Our Patrons

Monty Don

Monty is Britain’s best-loved garden writer and broadcaster and is the presenter of the BBC’s Gardener’s World programme. He says

The work that Veterans Outdoors is doing is both admirable and important. To reconnect with the rhythms of growth and to work with animals and plants nurtures something essential to human wellbeing and I know from personal experience that a direct connection with the natural world can be powerfully healing.”

Peter Wright

Peter Wright trained by All Creatures Great and Small vet and author James Herriot, Peter Wright is Channel 5’s Yorkshire Vet. He’s delighted to be a Patron of Veterans Outdoors and tells us:

“I know only too well the psychological benefits and powerful healing processes of working with the natural world, especially on farms.”