Down to Earth

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. Read about the month-by month jobs he does in his own garden that he hopes are relevant to you. Monty's intimate and lyrical writing is accompanied by photos of his garden, showing areas rarely seen on television. This is the perfect gift for the gardener in your life.

"I have written many gardening books but this is the distillation of 50 years of gardening experience. It has all the tips and essential pieces of knowledge that enable you to make your garden grow well, and it also shares my view that gardening is the secret to living well too." - Monty

Autorentext
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 TV's Gardeners' World, which from 2011 has been filmed in his own garden in Herefordshire, Longmeadow. He is an experienced organic gardener and was President of the Soil Association from 2008 to 2017. A prolific journalist and author, he was gardening correspondent for the Observer from 1994 to 2006 and has written a weekly hardening column for the Daily Mail since 2004. He has published 18 books, including his recent Sunday Times bestseller Nigel: My Family and Other Dogs.

Klappentext

Gardening wisdom from the nation's favourite gardener, written with his passion and character, and providing both practical hands-on advice alongside his musings on everything from the seasons, colour, containers, pests - in fact, anything garden-related. The book is also full of stunning photos of Monty's own garden and elegant watercolour illustrations.

Inhalt

• 1: Introduction
• 2: The Seasons
• 3: Weather
• 4: Nature
• 5: Place
• 6: Design
• 7: Walking and Sitting
• 8: Colour
• 9: A New Plot
• 10: The Small Town Garden
• 11: The Cottage Garden
• 12: The Exotic Garden
• 13: A Modern Urban Garden
• 14: Wildlife Gardening
• 15: Children
• 16: Containers
• 17: Climbers
• 18: Flowering Shrubs
• 19: Lawns
• 20: Weeds
• 21: Fungus
• 22: Pests
• 23: Compost
• 24: Tools
• 25: Planting
• 26: Growing
• 27: Pruning
• 28: Food
• 29: Grow your own Veg
• 30: Grow your own Herbs
• 31: Grow your own Top Fruit
• 32: Grow your own Soft Fruit
• 33: Names
• 34: The Months
• • 1: January
  • 2: February
  • 3: March
  • 4: April
  • 5: May
  • 6: June
  • 7: July
  • 8: August
  • 9: September
  • 10: October
  • 11: November
  • 12: December
• 35: Index
• 36: Acknowledgments