The Guardian's review says Monty Don's last Gardeners' World mixed routine winter-prep advice with gentle farewells at Longmeadow, with a fuller retrospective promised around Christmas.
Monty Don has presented his final episode of Gardeners' World, according to a review by the Guardian's Stuart Heritage published on 6 November 2026. The reviewer says Don, who has fronted the programme on and off for almost a quarter of a century, opened the episode at his Longmeadow garden in autumn colour and warned that winter was coming, a remark that carried an obvious double meaning. The Guardian says the episode was presented largely as a normal edition rather than an overt tribute, though a sense of loss ran through it.
According to the review, the programme stuck to practical seasonal jobs: pruning back roses, packing and tying up tropical trees, making a layered tulip pot known as a bulb lasagne, and caring for windfall apples, which cannot be stored but can be eaten or juiced. The episode also included a film about a garden designer who found solace in her garden after her husband's death, and mention of viewer letters describing how gardens had helped people through hard times. The reviewer notes that the bulb lasagne was, by Don's account, the first thing he ever made on television, in 1989.
The Guardian describes Don's goodbye as brief and understated, ending with thanks to viewers and good wishes for the future, and credits him with giving the show a calm, almost meditative quality. The reviewer adds that the episode offered no clear answer on who might succeed him, suggesting that a team of presenters with equal billing could be one option, and says a fuller retrospective of Longmeadow is promised around Christmas. These details come from a single published review, and readers should check the broadcaster's own announcements for scheduling and succession plans.
