob Verlinden at IMDb
- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Laren, North Holland
- Dutch television presenters
- LGBT entertainers from the Netherlands
- LGBT broadcasters from the Netherlands