Mary Gay Laryea (née Search; born 1 May 1945)[1][failed verification] is an English television presenter and journalist.
[2][3] As a teenager, Search was a bystander in the capture of the Portland spy ring; her parents' house was used to surveil Peter and Helen Kroger, two members of the ring.
[3] Search started her horticultural career writing the garden column for Woman magazine, with help from Alan Titchmarsh, who prevented her from writing "daft" things.
[5] She worked as gardening editor for Sainsbury magazine for 13 years as well as the Radio Times.
[6] Search married Anthony Laryea in 1977, and they have two sons.