Life after Monty
One week on and we're still coming to terms with Monty's sudden departure. It was a huge shock for the whole production team last Thursday. We all knew that he hasn't been well, but none of us ever thought it would come to this. Working with Monty has been great fun and a huge honour. And I, for one, will miss him greatly.
With Monty very much in mind, it therefore seemed appropriate that we did some filming with Carol in his green garden yesterday. This is for next week's show. It's my favourite part of Berryfields at the moment. So calm and tranquil. A lovely place to take a breather during a hectic day of filming. Of course, some would say that a garden devoid of any other colour would be boring. But I don't agree. It just forces you to take more notice of texture and form, which is no bad thing. Carol and I were both hugely inspired by Tom Stuart-Smith's green garden at Chelsea this year and I know Monty loves it too.
While Carol was busy planting, Joe was giving our herb garden a bit of a revamp. Some of its occupants had outgrown their space, so it was more than ready for a redesign. As a researcher, I have to decide which plants we're going to feature, which is one of the best bits of the job. But with so many herbs available these days, I was torn between what we should and shouldn't include.
I must say that I'm really looking forward to tonight's programme which Ben researched. It's all about wildlife gardening to tie in with Springwatch. Can't wait to hear what Simon King has to say about Berryfields. It's a haven for birds and the birdsong you hear on the programme is all genuine. Listen out for the melodious call of the skylark on next week's show, and the chiffchaff competing with Carol in the dry garden. It's one of the joys of gardening...being at one with nature.
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Will you pass on one's best wishes to Monty Don, please? Just love him as a presenter, and cannot imagine Gardeners World without him!
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I do hope Carol Klein will become the next presenter of Gardener's World, her great knowledge about and enthusiasm for all aspects of gardening would make her the ideal choice to be the first woman to occupy this honoured position.
My very best wishes and thanks to Monty for his excellent work.
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Glad to hear that Monty is on the mend - we still miss you Monty!
BBC - can we have Carol Klein as our next presenter. She is so good!
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I am very sorry to hear that Monte will not be hosting the show any more. His passion for the garden and all plants shone through the TV screen. I am at the moment reading Monte's book 'My Roots', a wonderful book, I can't put it down!
Thank you Monte for all the years you have guided and advised us. Good luck for the future, I hope it holds all you want it to, especially good health and wonderful times with your precious family in your lovely garden.
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I think Monty was the best of all the presenters of gardeners world along with jeff hamilton, going back a bit. I also think carol klein is a lovely person and all the rest of the team but still have to work out who is or has replaced Monty Don? I assume it is carol klein, can any one asnwer this?
one last thought, the new person, alys fowler, who has my surname, is excellent in every sense, a born presenter, (maybe her own series?) but she seems to be given much less prominence than i believe she deserves in the gardeners world credits. Just a thought!!
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