Lionel Richie's daughter Nicole has no need to hire a gardener as her famous father does the work for free.

The legendary singer has become obsessed with gardening in recent years, and socialite Nicole has revealed she often finds her dad in the backyard of her California home clipping the hedges and tending to the plants.

She says, "He comes over to my house almost every week - about three or four times. He'd done all of his garden so now he likes to do mine. It's a little embarrassing when you bring friends home and there's Lionel Richie clipping the hedges and singing."