We would like to say firstly wish Monty Don all the very best of health and a full recovery. We wish him all the very best in what ever he does and fully understand his reasons. My dad recently dad recently had a stroke so understand what it is like. Take Care
Was really saddened to hear Monty's news and hope he makes a full recovery. Although he will be really missed from the show he is right to take the action that he is doing as his health and his family are much more important.
Well done, Monty, for making the right decision for you & your family. Health is most important. I'm sure everyone understands and wishes you all the best, as do I. Wishing you a full recovery and good health!
Monty is the inspiration for my garden and my love of gardening.... and I wish him a speedy and full recovery. Looking forward to seeing him grace our screens soon to further inspire us.XXX
Wishing you well Monty. The best presenter since Geoff Hamilton and not many are in his league - your passion always shines through. Enjoy your own garden and family for a while - you so well deserve it.
I loved Geoff Hamilton and Alan Titchmarsh as Gardeners' World presenters but unfortunately could not warm to Monty. However I would not have wished him ill and hope he continues to recover. Please consider carefully who to choose to take over. It needs someone with much more TV personality than Monty had, and whilst Carol Klein is OK in small doses she's annoying in larger doses. Joe Swift is just boring. Chris Beardshaw and Andy Sturgeon are OK but both have slightly annoying speech habits. The only person I can think of at the moment would be Sven Wormwell. I also think the program lost something when it was taken out of the presenter's garden, although I can understand they would not want a film crew there every week.
Hello Monty, I just wanted to say how gutted I was to hear you were standing down but I fully respect your decision and wish you a very speedy return to good health and hope we see you back on tv very soon I loved the work you did with the heroin addicts with the growing out of trouble project and thoroughly enjoyed the book, I have been an addict for nearly 18 years now and have been recovering as they say for about 6 years and seeing your project really did give me inspiration, I have been a keen gardener for many years but in march 08 took on an allotment and I am in my element, I just want to thank you for all the inspiration you gave me over the years and again wish you good health.
We are devastated to hear that Monty will no longer be with Gardeners' World. We stopped watching after Geoff Hamilton died, but Monty's presentation of the programme got us interested again. Please wish him a speedy return to good health.
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I also think the program lost something when it was taken out of the presenter's garden, although I can understand they would not want a film crew there every week.