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Monty Don reveals why he is 'ready to embrace a quieter life' after admitting Gardener' World is a 'remorseless treadmill'

Last year the broadcaster hinted at his departure from the BBC show.

Monty Don has admitted he is 'ready to embrace a quieter, slower pace of life' after he recently opened up about the future of Gardener's World. Last year the broadcaster hinted at his departure from the BBC show during a Radio Times Magazine interview, saying: 'The logical thing to do is give up Gardeners' World, which is, for all its virtues, a remorseless treadmill.' In his previous interview with Radio Times Magazine in February, Monty also opened up about his mental health, confessing: 'I have, for many years, suffered from depression, which comes and goes but tends to be something that is worse in the winter.'

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