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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Using gardens as a flood defence • Resilient gardening can make homes more insurable
Be alert for Asian hornets • Help needed to eradicate imported bee-killers
Removing weeds from a perennial • Ruth ‘cleanses’ a weed-infested dwarf red hot poker
Creating beautiful borders and patios • Four easy ways to keep our gardens looking great
Summer houseplant care • Ruth restarts feeding, watering and re-potting her plants
Fruity fun, winter brassica and the plant that produces seafood-tasting leaves • Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks
Step by step Summer greenhouse care • These undercover growing spaces offer invaluable protection for heat-loving edibles. Manage yours correctly and you’ll provide crops with the perfect summer environment, leading to healthy growth and huge harvests. Here’s how:
Year-on-year blooms • Follow Chris’s tips for growing perennials in small spaces for continuous colour every season
Making mini meadows • Val explains how to create your own little patch of wildflower wonder
Less work, more edible results • Kim Stoddart shares more of her tried and tested, time and money saving gems
Forest garden layers for foraging, raspberries, ground elder and moles
How to grow nepeta • Beloved by Beth Chatto, her team explains how to grow the perfect plant for an ever-changing early summer scene
Touch of the tropical • Mike Palmer shows us how to weave more exotic planting into our gardens
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Delightful dahlias • Mandy Bradshaw looks at the different varieties and explains why there is a dazzling bloom for everyone
In the pink • Award-winning gardener, author and broadcaster Liz Zorab offers some pink, or reddish colour, planting inspiration
Make your garden ground-dweller friendly • Alice Whitehead from Garden Organic shares ways of supporting some of the unsung, but incredibly useful, invertebrate heroes in your garden
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Your GARDENING TEA BREAK • Gardening’s king of trivia and brain-teasers, Graham Clarke
Crossword… just for fun!
Get the look Salvaged garden success • Nick Hamilton of Barnsdale Gardens explains how to trawl reclamation yards to find ‘new’ gems for your garden
Cheap eats in unexpected places • Andrew Oldham examines the garden’s more unusual edible opportunities
More tomatoes from unwanted shoots • Feeling the pinch? Use it to make more plants
Try growing some exotic flavours • Shop-bought ginger and lemongrass roots well
Ask JOHN NEGUS • John is a gardening legend and is here to answer your lovely questions
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The hottest plant trends this summer • Michael looks at the best new plants from Hillier
Taking the strain out of watering • These handy gadgets mean your plants will no longer go thirsty
It’s a jungle in here! • Toby explains how he cares for his indoor monsters
Beans means generous cropping • Warm conditions will lead to bumper harvests