Better Quote by Monty Don

Gardening is easy. Stick it in the ground the right way up and most plants will grow perfectly well.

— Monty Don

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

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

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

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

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

I often eat cakes while my fingers are caked in soil.

— Monty Don

We know that gardening is good for you. It is fantastic, all-round exercise.

— Monty Don

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

When you plant something, you invest in a beautiful future amidst a stressful, chaotic and, at times, downright appalling world.

— Monty Don

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

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