When you plant something, you invest in a beautiful future amidst a stressful, chaotic and, at times, downright appalling world. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
I feel ashamed if my hands are too clean and untouched. It's a measure of how much time I've spent travelling and… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
Gardening is inevitably a process of constant, remorseless change. It is the constancy of that process that is so comforting, not any… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
I use the period between Christmas and New Year to potter about, think and completely change my mindset. In that easy no-man's-land… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
I have learnt that gardens are like happiness: you cannot pursue them as an absolute thing or moment. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
In my teens I wanted to be a rock star, I really did. At that time there was nothing I wanted more. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
A weekly column is not always a treat. It can be a tyranny. There are times when I have very little to… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
I just think that gardening is about the future, a slow thing, that is deep and spiritual as well as spiritually rewarding. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
Gardening is easy. Stick it in the ground the right way up and most plants will grow perfectly well. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
My favourite thorn belongs to the rose with a name like a mouthful of broken teeth, Rosa sericea pteracantha. It is grown almost entirely… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
I love filming. I love the teamwork. It's a tight-knit group spending months on the road together. All the experience is shared. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
The thing the British hate more than anything else is people who are getting above themselves. There are a hundred different expressions for it… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
People are increasingly realising that what they eat is important. You can't put junk food in your body and be healthy. All sorts of… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
I do wear gloves for things that sting a lot or prick a lot. But I just like to feel with my hands. I… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
We know that gardening is good for you. It is fantastic, all-round exercise. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
The key to our oldest woodland is that it has been cut down and regrown, in some cases as often as 50 or 60… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
When you plant something, you invest in a beautiful future amidst a stressful, chaotic and, at times, downright appalling world. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
The farm uses up a lot of my creative urges. It's a sort of rough and ready space, I don't film there. — Monty Don Copy Share Image
I was brought up a strict Christian. My father was a lay preacher, my mother a church warden. The rhythm and ritual of the… — Monty Don Copy Share Image
