Gardeners’ World’s Monty Don shares his shock over revelation about his old home as he reveals the heartbreaking reason he packed up and moved

Monty Don has shared his shock over a revelation about his old home as he revealed the heartbreaking reason he packed up and moved. 

The Gardeners’ World presenter, 69, was surprised to discover his old home in London was being advertised by estate agents as having a garden designed ‘by Monty Don’ . . . 36 years after he sold up.

The modest Victorian end-of-terrace home, between Islington and Hackney, was where Monty lived with Sarah Erskine (now his wife) in the 1980s, when they were jewellery designers.

He told an audience at his one-man show in Somerset: ‘The house we bought in 1981 for £30,000 was sold last year for £1.7 million. And it was advertised as having “a garden done by Monty Don” — which probably added three and sixpence to the value.’

He moved out after their third burglary, but said he was ‘just as happy in that 100ft by 30ft London garden as at any other time gardening since’.

He added: ‘Gardening is nothing to do with size, or money; it’s what you get out of it.’

Monty Don has shared a shocking fact about his old home as he revealed the heartbreaking reason he packed up and moved (pictured on Monty Don’s British Gardens on February 2)

The Gardeners’ World presenter, 69, was surprised to discover his old home in London was being advertised by estate agents as having a garden designed ‘by Monty Don ’ . . . 36 years after he sold up

One thing he did get out of it was a lot of scrap metal, as the previous owner used to buy cars for parts and ditch leftovers in the garden.

‘I was turning the soil and I would suddenly hit a bonnet,’ he recalled.

It comes after the presenter was left ‘stark b*****k naked’ in his garden after suffering a hilarious blunder.

The star recalled how a herd of cows once caused chaos in his garden while speaking in a new interview.

Monty, who films the series from his own garden, Longmeadow, in Ivington, Herefordshire, explained that he sees all kinds of wildlife outside his window.

He told The Sun: ‘Sometimes we have wildlife there that we don’t want. One time some cattle got in.

‘I got in the bath, looked out of the window and there was this big white face looking at me.

‘So I got a towel and rushed outside to chase them. I put on some wellies and then the towel fell and I was running around Long Meadow stark b*****k naked.’

It comes after the presenter was left ‘stark b*****k naked’ in his garden after suffering a hilarious blunder

The star recalled how a herd of cows once caused chaos in his garden while speaking in a new interview

Recently he revealed his return to work date amid health woes as he landed a brand new BBC series away from Gardeners’ World

Monty added how he eventually managed to get the herd out and keep them out to ensure it doesn’t happen again.

Recently he revealed his return to work date amid health woes as he landed a brand new BBC series away from Gardeners’ World.

The TV star was forced to cancel six gigs during his An Audience With Monty Don tour after he had to stay in hospital for several days.

But he landed another new show as he will star in Monty Don’s British Gardens.

He updated his beloved garden fans with a social media post created by Wildside Gardens.

Monty shared their post which read: ‘Hello, what’s going on here then? Monty and Keith chatting all things gardening.

‘Finally, we can share the wonderful news that Keith and Wildside will be featured on Monty Don’s British Gardens series which starts in January.

‘All episodes will be available on iPlayer from the 10th January.

‘It was a pleasure to welcome @themontydon and the team to the garden and we look forward to seeing the series…something to look forward to in the New Year!’

From The Dirt News he shared: ‘New BBC series: Monty Don’s British Gardens 10/01/2025 on @bbctwo.

‘For the new series @themontydon travels across some of the country’s most stunning landscapes, heading across the north of England to Northern Ireland…’

Fans were fast to react to the news with one stating: ‘Looks amazing can’t wait!’; ‘Looking forward to this ❤️’; ‘Looks like Alnwick. Hope the series comes to Australia soon.’