# Fred Streeter

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{{Short description|British horticulturalist and broadcaster (1879–1975)}}
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'''Frederick Streeter''' (25 June 1879 – 1 November 1975) was a British horticulturalist and broadcaster.<ref name="Henning1">{{cite book|last=Hennig|first=Frank|title=Fred Streeter's Gardening Year}}</ref><ref name="Hennig2">{{cite book|last=Hennig|first=Frank|title=Cheerio Frank, Cheerio Everybody: Biography of Fred Streeter}}</ref><ref name="odnb">{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/95219|title=Frederick Streeter|last=Waymark|first=Janet|date=May 2009|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/95219|accessdate=26 July 2014}}</ref>

Streeter was born in [Pulborough](/source/Pulborough), Sussex, England, on 25 June 1879, to farm worker James Streeter and Dinah (''née'' Sayers).<ref name="odnb" /><ref>According to the ''[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)'', Streeter gave his birth date as 25 June 1877, but it was registered by his mother as 25 June 1879</ref> The family moved to [Dorking](/source/Dorking) in Surrey, where he was educated at [North Holmwood](/source/North_Holmwood); and later to [Reigate](/source/Reigate), after which he attended [Reigate Grammar School](/source/Reigate_Grammar_School).<ref name="odnb" /> He left school at twelve years of age. He often had to move around for his gardening work in order to gain experience and promotion. He worked for [Veitchs](/source/Veitch_Nurseries) the famous nurserymen in [Kings Road](/source/Kings_Road), Chelsea, then moved to [Straffan](/source/Straffan), a large estate in Ireland, and from there, in 1901, to [Basing Park](/source/Basing_Park) near [Alton](/source/Alton%2C_Hampshire) as foreman, where he met his wife Hilda, née Burden (2 February 1880 – 26 February 1966).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://parksandgardensuk.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/capability-fred/ |title=parksandgardensuk.wordpress |access-date=19 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175500/https://parksandgardensuk.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/capability-fred/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He secured his first job as a head gardener in his twenties.

Streeter was awarded the [MBE](/source/Member_of_the_Most_Excellent_Order_of_the_British_Empire) in the [1973 Birthday Honours](/source/1973_Birthday_Honours).

==Presenting==
He presented the [BBC](/source/BBC) radio programme ''Home Grown'', with [Roy Hay](/source/Roy_Hay_(horticulturist)), that occupied the two o'clock slot on Sunday afternoon that was later occupied by ''[Gardener's Question Time](/source/Gardener's_Question_Time)''. He also worked on television.<ref name="odnb"/>

In 1945, he was awarded the [Royal Horticultural Society](/source/Royal_Horticultural_Society)'s [Victoria Medal of Honour](/source/Victoria_Medal_of_Honour), its highest award.<ref name="odnb" /> He appeared as a castaway on the [BBC Radio](/source/BBC_Radio) programme ''[Desert Island Discs](/source/Desert_Island_Discs)'' on 15 July 1957.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009y8tg |title=Desert Island Discs - Castaway : Fred Streeter |work=[BBC Online](/source/BBC_Online) |publisher=BBC |access-date=25 July 2014}}</ref>

He died on 1 November 1975 at [Petworth House Gardens](/source/Petworth_House) in Petworth, Sussex, his home. His final broadcast, which was prerecorded, was transmitted on the same day.<ref name="odnb"/>

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