Monty Don (Author) Monty Don O.B.E. is the UK's leading garden writer and broadcaster. He has been lead presenter of Gardeners' World since 2003 and since 2011 the programme has come from his own garden, Longmeadow, in Herefordshire. His previous books include The Complete Gardener, the Sunday Times bestsellers Nigel and My Garden World, The Jewel Garden with Sarah Don, and Japanese Gardens with Derry Moore, which was shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards.