Jamie Durie
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Jamie Durie in September 2012
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| Born |
3 June 1970 Manly, New South Wales, Australia |
| Residence | Sydney |
| Occupation | Landscaper, horticulturalist, television presenter |
| Children | Taylor (daughter) |
| Website | jamiedurie |
Jamie Paul Durie OAM (born 3 June 1970) is an Australian-born international horticulturalist and landscape designer. He is founder and Director of Durie Design, a television host and producer, the author of nine best-selling books, an environmentalist and a humanitarian.
Durie has been the television host of the Seven Network's The Outdoor Room and the US PBS series The Victory Garden.
Durie was born in Manly, an oceanside suburb in Sydney, to a Sri Lankan mother and Australian father. He spent most of his early childhood in the mining town of Tom Price in north Western Australia. Durie started modelling from an early age for brands such as Samsung and Coca Cola and has been a surfer and involved in gymnastics from the age of 7 years. He continued his previous skill of gymnastics and modelling when he started touring with Manpower Australia. After a performance on the US Phil Donahue Show in New York, and multiple other US media Manpower Australia had incredible success both in Australia and abroad, landing a 7 year residency at The Stardust Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. His creative roles within the production, choreography, set design, lighting and pyrotechinics of the show led to his interest in the design and architecture industry. He then returned to Sydney to study design and horticulture in Sydney for four years at the age of 26. After launching his design business, PATIO on February 11th, 1998, Durie has received 38 International Design Awards since, including a Gold Medal and the prestigious, Chelsea Flower Show in London.
Durie has hosted and featured in over 52 prime-time lifestyle and journalism shows globally and appeared on television shows around the world. Beginning with the top-rating television show,Backyard Blitz, which Durie picked up a Logie Award for Best New Talent. He then went on to be the original host of ground-breaking show, The Block for the show's first two seasons. Other shows Durie has hosted or featured in include The Outdoor Room, Australia's Best Backyards, Torvil and Dean's Dancing on Ice, Disney on Ice, and Cirque Du Soleil Specials.
He has received seven Australian TV Logie awards including the Logie award for Most Popular New Male Talent and six consecutive Logie awards for hosting the Most Popular Australian Lifestyle Program for Backyard Blitz.
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