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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Amateur Gardening

Your NEWS FORTNIGHT • Bringing you some of the gardening news highlights

Your GARDENING FORTNIGHT • with AG’s gardening expert Ruth Hayes

Your GARDENING FORTNIGHT • with Lucy Chamberlain, AG’s fruit and veg expert

Small space | Big ideas • With Chris Collins, Garden Organic’s Head of Horticulture

Your GARDENING FORTNIGHT • with Val Bourne, AG’s organic wildlife expert

Looking back • In this historic issue, we delve back into the archive for words from one of our most well-know contributors and supporters, Alan Titchmarsh MBE. First, a few words from the great man himself…

Less work, more resilient gardening journey • Editor Kim Stoddart shares some highlights from her resilient gardening adventuring over the years

Garden trends through the decades • Horticulture Week editor and AG friend Matthew Appleby looks back at how gardening has changed since the 1960s

Things are looking up • Mike Palmer encourages us to embrace vertical planting opportunities

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Plants that please the senses • Award-winning gardener, author and broadcaster Liz Zorab explains how to feast your eyes, nose, appetite and more with sensory gems

THE NATURAL FORAGER’S GARDEN • With expert broadcaster, author and long-standing AG columnist, Anne Swithinbank

Plants through the decades • Many plant cultivars have come and gone since Amateur Gardening was first published. Sue Bradley looks at the reasons why some are longer-lived than others and examines a few classics

Toby Buckland is back! • Toby takes a walk down the AG memory lane

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

AG anniversary anecdotes • Some of our longest-standing contributors (including one former editor) share fond, funny and thought-provoking memories from their years with AG

THE SELF-SUFFICIENT (ish) GARDENER • with Andrew Oldham

Your MONEY SAVING • with Ruth Hayes, AG’s gardening expert

MASTERCLASS • With Julia Boulton, Beth Chatto’s granddaughter and chief custodian of the world-famous gardens and her team

Ask JOHN NEGUS • John is a gardening legend and is here to answer your lovely questions

Your LETTERS TO KIM

Poetry Corner

PLANT WATCH • With Michael Perry Your plant recommendations from expert plantsman, Michael.

TRIED AND TESTED • With Adam Kirtland, AG’s garden DIY ideas expert

The origins of organic gardening • As part of Amateur Gardening’s 140th anniversary, the charity Garden Organic explains the roots of its nature-friendly principles

Plant and Pause • Jason Williams ‘the Cloud Gardener’ explains how gardening can help mental health

How gardening was then… • Former AG editor, Graham Clarke looks at the some of the ways our grandparents and great-grandparents gardened, when AG was the new kid on the block

Beth Chatto profile • A look at the life and legacy of one of the most influential British gardeners of the past half-century

GARDEN MUSINGS • with Bob Flowerdew, longstanding AG contributor,...