BBC Gardeners' World star Monty Don supported after 'really difficult' update

Monty Don has been flooded with support from fans after opening up on his ordeal with his garden. The BBC Gardeners World star has admitted that he was fearful during a 'really difficult' garden ordeal last year which has his garden become 'unmanageable'.

Chatting on the Gardeners' World podcast, Monty said: "Well, the truth is, none of us know. I hope to God that it's not as wet as last year, becuase it really really was difficult for us, I mean we were starting to get worried.

"Not about the house flooding, but the garden was becoming unmanageable because of the flooding and the wet." He said: "We've put in two huge pipes to take the water away. What we've done is diverted the rain water off the roofs and pushed them out to the edge of the garden, whereas before, they were just spilling out.

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He added: "At Longmeadow, we love dry periods, we love dry winters, we love dry springs and we even love dry summers. We can can cope with droughts, because our soil retains enough moisture, and also over the years I've put so much organic matter, that's the least of our worries (droughts).

"I would be very happy if we had a month of really cold weather, because it's great for getting jobs done like pruning, get all the top fruit pruned and you can repair things and it's dry, you can move things around. I would love November to be cool and dry, but I don't mind if December's wet because we're not gardening in December very much anyway, that's our downtime."

The BBC Gardeners' World Magazine gardening podcast brings you expert gardening advice and inspiration, from your favourite gardeners, including Monty Don, Alan Titchmarsh, Frances Tophill, Adam Frost, Arit Anderson and many more, plus special celebrity guests.