Something from the Cellar: Monty Don
White Wine Question Time
Stak
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
As the first signs of spring begin to bloom, we’re revisiting our life-affirming conversation with the nation’s favourite gardener: Monty Don!
In this uplifting episode, Monty reflects on his remarkable journey from struggling at school and losing everything after the collapse of his jewellery business, to completely rebuilding his life and becoming one of the most beloved and trusted voices in gardening. With over 20 years as a broadcaster and author, he shares his thoughts on love, resilience, and the transformative power of nature.
Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or simply craving some springtime inspiration, this one’s for you. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to another Tuesday episode of White Mine Question Time, something from the cellar, |
| 0:10.3 | an opportunity for me to take you down to the cellar to revisit some of our, well, all-time favourite vintage conversations. |
| 0:18.5 | And with the first signs of spring, finally springing, gardens starting |
| 0:23.1 | to bloom and beautiful, warm weather and are just a sense of new beginnings in the air. We thought, |
| 0:28.7 | what better time than to revisit our chat with the nation's favourite gardener? The beautifully articulate, |
| 0:35.2 | eloquent and revelatory, Monty Don. |
| 0:39.3 | In this episode, Monty reflects on an extraordinary journey from struggling at school to losing everything in the 80s as a successful jewelry designer. |
| 0:48.3 | Yeah, Monty Don was a jewelry designer, everyone. |
| 0:51.3 | And then to completely restarting his life and becoming one of the most trusted and |
| 0:56.6 | beloved figures in gardening forging a career in television and writing that spanned over 20 years now |
| 1:03.1 | here he opens up about love resilience and the healing power of nature so whether you're planting |
| 1:10.1 | your first seed |
| 1:10.9 | or just in need of a little inspiration. |
| 1:13.7 | Put the kettle on, pop your corks, |
| 1:15.5 | do whatever you need to do. |
| 1:16.6 | But please do enjoy this rather life-affirming conversation |
| 1:19.4 | with Monty Donne. |
| 1:25.7 | You can see that you love what you do. |
| 1:28.5 | Just as we were setting up to record, I said to you that your new book, The Gardening Book, |
| 1:32.5 | which is a thing of beauty, by the way, as are all of your books, |
| 1:36.8 | the aesthetics, the tone of voice, the, it's just, it's like everything you do, |
| 1:43.1 | everything that you put your name to has this |
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