Amateur Gardening

Since 1884 Amateur Gardening has been the gardening ‘Bible’ for serious gardeners from all walks of life. With unrivalled levels of practical content written by seasoned experts, it remains the only media brand to win a coveted gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show. We are passionate about all things horticultural and are dedicated to producing informative content that gives accurate and helpful advice. Amateur Gardening is a trusted fortnightly companion, offering guidance and advice for all green-fingered projects.

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Sixty years of Britain in Bloom • Join the UK’s biggest floral celebration

The benefits are home-grown • Research shows that growing fruit and veg helps our health

These molehills are mountains! • Ruth’s mole is back and housebuilding under her lawns

Finish pruning and start planting • Life is picking up pace in the garden, says Ruth

Starting again for summer • Ruth gets to work with seeds and tubers

Make early vegetable sowings • Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks

Force rhubarb • Once you own a mature, vigorous clump of rhubarb you’ll soon make this job an annual essential, because the forced hot pink early stems are an utter treat to eat:

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Love sweet potatoes? • Bob explains why now is the time then to start yours growing

Bees and early blooms • Val explains the important role these delightful pollinators play and how to encourage and protect them.

Nutritional wellbeing from the ground up • In an extract from her new book, The Climate Change Resilient Vegetable Garden, Kim Stoddart explains how to help nurture resilience from within

Design your own border • Mike Palmer explains how to renovate or design a new, more climate-resilient border.

Pansies and violas instant colour with the small-faced fillers • These delightful blooms fill us with winter and spring cheer, but which ones are best and how should we grow them? Graham Clarke has the answers.

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Winter houseplant benefits • Chris Bonnett from Gardening Express explains how some houseplants can help improve indoor air quality

Roasted roots recipe • Award-winning author, Stephanie Hafferty explains how to make a delicious roasted winter vegetable salad with roasted garlic and rosemary-thyme dressing

Hops, hotbeds and perfect peas

The plastic conundrum • Andrew Oldham explains how to reuse and recycle food containers for a greener garden

It’s time to try something new • Sue Bradley takes a look at the latest plant introductions to see what’s going to be big in 2024.

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Your GARDENING TEA BREAK • Gardening’s king of trivia and brain-teasers, Graham Clarke

Crossword …just for fun!

Seedling success • Becky Searle explains how constant care will help peat-free sown seedlings to grow healthily

Get your soil ready to grow • Warm, test and feed for the best results this year

It’s time to get chitting! • Growing potatoes is quick, cheap and easy, says Ruth

Pollination success in a polytunnel • Becky Searle explains how to help draw in all pollinators great and small

Ask JOHN NEGUS • John is here to answer your gardening questions

Designing a small organic garden • Small spaces require big thinking to make the most of their potential. In this new column, Garden Organic’s Head of Horticulture, Chris Collins shares his small-garden expertise.

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Feed and watch feathered friends • Adam suggests some perfect accessories for garden bird...