28 Feb, 2024 @ 13:48
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Monty Don visits Estepona: BBC’s famous gardener admires the town’s ‘ambitious’ floral project

MUCH loved British gardener Monty Don has visited Spain’s Estepona, where he admired the town’s ‘ambitious’ plant project 

He visited Estepona as part of his ‘Spanish Gardens’ series, currently airing on BBC Two. 

It is set to feature on Thursday, February 29 at 8:00pm GMT. 

In a preview of the episode he praised the city’s change from a ‘car dominated chaos’ to a ‘huge communal garden’. 

Monty Don explores Spain through it’s gardens in his new series

Although the pots lining the streets of Estepona may ‘conjure up’ images of traditional Spain, Monty highlights that the city’s greenery is actually part of an innovative project to rejuvenate the centre. 

Some 16,000 plant pots are found throughout the city, with each street choosing the colour of pot and the type of plant they would like. 

In the programme, he meets with the town hall’s gardening lead, as well as the landscape designer behind the scheme. 

The programme will also feature Sevilla as Monty investigates the impact of tourism and climate change on the city. 

In the first episode, Monty travelled central Spain, visiting Madrid, Toledo and Valencia. 

He marvelled at disused riverbeds and busy train stations which have been turned into plant paradises.

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Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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