Monty Don’s blue workwear jacket is a classic. Here are the best look-alikes we’ve found.

Everyone’s going mad for Monty Don’s stylish navy chore jacket. Get his look with these timeless alternatives, available across a range of price points.

By Alice Tuffery

Published: Thursday, 04 April 2024 at 11:04 AM

Monty Don is back on our screens in a new series of Gardeners’ World and with him his garden fashion sense, including that classic: the blue chore jacket.

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It’s not just Monty (and a host of other gardeners, including Great Dixter‘s Fergus Garrett and Sissinghurst’s Troy Scott Smith) who is wearing this originally French working jacket, which has been worn in various incarnations for a very long time. According to The Times, the bleu du travail is increasingly favoured among film stars and fashionistas.

Fergus Garrett, head gardener at Great Dixter, wearing his blue working jacket © Richard Bloom

But for gardeners, while these lovely blue jackets look good, they are also brilliantly practical too – big pockets, heavy-duty material that is durable and comfortable, dark colours so all those mud stains don’t show.

Sissinghurst head gardener Troy Scott Smith sporting his blue gardening jacket. © Andrew Montgomery

Monty has mentioned he often gets clothes from a small independent company, Old Town, based in Norfolk, which is currently taking orders over the phone and by email. In the meantime, we’ve scoured the internet to find the most convincing lookalikes of the famous jacket across a range of price points.

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