Montagu monty denis wyatt don is a germanborn british television presenter, writer and speaker on horticulture, known for presenting the bbc television series. Now a uk bestseller unrivalled gardening wisdom from monty don, including essential tips, knowledge and musings from his 50 years of gardening experience. Monty don has been gardening on tv for over 25 years for itv, channel 4 and the bbc, and since 2003 has been the lead presenter on bbc tvs gardeners world, which from 2011 has been filmed in his own garden in herefordshire, longmeadow. Unrivalled gardening wisdom from monty don, including essential tips, knowledge and musings from his 50 years of gardening experience. Monty don was born in west berlin to british parents denis thomas keiller don, a career soldier posted in germany, and janet montagu nee wyatt. Written as he talks, this is monty don right beside you in the garden, challenging norms and sharing advice. Discover monty s thoughts and garden ideas around nature, seasons, color, design, pests, flowering shrubs, containers, and much more. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. What a perfect setting the ham yard hotel turned out to be. Down to earth by monty don penguin random house canada. He is an experienced organic gardener and was president of the soil association from 2008 to 2017. The couple met during university time, fell in love and got married to each other.
Down to earth is a good title as it is straight forward and simple to understand with several simple ideas from monty to make gardening. Sales for this title made up 11% of the total value sales in the gardening category in. It has all monty s tips and essential pieces of knowledge. Written as he talks, this is monty don right beside you in the garden, challenging. Enjoy your garden more with monty dons new book down to earth.
Down to earth by monty don overdrive rakuten overdrive. Beautifully written, with plenty of sensible, down to earth advice, monty don s the complete gardener reveals the secrets of growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs while respecting the needs of the environment by gardening organically. Win a copy of down to earth by monty don the anxious. We are now into week 4 of the bbc series of who do you think you are. Gardening wisdom written as he talks, this is monty don right beside you in the garden, challenging norms and sharing advice. The book is split between advise and a monthly run through of his gardening year. Monty was as always his usual down to earth self pun intended. Don t feel there are rules and jobs and chores that you ought to be doin.
Don was the main presenter on bbc twos gardeners world from 2003 to 2008 succeeding alan titchmarsh. He was the first selftaught horticulturist presenter in the shows 36year history, stepping down only after suffering a minor stroke. Now a sunday times bestseller unrivalled gardening wisdom from monty don, including e ssential tips, knowledge and musings from his 50 years of gardening experience daily telegraph the book is a potboiler of his monty don s wisdom sunday times written as he talks, this is monty don. Part 1 the launch i was delighted to be invited to a book launch for monty don s new book down to earth which is published today by dorling kindersley. Monty don unrivalled gardening wisdom from britains favourite gardener. In many respects nigel is a very ordinary dog charming, handsome and obedient, as so many are. I bought 2 copies of this book for presents and was so impressed that i bought one for myself. Gardening wisdom by monty don growing some fruit, veg and herbs is one of the most lifeenhancing, practical and enriching things that anyone with a scrap of land can ever do.
The author monty don and his wife sarah tied the knot in 1983 and have been together since. Discover monty s thoughts and garden ideas around nature, seasons, colour, design, pests, flowering shrubs, containers, and much more. Buy down to earth by monty don from waterstones today. We sat down with expert gardener and gardeners world presenter monty don at our london office, to chat earthen inspiration, nigels naps and why gardening is a bit like tai chi. I got to spend a few minutes talking to monty, catching up since we last met about the allotment and my future dreams. Don, comes from a wellknown group of architects on his mothers side, but knows very little of the rest of his family. Flora and fauna have always fascinated me but it was a lifelong career in horticulture that filled most days. I was particularly fond of monty s descriptions of. Read about the monthby month jobs he does in his own garden that he hopes are relevant to you. I have read a few of monty s books and i am struck with the beauty with which he writes. Both practical and inspirational, it distills montys years of gardening into a. The couple has three young and beautifulhandsome kids. Down to earth gardening wisdom monty don the sunday times bestseller, available for the first time in paperback the pitch down to earth was the no. Read about the monthby month jobs he does in his own.
When monty don s golden retriever, nigel, became the surprise star of bbcs gardeners world, inspiring huge interest, fan mail and even his own social media accounts, monty don wanted to explore what makes us connect with animals quite so deeply. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Having grown up on a farm where boyhood days were filled with discoveries of the natural world i soon found that my passion for plants wildflowers at that time would direct my career. Discover montys thoughts and garden ideas around nature, seasons, color, design, pests, flowering shrubs, containers, and much more.
Monty dons new book, down to earth, at its launch on the ham yard hotels roof garden in october 2017. Down to earth gardening wisdom by monty don 97802418270. Written as he talks, this is monty don right beside you in the garden. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading down to earth. In his introduction to down to earth, monty don tells us that he is not an expert but merely an amateur. Buy from amazon in hardback paperback, and audiobook. Getting down to earth with monty don tiffany daneff 14 december 2017. Down to earth gardening wisdom by monty don 97802418270 hardback, 2017 delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working days. Both practical and inspirational, it distills monty s years of gardening into a readable, accessible book that. Now a uk bestseller unrivalled gardening wisdom from monty don, including essential tips, knowledge and musings from his 50 years of. Get free shipping on down to earth by monty don, from.
Both of his paternal grandparents were scottish, through whom he is descended from botanist george don 2 and the keiller family of dundee, inventors of a brand of marmalade in 1797. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Having grown up on a farm where boyhood days were filled with discoveries of the natural world i soon found that my passion for plants wildflowers at. This is the distillation of fifty years of gardening experience. As such, the book is not intended as a textbook or a definitive guide and, unlike many gardening books, he writes as much about why we should garden as how to go about it. Monthbymonth, monty reveals the jobs he does in his own garden, that he hopes are relevant to you. Monty don s new book, down to earth, at its launch on the ham yard hotels roof garden in october 2017. Enjoy your garden more with monty don s new book down to earth. I was very excited about going to the event which was held at ham yard hotel in soho in their roof garden.
Afterwards, they started a jewelry business together. Gardening wisdom monty don ebook now a uk bestsellerunrivalled gardening wisdom from monty don, including essential tips, knowledge and musings from his 50 years of gardening experience. In your latest book down to earth you are very gentle towards the gardener. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A novice gardener would find it very good and informative but i have a shelf of gardening books all of which tell me in one form or another what is in down to earth. Every now and then i was caught by a little snippet of description that i found soothing sometimes with a tinge of sadness similar to the writing of tove jansson. Discover monty s thoughts and musings on nature, seasons, colour, design, pests, flowering. Some days are destined to be extra special and the last day of september was one of them. Down to earth is a book of monty don s considerable experience presented in his usual relaxed yet enthusiastic style. Down to earth gardening wisdom by monty don author monty don narrator. Monty don s new book, down to earth, has lots of good practical advice, but it isnt a how to. In light of the governments announcement on march 23 2020, we have made the decision to stop taking orders online or over the phone. On the 30th september i was very kindly invited by dk to the launch event of monty don s perfectly titled new book down to earth.
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