HEARTBREAKING: Monty Don’s 43-year marriage as he shares update on rarely seen wife
Inside Monty Don’s marriage (Image: Getty)
Monty Don has given his fans a rare glimpse into his relationship as he celebrated 43 years of marriage. The BBC Gardeners’ World star shared a throwback snap of him and his wife, Sarah, together to Instagram as he captioned it: “43 years ago today.”
They both smiled brightly as he wore a white suit and tie and she was dressed in a light blue button up blazer with huge pearls around her neck. Fans rushed to share their support for the huge milestone in the comments. One wrote: “Congratulations. I hope you are as happy today as you look in this photo.” Another added: “Happy Anniversary to you both and many more,” and a third echoed: “Happy anniversary! Your wife is gorgeous. What a beautiful couple.”
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Monty first encountered Sarah while studying as an undergraduate at Cambridge University and during an appearance on White Wine Question Time, he revealed he experienced “intense attraction at first sight”. After courting for several years, the pair ultimately married on July 29, 1983.
Following their wedding, Monty and Sarah had three children together – Adam, Freya and Tom. All three are understood to be in their thirties now and have proceeded to have their own kids.
Speaking on the Gardeners’ World podcast in 2022, Monty disclosed how he and Sarah reach decisions about their cherished home, Longmeadow, noting that while they’ve disagreed about their garden occasionally, Sarah remains consistently supportive.
“Sarah has always been an entirely supportive partner in crime,” he said. “One of the things I always say privately and I should say publicly at every opportunity, it’s her garden as much as mine. This is not my garden, it’s our garden. It’s ‘We’ always.
“Every significant decision, and quite a few insignificant ones, are made by the pair of us in agreement and we have this principle that both of us have a veto over everything.
“It’s a very good way to run a system because what it means is, if you disagree, and we do a lot, you can’t do it and say ‘Live with it.'”
Monty went on to say: “You might have terrible rows, you might have a lot of persuading, it might mean negotiation. It might take two years before that plant goes in the ground, but when it does you’ve agreed.
“But by and large, we generally agree and sometimes it happens that you agree for a quiet life and then, really irritatingly, you realise they were right all along.”
