Monty Don leaves Gardeners’ World fans concerned with swollen face in pic from greenhouse

GARDENERS World viewers were left very concerned after noticing his swollen face in latest episode.

The BBC Two show returned on Friday after a four-week gap with Monty Don - but fans are all saying the same thing about his appearance.

In the episode, Monty showed viewers how he harvests his potatoes and sows seeds for autumn vegetables.

The 67-year-old also gave his tips on how to get plants for free by taking cuttings.

However, viewers were seriously distracted and concerned about his health and appearance.

Taking to X, formally known as Twitter, one viewer said: "Monty looks like he has a bloodshot left eye, hope it’s ok."

Another wrote: "Somebody check on Monty right now."

Monty first appeared on our screens in 1989 with a regular on This Morning and his own gardening segment.

Then he took over from Alan Tichmarsh as the lead presenter of Gardeners' World in 2003.

However, he took a break between 2008 and 2011 when he suffered a stroke.

In the past, he opened up about his battle with depression, which first occurred when he lost his jewellery business due to the financial crisis of 1987.

Writing in his book The Jewel Garden, Monty recalled: "[In the end] I went to see a healer.

"I can’t remember if he was a herbalist, acupuncturist, homoeopath or white coated faith healer, but I liked him. He had me abstain from tea, coffee and alcohol and described my various symptoms with unerring accuracy.

“After a few months of this puritanical regime they told me I was unhealable.”

He talked about his bouts of depression in a 2020 interview with the BBC.

He said: "I have for many years, suffered from depression, which comes and goes but tends to be something that is worse in winter.

"And, touch wood, it’s been much better for the last few years. But for me, the benefits of nature are all about the physical connection with the rhythm of the natural world."

He continued: “Some of that rhythm is bleak – winter is cold. And yet even if inside you are bleak and grey and cold, if you believe that spring will blossom inside you, as well as outside in the garden, that’s powerful. So that’s how it works for me.”

Gardeners' World airs on BBC Two and is available on BBC iPlayer.