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This Morning Gardener Daisy Payne Announces First Pregnancy, Due Late August

Her rise from online gardening tutorials to a TV role underscores how social media can open doors in broadcasting.

Overview

  • Daisy Payne, the gardening expert on ITV’s This Morning, said she is expecting her first child and set her due date for the end of August.
  • She shared a photo from her garden that showed her baby bump and wrote, “It’s been a different kind of growing for me this year! Baby on board, due at the end of August.”
  • Colleagues Alice Beer, Josie Gibson, and Sarah Jossel posted public congratulations, joining fans who left celebratory messages.
  • She has been This Morning’s resident gardening expert for about six years and balances the show with a brand marketing job and content creation.
  • Payne built her profile by blogging and posting Garden to Garnish tutorials on YouTube, then an ITV executive spotted her Instagram reels in 2020 and offered her the TV role.