Monty Don is to measurement down arsenic the big of Gardeners' World aft much than 20 years, the BBC has announced.
The 71-year-old, who is the programme's longest-serving caput gardener, volition permission astatine the extremity of the existent series.
In a statement, Don said moving connected the amusement had been a "deeply rewarding experience," but added: "Now is the close clip for a change."
The BBC said Don had" inspired and guided millions of viewers with his warmth, contented and passionateness for gardening" since joining the programme successful 2003.
Don began presenting the programme astatine Berryfields, a rented plot successful Stratford-upon-Avon, earlier it moved successful 2011 to his ain garden, Longmeadow successful Herefordshire.
"Throughout that clip - and astir 700 programmes - I person had the privilege of sharing my ain abiding passionateness for gardens and gardening with an arsenic passionate, and often arsenic knowledgeable audience," helium said.
"That transportation with millions, not conscionable successful Britain but crossed the world, who stock a emotion of gardens, plants and the earthy satellite is thing I person ever treasured and which I progressively judge to beryllium astatine the bosom of a beingness good lived."
Don added helium had "always relished the trade of programme making" and paid tribute to the "superlative BBC team" helium worked with implicit the years.
"I look guardant to continuing to enactment with and for the BBC connected different projects, arsenic good arsenic pursuing caller avenues," helium concluded. "And of course, I volition inactive beryllium gardening, canine by side, present astatine Longmeadow."
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