John

S3 E5: This week, Alan Titchmarsh and his team come to the aid of a Falklands veteran and his wife who need help turning their barren back garden into a planting paradise. Having joined the army aged 15, John Phillips went on to become a bomb disposal expert with the Royal Engineers. Sent to the Falklands in 1982, John was defusing a device onboard HMS Antelope when it exploded, costing John's colleague his life, while he had to have his arm amputated. John was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and continued to serve for another 30 years. Now retired, he and his wife have moved to a bungalow in Woking to be near one of their children, but the task of overhauling their desolate garden is beyond them. With the help of David Domoney, Katie Rushworth and Frances Tophill, Alan delivers some colour, a new greenhouse and a seating area in a cosy corner from where the couple can see the garden's new focal point - a piece of Falkland rock donated and delivered by the Royal Engineers.