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  • CharlotteFCharlotteF Posts: 337
    LG_ said:
    My favourite gardening read, as I know I've said on here before, is Margery Fish's 'We Made a Garden'.
    I forgot that one, I really enjoyed it too. I loved that it was as much a book about their marriage in places, the passive aggressive disagreements about his climbing roses made me smile 😂
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,158
    I read that after we'd visited her garden. As you say @CharlotteF , there were parts of it that struck a chord with me. It was like reading about me and my OH at times  :)
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Lyn said:
    I’ve only ever read one book by Monty Don, The jewel Garden. I loved it. 
    What does it cover?

    I was gifted Down To Earth years ago and it’s essentially my gardening almanac.  I just pick it up every month or two and read relevant sections again.  I love it. Advice and reassurance in one package.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,064
    It covers his life before Longacre,  when he and his wife had a lucrative business making jewellery for the rich and famous, then lost it all,  they had absolutely nothing and lived in a spare room in there parents house.
    Then it goes on through his depression, how gardening was recommended to him, the first garden he managed to buy through to the one he has now.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Lyn said:
    It covers his life before Longacre,  when he and his wife had a lucrative business making jewellery for the rich and famous, then lost it all,  they had absolutely nothing and lived in a spare room in there parents house.
    Then it goes on through his depression, how gardening was recommended to him, the first garden he managed to buy through to the one he has now.

    Oh interesting. I had thought from his describing his early life that he had always been in gardening.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 54,353
    He was very famous with that jewellery. It was typically loud brash 80s stuff. They did very well for along time with it if I remember correctly   :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • chickychicky Posts: 10,400
    They did …..


    …..but then it all went wrong 😑 

    Think I prefer the Blue Cord and Braces look 😂
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    Think I prefer the Blue Cord and Braces look 😂


     I'm certain that Monty does!
    A much happier man in the natural world.
  • Chris-P-BaconChris-P-Bacon Posts: 943
    I've read some of his books. They're ok. I'm not sure I'd read them again. The Jewel Garden is an interesting read having said that and I've actually read it twice. There are some inconsistencies in it and he says quite a lot by omission but worth a read even so. My favourite gardening book is 'The no work garden' by Bob Flowerdew. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,064
    I love Bob Flowerdew,  I haven’t read any books but he used to write an article in a magazine each week/month? 
    The Dons made expensive flashy jewellery, think Lady Diana was one of his customers.
    I believe his father was into gardening  so he was brought up with it, not a complete novice. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

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