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

Weather extremes are becoming more frequent

Award nomination for nature charity

New bulbs from Marshalls

RHS steps in to plug the peat-free gap • Organisation to help production of peat-free plug plants

Keeping greenhouses winter-snug

New seeds for early sowing

AG’s Nick to publish his latest book

Garden hygiene and overwintering • It’s time to tidy away and pot up while the weather holds

Lift tender plants • Get them through winter indoors

The joys of ‘bare root season’ • A cheap and effective way of growing trees and shrubs

Get the garlic in! • Early planting leads to better crops

Plant winter bedding to dispel the seasonal gloom

Bulbs for indoor scent and colour • Brighten the house this winter with forced bulbs

Growing over water • A neat, simple way to grow plants

Potting up forced hyacinth bulbs

Overwintering and harvesting chillies, mulching and canny kiwis • Lucy explains how to make the most of the next few weeks

Mulch the soil

Step by step Overwinter chilli peppers

Harvest kiwis

Why not try…?

5 quick jobs…

Easy year-round plants • Shrubs should have a place in your garden, even if it’s in a container, says Chris Collins

Small space Q&A

5 marvellous money-saving ideas • Editor and eco-expert Kim Stoddart outlines some easy ways to cut costs this autumn

Helping hedgehogs • Olivia Watts from the Field Studies Council explains how to keep hedgehogs happy this autumn.

The best flowering hedges • Sue Bradley explains how to apply a spot of flower power to hedging to brighten gardens and help wildlife

Sweetest chestnuts, Chilean Guava and the role of garden spiders • There’s plenty to get excited about in October

How to grow…Chilean Guava

Sweet chestnuts

Try these… varieties for next year

Spiders

Amazing asters • These late season bloomers come into their own

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Golden-leaved treasures • Mike Palmer shows us that nothing in the garden is as good as gold come autumn

Less work, more seed heads • Liz Zorab explains how you can save time, boost biodiversity and add structure to your garden for winter

The cottage garden allotment • Three growing spaces add up to one nature-filled whole for Nadine Mitschunas

Top 7 perennial edible picks • Lucy Hutchings at She Grows Veg reveals her favourite longer-lasting veg

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

Crossword… just for fun!

How to make… Plant labels • How to make handy plant markers from materials you have lying about

How to make your own leaf mould • AG columnist Andrew Oldham explains how to treasure the fallen leaves and let them feed your garden

Sweet colour for the front of a border • Easygoing larkspurs bring joy to the summer garden

Sweet like candy...