108 Quotes by Monty Don

The key to our oldest woodland is that it has been cut down and regrown, in some cases as often as 50 or 60 times. It is one of the most perfectly sustainable resources and ecosystems known to man.

I have always felt that the best gardens aspired to coppice and that the best woods have all the elements of the very best gardens.

As you get older your own problems are not that interesting.

If I'm honest, the thing I am proudest of is my varieties of wild flowers in the hay meadow.

Coppice management depends upon the chosen tree being cut when the shoots are straight, vigorous and, critically, not shading out new growth.

Plant breeding has been going on for millennia and it's a gradual process.

Blackthorn has wicked spikes that are highly brittle and tend to snap off under the skin and then fester horribly. This means that they can only really be part of a hedge that you do not want to get too close to.

The thing I like to stress about TV is that it's a team exercise. You really can't have too much of an ego.

The truth is that wreaths have never really been part of my creative life. I like them and want them and know how to do them.