Monty Don's Rhineland Gardens
10:30 am - 11:30 am, Saturday, January 24 on BBC Two England (2)
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Season 1, Episode 2
Monty travels beside the busy thoroughfare of one of Europe's most important rivers, the Rhine, through Germany. He follows the river past major cities, dramatic landscapes, and romantic castles and valleys, before reaching the flatter, industrial heartland of the country. Monty discovers an extraordinary range of gardens along the way - including a park created from disused factories
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Monty Don
(Presenter)
Born:
July 08, 1955
in
Ivington, Herefordshire
Best Known For:
Fronting Gardeners' World.
Early-life:
Montagu Denis Wyatt Don was born in Berlin on July 8, 1955, where his soldier father had been posted. He and his twin sister grew up in Hampshire with their four other siblings. He went to school in Berkshire, Malvern and Basingstoke, before reading English at Cambridge. He worked as a dustman, labourer and waiter before founding his own jewellery company with his future wife, making and designing pieces which were sold all over the world.
Career:
In 1988, Don moved to Herefordshire with his wife and children, and when the jewellery business collapsed, turned to working in TV and journalism. He has on has appeared on programmes including This Morning, Holiday Programme, Tomorrow's World, Real Gardens, Fork to Fork, Lost Gardens and Don Roaming. He joined Gardeners' World in 2002, and became the show's first self-taught main presenter in 2003. An author and columnist, his books include My Roots, The Jewel Garden, The Complete Gardener, The Prickotty Bush, The Weekend Gardener, The Sensuous Garden, Gardening Mad, Urban Jungle and Fork to Fork. He suffered a minor stroke in 2008, and gave up Gardeners' World until 2011. He also presents More4's Monty Don's Real Craft.
Quote:
"If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil."
Trivia:
In 2008, Don became president of the Soil Association.
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