They were the three expert gardeners who became household names and led part of a home and outdoor improvements boom on British TV.Yet gardens belonging to Ground Force's Alan Titchmarsh, Charlie Dimmock and Tommy Walsh look to have suffered similarly to many others during the UK's record-breaking drought and heatwaves this summer.They were the trio fronting the show since it was first broadcast by the BBC back in 1997 – winning an audience of 12million viewers at its peak. Titchmarsh and Dimmock would appear on the show as gardeners, while Walsh used his building expertise to lay patios and fit decking. Their own well-tended homes are now among those now seeing grass parched yellow and brown, despite benefiting from some cover by lush green trees. Titchmarsh, 77, has his home in Farnham in Surrey, while 60-year-old Dimmock's is in Romsey in Hampshire and Walsh, 69, lives in Hackney, east London. All three areas are currently covered by hosepipe bans.And photos suggest even some of the nation's best and best-loved gardeners are not immune to the effects of this summer's five heatwaves and resultant restrictions imposed across much of the UK, especially the south of England. Charlie Dimmock's home in Romsey, Hampshire, has areas shrouded by lush green trees but grass beneath as well as surrounding fields have gone yellow and brown Alan Titchmarsh's property in Farnham, Surrey, has also been affected although similarly has an array of surrounding trees still staying a healthier greenGarden grass has gone yellow where Tommy Walsh lives in Hackney, east LondonProfessional gardener Titchmarsh was already an established broadcaster on magazine show Pebble Mill at One and Gardeners' World when Ground Force launched.But his two new colleagues joined him in becoming household names as they took on garden makeover challenges across the country on Ground Force.He left the show in 2002, but it ran for another three years before being cancelled. Shortly after leaving Ground Force, Titchmarsh also stood down as presenter of fellow BBC show Gardeners' World – succeeded by Monty Don in 2003.Titchmarsh started out as an apprentice gardener after leaving school aged 15 in 1964, with one O-level, before progressing to study and work at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, south-west London then going into gardening journalism. Dimmock, a keen gardener since childhood, studied horticulture before getting a TV break in 1992 when building a garden for ITV's Meridien region show Grass Roots.After Ground Force ended in 2005, she has since presented programmes including The Great British Garden Revival on BBC2 and BBC1 daytime show Garden Rescue which has run for more than 150 episodes since 2016.Walsh, who worked as a builder before finding fame on Ground Force, has gone on to feature on other shows such as Challenge Tommy Walsh, Tommy's DIY survival and Homes Under The Hammer. Charlie Dimmock, Alan Titchmarsh and Tommy Walsh drew audiences of up to 12 million at the height of Ground Force's fame, after the BBC show began broadcasting in 1997The Herefordshire home of Titchmarsh's Gardeners' World successor Monty Don has appeared in a healthy condition, with green trees and shrubs enclosing his two-acre estate named Longmeadow near the market town of Leominster. While hosepipe bans have been imposed in various parts of the country, Severn Trent Water which covers parts of Herefordshire has not done so.Welsh Water, serving other territory in the region, has only done so in areas in Wales. Broadcaster and writer Don, 71, has owned his Longmeadow property with his wife Sarah since 1991 – and has lovingly curated an array of differently themed areas across the estate. He is among the celebrities who have managed to keep their gardens looking healthily green in contrast to sprawls of parched and yellow neighbouring fields.Rock legend Sir Rod Stewart and his wife Penny Lancaster's Essex home has appeared lush in defiance of this summer's heatwaves, as has outside Jeremy Clarkson's Farmer's Dog pub in the Cotswolds.Don has previously written in the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine and shared photos of his treasured home where he plays host on Gardener's World, the BBC programme he has presented since 2003.The two-acre space is divided into several areas, including the Cottage Garden, the Jewel Garden, the Islamic-inspired Paradise Garden, the Spring Garden, the Wildlife Garden, the Writing Garden and the Vegetable Garden. Broadcaster Monty Don's garden estate remains green despite this summer's heatwaves parching many of the surrounding areas, turning them yellow and brownMonty Don, pictured in March this year, has been presenting Gardeners' World since 2003 - he is pictured here in his Cottage Garden at Longmeadow, Herefordshire, in June 2024A bird's eye view of Monty Don's garden and it's 'zones': 1. Spring Garden; 2. The Jewel Garden; 3. The Damp Garden; 4. The Wildlife Garden; 5. The Writing Garden The horticulturist's Longmeadow garden in Herefordshire is well known to green fingered enthusiasts as a setting of BBC show Gardeners' WorldHe wrote in 2021: 'The way that I have designed my garden is, as a friend of mine only half-jokingly described it, "like a series of allotments". 'It means there are a number of different areas, all quite separate and usually hidden from the rest.'I make no apologies for this and enjoy the surprises and sense of enclosure that it brings. Inevitably this means that different sections of the garden have their own character. 'We also try to treat each separate area as though it were the only garden that we had.'This means that each section has to stand up to the strictest scrutiny and aesthetic standards.'Amid differing looks to Britain's gardens this summer, Wessex Water earlier this week became the latest authority to announce a hosepipe ban, its first since the 1976 heatwave – affecting 1.4million customers across areas in Bath, Somerset, Dorset and Wiltshire.More than 27million people across England have now had hosepipe use restricted in their area. Yet some areas have since Tuesday experienced their 'first meaningful rain for a long time', as the Met Office put – and while people were also told to brace for floods.