Monty Don was the best teacher and presenter imaginable | Letters

Saul Abbott says his pace of presenting matched the pace of the world surrounding him, Jane Bates values Gardeners’ World immeasurably, while Joe Mackenzie shares a poignant memory

I started my professional gardening career in 2004, a year after Monty started presenting Gardeners’ World (‘It’s the final goodbye’: Monty Don bows out with a blissful last Gardeners’ World, 6 November).

To say this great man taught me much of what I have learned since is a gross understatement. Not just about the principles and practices of gardening itself, but the understanding in a greater sense of what a garden is, what it gives to us both in bounty, tangibly, and nourishment of something far greater, internally.

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