Editing Penelope Keith (section)

==Personal life==
In 1978, the year ''The Good Life'' ended, she married Rodney Timson, a policeman. They had met while he was on duty at [[Chichester Festival Theatre|Chichester Theatre]] where Keith was performing.<ref name="lady.co.uk n107"/> In 1988, ten years after their wedding, they [[adoption|adopted]] two boys, who were brothers.<ref name="BBC News"/> Keith and Timson now live in [[Milford, Surrey]]. Keith has a great passion for gardening. In 1984, she had a rose named after her.<ref name="Express26Oct07">{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/23272/Return-of-Lady-Penelope|title=Return of Lady Penelope|first=Simon|last=Edge|work=[[Daily Express]]|date=26 October 2007}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.classicroses.co.uk/roses/p/penelope_keith.html|title=Classic Roses|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135432/http://www.classicroses.co.uk/roses/p/penelope_keith.html|archive-date=29 September 2007}}</ref> She is president of the [[Surrey|South West Surrey]] chapter of the [[National Trust]].<ref name="NT">{{Cite news|title=The tale of five gardens|publisher=[[National Trust|National Trust Magazine]]|date=Summer 2007}}</ref>

In 2014 she presented ''4 Extra Goes Gardening'' in which she celebrated the work of garden designer [[Gertrude Jekyll]] at her former home, Munstead Wood in [[Godalming]].{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} Keith was President of the Actors' Benevolent Fund from 1990 to 2022,<ref name="guard-benev-fund-13jan24">{{cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Patrick |title=Actors' charity vote to reignite dispute involving Penelope Keith |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/13/actors-charity-vote-to-reignite-dispute-involving-penelope-keith |access-date=2 March 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=13 January 2024}}</ref> taking over after the death of [[Laurence Olivier]]. She was a Trustee of [[Brooklands Museum]] from 2009 to 2018.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}