By mid-1989, Don had written several gardening articles and granted writers access to his home garden which was featured in various publications. This increased exposure led to Don writing a gardening column for the "Mail on Sunday", a book deal, and an invitation to a screen test for a proposed weekly live gardening segment on the ITV television breakfast show "This Morning". Don landed the spot and his first segment aired in October 1989, receiving £100 a show. After twenty-six spots on "This Morning", Don landed additional television work as presenter on the BBC Television shows "Holiday" and "Tomorrow's World". Though he had some doubts being a presenter, he took the jobs as he felt desperate for work. In November 1999, Channel 4 started to air the gardening series "Fork to Fork", in which Don and his wife presented segments on growing and cooking organic vegetables. This was followed by three other series hosted by Don between 1999 and 2003: "Real Gardens", "Lost Gardens", and "Don Roaming".