All I can say about Jamie Durie is, “wow!” He first caught my attention when PBS had him host their snooze fest of a gardening show, The Victory Garden. He seemed held back as its host and didn’t fit with the other drab segment hosts.

I was intrigued when I heard he would be hosting a new gardening show on HGTV and tuned in. OMG he shines on this show as he seems in his element as the designer whose eye is always changing and seeing new things to do and accomplishing the impossible. He is dirty. He is sweaty. His muscles bulge as he digs right in with the workers and doesn’t maintain the cookie cutter “show host” persona that HGTV has come to style all of its hosts as — making them unwatchable. Jamie is the exception to the rule in every sense and his show, The Outdoor Room is a true gem and may even help reignite the “garden” part of HGTV as the channel seems to have forgotten they have a G in their name.

Here’s hoping for more seasons of The Outdoor Room with Jamie Durie and his hot, dirty, sweaty and muscled Aussie self.