Author(s): Don, Monty, Don, Sarah,
Binding: Paperback,
Date of Publication: 15/08/2005,
Pagination: 192 pages, 16 plates illustrations,
Series: N/A,
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd,
Published By: Hodder & Stoughton General Division,
Book Classification: Autobiography: arts & entertainment, Gardens: descriptions/history
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780340826720
Description: 

Now familiar to millions of Gardeners' World fans as Longmeadow (the home of Nigel & Nellie), this is the story of Monty & Sarah Don's early days there.

THE JEWEL GARDEN is the story of the garden that bloomed from the muddy fields around the Dons' Tudor farmhouse, a perfect metaphor for the Monty and Sarah's own rise from the ashes of a spectacular commercial failure in the late '80s.

At the same time THE JEWEL GARDEN is the story of a creative partnership that has weathered the greatest storm, and a testament to the healing powers of the soil.

Monty Don has always been candid about the garden's role in helping him to pull back from the abyss of depression; THE JEWEL GARDEN elaborates on this much further. Written in an optimistic, autobiographical vein, Monty and Sarah's story is truly an exploration of what it means to be a gardener.