Monty Don
TV gardener Monty Don joins presenters Aasmah Mir and Shaun Keaveny.
Saturday Live · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Monty Don joins presenters Aasmah Mir and Shaun Keaveny to discuss his television gardening career, his new book Down To Earth, and how getting your hands dirty is good for your mental well-being.
Tree climber and award-winning documentary cameraman James Aldred shares his love of trees and the adventures he's had with gorillas, leopards, snakes and poisonous frogs in rainforests around the world.
Soil scientist Jackie Stroud loves worms. She reveals why.
And listener Suzanne Gray explains why, at the age of 49, she joined the Territorial Army to work as an operating theatre nurse in a military field hospital in Afghanistan.
We'll also hear the inheritance tracks of TV property presenter Kirstie Allsopp.
Presenters: Aasmah Mir & Shaun Keaveny Producer: Paul Waters.