Speaking on BBC2, during a thread entitled ‘plants you love to hate,’ BBC Chelsea Flower Show coverage host Monty said: “I hate a plant because it is repulsively ugly –…
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BBC Gardeners’ World host Monty Don to pen a book about dogs
The TV star’s golden retriever has a huge fan base. Nigel regularly appears on camera, trotting around Monty’s garden called Longmeadow, in Herefordshire. Nigel has his own Twitter and Facebook…
Monty Don says the loss of UK allotments is a tragedy
Monty, who hosts the BBC2 flagship gardening series from his Herefordshire garden called Longmeadow, said a generation was missing out on the joys of gardening. Monty said: “My generation grew…
Monty Don to present The Secret History of the British Garden on BBC2
Gardeners’ World presenter Monty has filmed The Secret History of the British Garden for BBC2. It’ll feature four, 60-minute episodes. In each instalment, Monty looks at how factors such war,…
Could Monty Don help create your dream garden for new BBC2 show?
Production firm Lion Television is filming a second series of Big Dreams, Small Spaces for BBC2, which will be presented by Gardeners’ World and Chelsea Flower Show TV host Monty.…
BBC under fire over Great British Garden Revival
Gardeners have criticised the BBC for taking the Great British Garden Revival off air after one episode – to make way for Mandela coverage before Christmas. The 14-episode gardening extravaganza…
Monty Don says garden centres have ‘no excuse’ for selling peat
Garden centres have “no excuse” for selling peat, claims Britain’s head gardener. Monty Don, the Gardeners’ World presenter, became embroiled in a row on Twitter after he told his 24,000…
Gardeners’ World criticised by nurseries
BBC Two’s flagship gardening show is failing to inspire the nation’s plant enthusiasts, claim growers. Nurserymen at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show attacked Gardeners’ World, headed by Monty Don, saying…
Monty Don’s anger at no ban on neonicotinoids
Gardeners’ Worldpresenter Monty Don has slammed an EU decision not to ban garden sprays that campaigners have linked with bee decline. “I am incandescent about the government’s shameful decision not to…
Obituary: classic rose expert Peter Beales
Influential gardeners have paid their respects to world-famous rose breeder Peter Beales, who died on 26 January aged 76, following a long illness. Peter, chairman of Peter Beales Roses of…