Monty Don has been gardening on TV for over 25 years for ITV, Channel 4 and the BBC, and since 2003 has been the lead presenter on BBC TV's Gardeners' World, which from 2011 has been filmed in his own garden in Herefordshire - Longmeadow. His own more recent series have included Big Dreams Small Spaces and Paradise Gardens. He is a longstanding organic gardener and was President of the Soil Association from 2008 to 2017. A prolific journalist and author, he was gardening correspondent for the Observer from 1994 to 2006 and has written a weekly gardening column for the Daily Mail since 2004. He has published 19 books, including his recent bestsellers, Down to Earth and Nigel: My Family and Other Dogs.