My Garden World: the Sunday Times bestseller

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There are also some lovely pictures of the garden and the farm as well as Nigel including the last one ever taken. Whether you live in the countryside or the town, Monty's observations and insights are relevant to each and every one of us.

I'm not comfortable with his ambivalence about huntin' and shootin', but then I don't own a large estate in Shropshire and a farm on the Welsh hills.This is not sentimental but rooted in the lived experience of the last thirty years or so based in Herefordshire. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. My Garden Worldis Monty Don’s personal journey through the natural year, month by month, season by season, observed from the immediate world around him. From the dust-jacket front flap:🍃 ‘From a very early age I loved the countryside as much as any garden and was fascinated by the life that I saw all around me from trees, wildflowers, birds, insects and mammals.

I particularly enjoyed his heartfelt tribute to his beloved Nigel,So very moving and the book contains some lovely photos too. Beautiful descriptions of all aspects of the natural world - landscapes, animals, birds, plants, insects, weather. this is a very timely and relevant celebration of the world immediately around us - at a time when we really need it. I also found his way of talking about hunting/killing a bit brutal, but then he is a farmer - and living in Devon, I know that death is a part of farming and most farmers talk about it as they would any other part of life.

I'm an avid watcher of Garden's World and while I like gardening, I know little about it which is why this book was ideal - I know perhaps I should read a boo about gardening. He doesn't hold back from being blunt about the decline and endangerment of so many species, or about the reality of country life and pursuits like hunting or shooting but most of all, it is an ode to the natural world and the wonder and joy it so obviously brings to our lives, if we just take a minute to stop and look around us. Recent times have given us the enforced opportunity to learn more about the fascinating natural world around us. As familiar as a cup of tea and similarly as heartening, Monty Don is something of a gardening legend. All in all a worthy read and it certainly has made me watch what is going in my garden more closely.

Monty has sectioned the book into the four seasons with a month by month observations of what he may or may not have been seen in the garden and up at the farm.I love this book, it takes you on an amazing journey through the natural year learning about all the creatures and plants that inhabit a garden and farmland through the course of one year. This year has given us the enforced opportunity to learn more about the fascinating natural world around us. And I loved every page; I learned something new from just about every page, which at my age is no mean thing. Already 400 pages in paperback, I suppose a possibly 1,200 page doorstopper if pictures were included might not have been possible though. If I’m honest, I’m not sure I’d have chosen this book for myself, but I was given it so felt obliged to read it.

Monty Don observes with detail the animals, birds and wildlife that come and go throughout the year, encouraging us to help and preserve the world around us. His previous books include the Sunday Times bestseller Nigel, The Jewel Garden, Paradise Gardens and Japanese Gardens with Derry Moore , which was shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Awards. For anyone who watches Gardeners World and is familiar with Monty Dons famous dog, Nigel, there is a beautiful piece at the end of the book detailing the death of this gorgeous dog…. he notices the little things that so many of us 'gardeners' and outdoor people notice and gives lots of interesting extra facts.This book is personal, selective, and based on my own particular interests rather than trying to be a reference book of any kind.