The Jewel Garden

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The Jewel Garden is an enchanting memoir by Monty and Sarah Don, chronicling their journey from financial ruin to creating a stunning and vibrant garden. Set against the backdrop of their personal and professional struggles, it highlights the transformative power of gardening and creativity in rebuilding their lives. Through vivid descriptions and heartfelt reflections, the book offers an inspiring tale of resilience and renewal.
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This book may appeal to you if you have a passion for gardening and enjoy personal stories of transformation and renewal. It offers an intimate view into the lives of Monty and Sarah Don as they recreate their garden, blending autobiography with a love of horticulture. The narrative is as much about overcoming life’s challenges as it is about the beauty and tranquility of cultivating a garden.

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The Jewel Garden

Monty Don, presenter of Gardeners' World and the face of British gardening, and his wife Sarah tell the magical story of the garden they built at Longmeadow.

The face of British gardening Monty Don and his wife Sarah tell the magical story of the garden they have built over the last decade

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The face of British gardening, Monty Don, and his wife Sarah tell the magical story of the garden they have built over the last decade.

The Jewel Garden is the story of the garden that over the past decade has bloomed from the muddy fields around the Dons' Tudor farmhouse, a perfect metaphor for Monty and Sarah's own rise from the ashes of a spectacular commercial failure. At the same time, The Jewel Garden is the story of a creative partnership that has weathered the greatest storm, and a testament to the healing powers of the soil.

In his weekly column for the Observer, Monty Don has always been candid about the garden's role in helping him to pull back from the abyss of depression; The Jewel Garden elaborates on this much further.

Written in an optimistic, autobiographical vein, Monty and Sarah's story is truly an exploration of what it means to be a gardener.

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The Jewel Garden by Monty and Sarah Don has been praised for its heartfelt and passionate prose, offering a meditation on family and love through the lens of gardening. Reviewers have noted the book's inspiring nature, commending its compelling honesty.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780340826720

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 August 2005

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Two Roads

Illustration: 16 plates illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 137.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 165g

Pages: 192

About the Author

Monty and Sarah Don have been gardening together for 20 years, originally in London, where they based their jewellery business, and over the past ten years in Herefordshire, where they now live with their three children. Monty is best known for his weekly column on the Observer, for presenting a number of prestigious series for Channel 4 and, most recently, as main presenter of BBC Gardeners' World.

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