Down to Earth

"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 Don

"Unrivalled gardening wisdom from Monty Don, including essential tips, knowledge and musings from his 50 years of gardening experience" - Daily Telegraph

"The book is a potboiler of his [Monty Don's] wisdom" - Sunday Times

In this bestselling book Monty shares his thoughts and garden ideas around nature, seasons, colour, 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. With an updated foreword from Monty, this is the perfect gift for the gardener in your life.

About the author

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. He has written a weekly gardening column for the Daily Mail since 2004, and published 19 books, including Down to Earth, the top-selling gardening book in the UK from 2017 to 2019.

Product details

• Authors: Monty Don, Don Monty
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2025
• EAN: 9780241809600
• ISBN: 978-0-241-80960-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 136 mm x 204 mm x 26 mm
• Weight: 551 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Gardening, GARDENING / General, GARDENING / Essays & Narratives, GARDENING / Reference, Garden design & planning, Specialized gardening methods, Garden design and planning, Specialised gardening methods