after Ground Force had ceased production, she presented a local ITV Meridian series entitled River Walks, in which she walked along various rivers in Southern England, visiting landmarks and attractions along the way as well as meeting people who live and work on the rivers. Dimmock was President of the Television and Radio Industries Club (TRIC) from 2003 to 2004 and presented their annual awards ceremony that year. In 2011, she joined the team of experts on ITV's Daybreak breakfast magazine show acting as gardening expert. In 2013, she presented an episode of The Great British Garden Revival. In July 2016, Dimmock became a member of the team presenting Garden Rescue, a series on garden transformations produced for the BBC by Spun Gold TV. Other projects Dimmock has written several gardening books, including the BBC Ground Force books Water Garden Workbook and Container Gardening, as well as Enjoy Your Garden, a book on general gardening published in 2000. Dimmock wrote a weekly gardening column in the Mail on Sunday for many years, until January 2008. Dimmock appeared in pantomime over Christmas 2011 at The Spa in Bridlington playing the Organic Fairy in Jack and the Beanstalk: she reprised the role in December 2012 at the Pomegranate Theatre in Chesterfield. Dimmock launched her In the Garden range of gardening equipment with the retail chain Poundland on 29 February 2016. She expanded her range in 2017. Multiple flowers have been named after Charlie Dimmock including the apricot orange Dahlia 'Charlie Dimmock''' and cherry red/silvery pink Charlie's Rose.Personal life Dimmock's mother Sue Kennedy, 59, and her stepfather Rob, 58, both died in the 2004 tsunami while holidaying in Thailand, caused by an Indian Ocean earthquake.UK victims of Asian tsunami", BBC News Online , 18 December 2005. Retrieved 23 March 2010 Charity work In 2003, Dimmock competed in the Macmillan 4x4 UK Challenge charity event, raising the profile of the event considerably, which has gone on to raise over £100,000 each year for Macmillan Cancer Support. She has also been involved in many other charity works, such as Dreamflight, a charity organisation backed by British Airways for children with serious illnesses, that takes them to Florida, United States, for a "holiday of a lifetime". Bibliography Charlie Dimmock, "Ground Force" Water Garden Workbook, 1999, () Charlie Dimmock, Water Garden Workbook'', 2000, () References External links Profile in Hello! magazine Charlie Dimmock on Twitter Charlie Dimmock