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My Garden World: the Sunday Times bestseller

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My Garden Worldis Monty Don’s personal journey through the natural year, month by month, season by season, observed from the immediate world around him. This is a feel-good book, one that catapulted me away from a stressful week straight into the peace of the natural world. A handful of full colour plates are included in small batches, including the very last one of that special one the book is dedicated to, succeeding in bringing a tear to the eye of many a reader, I think, as potentially will the closing chapter😢 coming just before the short but sweet ½ page of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. His new book is a celebration of the living world, through which he walks us, following the calendar year, pausing to observe everything from hares to hawthorn. I will keep this book and revisit it over time, I feel I learnt so much from it and hopefully will be able to filter it along to others.

qualified in the last portion of the INTRODUCTION:🌱 ‘…This book is personal, selective, and based on my own particular interests rather than trying to be a reference book of any kind. Dedicated to ‘Nigel, 2008-2020’, it pensively follows with the opening lines of ‘Afterwards’, by Thomas Hardy. I regard this book as a treasure trove of all the many wonders of the natural world that surround us.From a very early age I loved the countryside as much as any garden and was fascinated by the life that I saw all around me from trees, wildflowers, birds, insects and mammals. After lending this to a couple of people who I know will love it, I will keep it as a source of reference about animals and plants.

If, in our own modest back yards, we can help preserve and treasure our natural world, then we will make this planet a better place ~ not just for ourselves but for every living creature.Best Christmas Releases* -- While some gardeners appear bent on suppressing nature, Monty Don loves and works with it. Recent times have given us the enforced opportunity to learn more about the fascinating natural world around us. This book is personal, selective, and based on my own particular interests rather than trying to be a reference book of any kind.

But a joy to finish in January 2022 under a blanket with a cup of tea in front of the fire as the snow piles up outside. From the dust-jacket front flap:🍃 ‘From a very early age I loved the countryside as much as any garden and was fascinated by the life that I saw all around me from trees, wildflowers, birds, insects and mammals. If, in our own modest back yards, we can help preserve and treasure our natural world then we will make the world a better place -- not just for ourselves but for every living creature. Tales and insight into his childhood, gardening and daily life were interesting in the most part but I did find certain parts of the book like trawling through an encyclopedia and it did tend to drag at those points. I paid much more attention to their behaviour this year as I learnt what to expect on a monthly basis.All in all a worthy read and it certainly has made me watch what is going in my garden more closely. Whether you live in the countryside or the town, Monty's observations and insights are relevant to each and every one of us. His previous books include the Sunday Times bestseller Nigel, The Jewel Garden, Paradise Gardens and Japanese Gardens with Derry Moore , which was shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Awards.

I love this book, it takes you on an amazing journey through the natural year learning about all the creatures and plants that inhabit a garden and farmland through the course of one year. The book is insightful, personal, educational, amusing, inspiring, entertaining (is that enough adjectectives? I grew to enjoy his no nonsense criticism of human practices that have destroyed so much of the natural world. It could only have been improved by having more illustrations or photos of the various plants and animals mentioned, I found myself googling many as I read the book. I have used the calendar months because these fit in with the rhythm of my gardening year ~ I always begin each January with a sense of hope and optimism because the garden is starting to wake up after the slow descent down to the end of the year.This year has given us the enforced opportunity to learn more about the fascinating natural world around us. My only criticism is I wish it had been purposefully written in a he notices the little things that so many of us 'gardeners' and outdoor people notice and gives lots of interesting extra facts.

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