The Complete Gardener: A Practical, Imaginative Guide to Every Aspect of Gardening

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Although organic techniques have always been at the core of his practice, this new edition has a new emphasis on gardening for wildlife and the impact of global warming on the garden. This is a go-to guide for anyone seeking Monty's gardening advice and the perfect gift for any gardener, regardless of their experience or budget. The only slight frustration for us currently is that we have a patio in Clapham… and that’s it (our own fault). Herbs will find their way in. I’m now on the hunt for a nearby allotment or field to rent! Iceberg lettuce have a watery crispness and ‘Webb’s Wonderful’ is the best known crisphead, and like all icebergs, has the great virtue of being slow to bolt.

However climate chaos is affecting us gardeners in unpredictable ways - which is, I guess, one of the definitions of chaos. Here in the UK our Spring weather is getting more erratic with very warm and very cold weather running hard into each other. Last April we had snow and 20 days of frost yet hardy plants by and large cope with this. Pope's Grotto Preservation Trust – Patrons: Monty Don OBE, Sir Donald Insall CBE, Kim Wilkie". popesgrotto.org.uk. Fork to Fork (1999; released as From the Garden to the Table: Growing, Cooking, and Eating Your Own Food in 2003) Rodger, James (11 May 2020). "Monty Don announces death of dog – days after Gardeners World appearance". Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 11 May 2020.Although there are over 30 species of slug in the UK, there are 4 main garden ones and the biggest do not necessarily do the most damage. What you see is actually a tiny percentage of the population and slug activity and densities of over 250,000 per acre are common. About the Author: Monty Don is the lead presenter of Gardeners' World. He is a horticultural writer and speaker, Sunday Times bestselling author, and has presented several programmes on gardening and outdoor living, including Around the World in 80 Gardens and Italian Gardens, for which he wrote the accompanying books. He was The Observer's gardening columnist from 1994 to 2006. His books include The Complete Gardener, The Jewel Garden and The Ivington Diaries. In 2005, Routledge published The Jewel Garden: A Story of Despair and Redemption, a joint autobiography and the story of Don and his wife Sarah's home and gardens at Longmeadow. [49] [50] I love the huge variety of vegetables that my garden can provide but nothing tops a simple salad of fresh leaves eaten minutes from gathering it from the garden. There is a crisp freshness to it that is the perfect combination of culinary pleasure and health. Add an omelette and good bread and butter and you have a meal fit for a king. However cold April weather means that tender plants here in this garden- cannas, bananas, salvias, pelargoniums, eucomis, dahlias amongst many others - are still filling up all available protected space in greenhouses, cold frames and sheds.

There seems to be the constant reassuring message of “don’t worry, just do” and somehow you’ll get to where you want to be. And it works, so we can all share a bit of the Monty magic. A sign of someone who has truly mastered his craft. Nigel was a male Golden Retriever dog owned by Don. Nigel made many appearances on Gardeners' World, sometimes with Nellie. The dog was chosen as a seven-week-old puppy from a litter in the Forest of Dean on 1 July 2008 [67] and was popular with viewers who were concerned when he disappeared from the programme in September 2012. He had injured himself after twisting sideways when jumping to catch a tennis ball and had ruptured an intervertebral disc in his spine. [68] Nigel recovered and resumed his television appearances. [67]

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Leonard, Tom (30 September 2002). "Monty Don adds a little muscle to Gardeners' World". The Telegraph . Retrieved 12 August 2020. In May 2022 it was reported that Don had COVID-19 and had been bedridden for four days. [76] [77] He contracted COVID-19 again in May 2023. [78] Other [ edit ] I’m a big fan of the RHS and their precision guidance. Sometimes though, I enjoy simply reading in great detail how other gardeners have succeeded, because nature never plays by the rulebook. Do not use secateurs as you risk injuring the fragile buds growing at the base of the flowers but gather the flower trusses between finger and thumb and snap them off.