Percy Thrower (30 January 1913 - 18 March 1988) was a famous British Gardener. He famously presented various gardening programmes including Gardener's World , from 1969 until 1976. However he was probably more famous for being the gardener on the childrens programme Blue Peter from 1974 until 1987, making him the longest serving Blue Peter gardener. He died in 1988.