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.

A warm welcome • Foraging and forward planning

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Gardening skills are being used to improve prison life and beyond • Inmates are now growing and harvesting their own produce

Blenheim Palace really is the bee’s knees!

Many everyday household products are posing a threat to wildlife • Wash off from flea treatment and cleaners is poisoning rivers

Wasps join the fight against clothes moths

Cut back and keep colour coming • Extend autumn with some judicial pruning, says Ruth

Houseplants back inside • Prepare them for winter indoors

Keep plants healthy by dividing • Splitting plants saves money and helps fill border gaps

Disease control • Beating fungal problems

Step by step Splitting a perennial

A bad year for the tomatoes • Ruth has a theory why her greenhouse plants have failed

Prolonging pots • Keep deadheading and feeding

Growing potatoes for the festive table

Quick-growing leaves, revamp climbing beans and maximise undercover growing results • Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks

Prune stone fruits

Step by step Revamp climbing beans

Shut down greenhouses at night

Why not try…?

5 quick jobs…

Easy bulbs for a sensational spring flower display • There’s much more to spring bulbs than meets the eye, writes Chris Collins

Small space Q&A

5 easy ways to build greater all-weather soil resilience on the veg patch • Editor and eco-expert Kim Stoddart reveals how to shore up the defences from the ground up this autumn

Getting to know wasps • Olivia Watts from the Field Studies Council explores the weird but wonderful world of wasps

Fantastic fuchsias • Hardy fuchsias are beautiful, graceful, easy and useful. But sadly, they are not always hardy! Plantsman Graham Clarke takes a look

Fuchsia gall mite

8 hardy fuchsia tips

Top five plants for sensational autumn colour • Mike Palmer reveals easy ideas for an enticing new season

THE NATURAL FORAGER’S GARDEN

How to grow… sweetcorn

Try these… varieties for next year

Save tomato seeds

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Creating a carnival of colour • Liz Zorab chooses the plants that enhance the glorious shades of autumn

Top three seasonal recipes • Some lovely edible inspiration from The National Garden Scheme

How to make… A DIY coconut bird feeder • How to create a tasty treat that’ll bring the garden birds flocking

Gardening through the family • Zoe Clay talks about the inspiring East Sussex garden created by her mother Diane Hicks and how it has inspired and influenced her own gardening efforts over the years

Electrifying euphorbias • These dramatic plants will delight and draw the eye

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

Crossword… just for fun!

Ten reasons you should be growing calendula • Calendula is a powerhouse plant that deserves a place in your garden, says Emma O’Neill, head gardener at Garden Organic.

Creating a calendula collection

How to dry herbs • Andrew Oldham explains how...