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KATE Garraway has shared a sweet unseen snap of husband Derek Draper in the garden with son Billy.
It comes after the Good Morning Britain presenter, 54, revealed she has started up a whole new hobby while looking after her husband after heartbreaking Covid ordeal.
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Kate’s been growing plants to keep her family healthy.
In a touching photo in her garden, Kate shared a candid moment where she and Derek spent time relaxing in the garden with their son Billy.
Billy looked sweet in a cap as he held hands with his dad.
Kate captioned the shot on Instagram: “At last I can share with you a wonderful personal challenge on @itv at 8pm tonight – can you #GrowYourselfWell?! “
She continued: “It started out as a kind of therapy – gardening & nature helped distract me when life felt on the edge and then, thanks to the team @loveyourgarden, I took it a step further & turned our garden into a beautiful factory for physical healing too.
“They even helped me carry Derek outside so he could see the fruits of our labour too – a very emotional moment.
“I really hope you feel inspired & comforted by the programme – do let me know!!!”
Kate opened up about how gardening had been a comfort to her as she nursed Derek earlier this week.
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She said: “We want to make the garden into something more than just space to be. I really want to grow some plants that will actually improve our health and wellbeing,” she says on an upcoming episode of Alan Titchmarsh’s Love Your Garden.
“If you look past the initial beauty of the plants, it can give you so much more.
“I haven’t quite proved you can grow yourself well but I think I’ve definitely learnt you can grow yourself happier.”
In the episode Kate will also visit Kew gardens where she’ll learn about the medicinal benefits of plants, inspired in her own garden to create a border of plants filled with antioxidant benefits, a separate tea garden and an aromatherapy garden.
Growing four types of mint and swathes of lavender, she’s inspired to create her own herbal teas and room spray.
Kate’s husband Derek caught Covid very early on the in pandemic and spent 374 days in hospital.
He is still very ill after suffering organ failure and clots on his lung. He may also never be able to walk again because the tendons and muscles in his legs have seized up from having been in an induced coma for so long.
It comes after Kate recently opened up about money worries on an appearance on This Morning to talk about her recent documentary, Caring for Derek.
