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Gardeners' World Monty Don's co-star wife - traumatic birth to depression hell

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Gardeners' World, with his mop of curly hair, has brought horticulture to the masses and he has a legion of loyal fans. Not only does he present the hit BBC gardening show, but Monty has also written more than 25 books on the subject, is a columnist for two national newspapers and has indeed described himself as a “professional writer and an amateur gardener”.Monty, 67, is also widely known for his stylish gardening attire and once said he received fan mail about his wardrobe choices.READ NEXT: BBC’s Monty Don devastates fans as he confirms Gardeners’ World cancelled in shake-upBut he has always said his success is also down to his wife, Sarah, and that every decision made about their magnificent garden, Longmeadow, is a joint one.Here is all you need to know about Monty’s elegant wife, who he married nearly 40 years ago.Monty and Sarah met when they were both studying at the University of Cambridge.

Monty was reading English at Magdelene College and Sarah was a trained jeweller and architect. To woo her Monty once said at the Edinburgh Literary Festival that he cut Sarah’s lawn by hand with kitchen scissors because he couldn't find the keys to the shed with the lawnmower in it.

He added: "She thought then as she does now, I was a fool.“But a romantic fool. We were only 25 but we bought a house with the biggest garden we could afford." The pair married in 1983 and originally lived in Islington, north London, because Monty was studying at the London School of Economics.

Don and Sarah then moved to Hackney before eventually ending up at Longmeadow near Leominster, Herefordshire, in around 1991.

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