• Down to Earth

  • Gardening Wisdom
  • By: Monty Don
  • Narrated by: Monty Don
  • Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (432 ratings)

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Down to Earth

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Unrivalled gardening wisdom from Monty Don, including essential tips, knowledge and musings from his 50 years of gardening experience.

This is Monty Don right beside you in the garden, challenging norms and sharing advice.

Discover Monty's thoughts and garden ideas around nature, seasons, colour, design, pests, flowering shrubs, containers and much more. Hear about the month-by-month jobs he does in his own garden that he hopes are relevant to you.

Monty's warm voice brings this most intimate book to life - an enriching listen for any gardener.

'I have written many gardening books, but 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)

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wonderfully immersive narration

I loved listening to this book in the author’s familiar
voice. He certainly has a way with words. This Would be a wonderful book to listen to in the dreary days of winter as you await the gardening season. He took a couple of jabs at Americans that stung a little but overall a wonderful book.

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Monty Don is wonderful.

This book in his voice, is heavenly. Makes you want to garden all day everyday. I will order a hardback copy of the book for all the amazing info. But I will listen again and again.

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A nice chat…

Monty never fails to entertain and illuminate. I listened as I gardened and it felt as if we were having a friendly chat. Yes, the conversation was one-sided…just as I imagine it would be should I be lucky enough to meet him in person.

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Excellent gardening book.

If you are a passionate gardener - this is an essential book. Appropriate for both the new gardener and the life long addict.

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What a dream.

Listening to Monty Don sharing his gardening wisdom is like the visual passing of the seasons for your ears. I only wish more of his books were on audio!

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Absolute favorite

I keep listening to it over and over, because it’s so happy and informative! Easily one of my new favorite books 💛 thanks so much!!

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One of my new favorite books.

I loved this book, and I have enjoyed listening to it as I putter around in the garden. Monty Don is a fantastic author, and he writes about the garden and the natural world in a way that is incredibly appealing. And also very down to earth, and lacks much of the garden snob stuff I feel I’ve come across in other books. Each page is clearly suffused with his love of plants, planting and gardening and he’s included a wealth of information about each season and many different types of plants in this love poem to the garden.

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Beautiful language, great, honest and practical

Beautiful language, great, honest and practical gardening knowledge. Monty teach how to observe nature and share his very intimate relationship with his garden.
I am very grateful that he spread the word

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loved every minute of it

great book if you're depressed and it's winter listen to it and then listen to it again

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If you are planning a garden, start here.

This book is a wonderful introduction or review for when you are planning your garden.
His voice is fantastic and calming, perfect for winding down after a busy day.
Note: I did buy the book so I could have pictures and found it great for getting the spelling on certain plants.

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