My children. I was away an awful lot when they were little and not very good at being a father when I was around. I could have done better.
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Monty Don
English horticulturist, broadcaster, and writer
United Kingdom · b. 1955
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Born in Germany, Monty Don, 62, was raised in Hampshire and educated at Cambridge University. He ran a costume jewellery business before becoming the gardening expert on This Morning in 1989. In 2003, he was made the main presenter on BBC’s Gardeners’ World and since 2011, the show has been broadcast from his garden, Longmeadow, in Herefordshire. He has written more than 20 gardening books and discusses the latest, Paradise Gardens, at the Hay festival on 2 June. He is married with three children.
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At the time, losing our business, home and all our possessions in 1991 after the failure of our jewellery company. But if that had not happened then other good things would not have happened, either.
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