AN ELDERLY patient at Bromsgrove's Primrose Hospice had her dream come true earlier this month when she met her celebrity idol Alan Titchmarsh at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival.

87-year-old Margaret Strauch from Redditch had been a fan of the TV presenter for years, and so was thrilled to hear he would be visiting Primrose's award winning bereavement garden on Friday, May 6.

Margaret and student social worker Alex Hood posed for a photograph with the celeb, which has since been framed to take pride of place at the St Godwald's Road hospice.