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Monty Don

KiliKili Posts: 1,104
edited November 2023 in The potting shed

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/06/im-a-sex-symbol-that-makes-me-embarrassed-monty-don-on-love-class-and-his-future-on-gardeners-world

'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

George Bernard Shaw'

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  • Songbird-2Songbird-2 Posts: 2,349
    edited November 2023
    Interesting article but was sorry to read that he could be going onto pastures new within the next five years. GW won't be the same without him. 
  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152
    Thank you, Kili.
  • clematisdorsetclematisdorset Posts: 1,348
    Thanks @Kili. I think Monty comes over as a complex character, and a decent human being. I have really enjoyed those documentaries he has made, travelling the world looking at different gardens and gardening traditions. It would be great to think he could do more documentaries and maybe various other gardening-related pieces of TV, away from the nitty-gritty of hands in the soil 'gardening' (GW).

    I am not sure I quite understand his comments on rewinding and on guerrilla gardening, but I would be happy to learn more.
    Sorry to witness the demise of the forum. 😥😥😥😡😡😡I am Spartacus 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I am not sure I quite understand his comments on rewilding and on guerrilla gardening.

    He doesn't understand them.

    I didn't know Nell had died. She seemed like a beautiful dog.
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    He's got to sell the book 🤣 but yes comes across very well and frankly I like his understanding that the time for wealthy white guys to front the flagship BBC gardening programme is rapidly passing. It takes a lot of lack of ego to say that openly in an interview by definition is there to puff your ego. 

    And I agree @clematisdorset his documentaries have been some of the most enjoyable things he's presented that I've watched over the years. So indeed hope he has some more ideas and time to see them through. 
    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • Helen P3Helen P3 Posts: 1,152
    amancalledgeorge said:

    And I agree @clematisdorset his documentaries have been some of the most enjoyable things he's presented that I've watched over the years.
    Yes.

  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Helen P3 said:
    I think he understands them fully and thus his opposition to them.
    A bit of a subtle difference between not agreeing and not understanding perhaps...


    From what he has written about rewilding this year, I don't think he has the first clue. He associates rewilding with abandonment. I think he has visited some small garden that got covered in brambles and took against the idea.  If he visited some of the 30 year old + projects around the UK, he would see the vast benefits and the deep care that goes into the land. Cairngorms Connect is a 200 year project over 600 square km. The Carthanians has a project of one million hectares.

    My hope is hope that he will do some documentaries on rewilding next year. He has been invited.





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