BBC’s Monty Don reveals heartbreak after canine Nell dies of most cancers

Gardeners’ World star Monty Don has revealed his beloved canine Nell has died of most cancers – three years after shedding Golden Retriever Nigel.

The famed horticulturist, 68, took to social media to share the tragic information, which got here 4 months after his companion was identified with the illness.

Don, who is understood for his love of canines and usually inviting his furry associates to share display screen time with him, shared the unhappy information along with his a million Instagram followers on Saturday, and thanked them for his or her help in a follow-up submit as we speak.

He wrote on October 21: ‘I used to be going to inform you about my new ebook which is revealed subsequent week however that may wait as a result of my pretty expensive Nell died final evening.

‘She was identified with most cancers in June and daily this summer time has been a present however it’s over now.’

BBC Gardener’s World presenter Monty Don with beloved Golden Retriever Nell as a pet 

Don with Nell as an grownup; she started showing on the programme in 2016 alongside Don’s different Golden Retriever, Nigel

Taking to Instagram to share the tragic information, Don shared images of Nell along with his followers

Gardeners’ World host Monty Don with beloved Golden Retriever Nell, who has died of most cancers 

Fans despatched Don lots of of messages of condolence and luxury after he broke the information on his Instagram account

He added: ‘We buried her within the backyard subsequent to Nigel wrapped in one in every of my jackets with flowers, balls and her favorite biscuits. 

‘Her finish was peaceable and dignified and ended apparent struggling however it by no means will get any simpler to bear.

‘So life goes on, however for the second we’re very, very unhappy.’

Fans took to Instagram to ship condolences and messages of consolation to the famously green-fingered presenter, who has been showing on British screens for greater than 30 years. 

One fan mentioned: ‘So very sorry to listen to of your loss. They take an enormous piece of our hearts with them.’

Another wrote: ‘So very very sorry to your loss. It isn’t simple after we lose a member of our 4 legged household. Run free expensive Nell.’

A 3rd added: ‘Oh my goodness! It’s so heartbreaking! The worth we pay for loving and being cherished by our darling doggies. Sending love.’

An extra fan paid tribute to her as a display screen icon alongside Don; Nell had appeared on Gardener’s World since 2016.

They wrote: ‘Such very unhappy information. We have cherished watching Nell through the years and shall miss her smiley face.’

In a subsequent submit on Sunday morning, filled with images of the beloved pooch, Don wrote:  ‘Thank you for all of your form messages about Nellie. 

‘Today I shall plant primroses on her grave and take Ned for an extended stroll within the flood. She is gone however the love stays.’

Don mentioned a bitter farewell to Golden Retriever Nigel in 2020 – and at the moment has two different canines: Ned, one other Golden Retriever, and Yorkshire Terrier Patti.

The presenter’s love of canines is well-documented: in 2016, he launched a ebook, My Family and Other Dogs, detailing how his companions got here to share the display screen with him on Gardener’s World.

In an extract from the ebook, revealed within the Mail on Sunday, Don mentioned of Nigel: ‘Nigel has the uncommon reward of taking our love and making us really feel enriched and enlarged by doing so. 

‘It will not be what he offers again to us a lot as what he permits us to offer to him. He empowers us to really feel love. That’s Nigel’s very particular reward.’