Frederick Streeter MBE (25 June 1879 – 1 November 1975) was a British horticulturalist and broadcaster.
He often had to move around for his gardening work in order to gain experience and promotion.
He worked for Veitchs the famous nurserymen in Kings Road, Chelsea, then moved to Straffan, a large estate in Ireland, and from there, in 1901, to Basing Park near Alton as foreman, where he met his wife Hilda, née Burden (2 February 1880 – 26 February 1966).
He presented the BBC radio programme Home Grown, with Roy Hay, that occupied the two o'clock slot on Sunday afternoon that was later occupied by Gardener's Question Time.
[3] He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 15 July 1957.