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 • Spring is in the air

Amateur Gardening

Charitable nursery hits the heights with unusual plant • Mangave succulent beats the season with winter flower

Winter glories at new Kew garden

Designer to give charity talk

Food bank charity unveils Chelsea garden

Reparation scheme helps the UK’s green spaces • Community Payback benefits ex-offenders and communities

Knepp celebrates 20 years of rewilding

New fabric helps protect ponds

See London‘s secret gardens

Are you ready to restart your dahlias? • Pot them up now for early colour and free plants from the new shoots

Cutting back grasses and fuchsias • Give them a trim and feed so they’re ready for spring

Helping birds and animals after winter • Giving garden wildlife a spring in their step

The best grapes for outdoor growing, hardy herbs and a thrifty propagation area • Lucy considers some of the exciting jobs to be done as spring gets underway

How to follow the ‘right plant, right place’ adage • Nick Hamilton explains why getting to know your garden’s sun, soil and shade situation will better help plants thrive

6 of the easiest early bloomers • Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to allow plants to grow a little wilder for greater all-weather protection

Unseasonal displays and repurposed planters

The wonderful woodpecker • Let’s take a closer look at these colourful, handsome birds

Working with the weather, growing asparagus and caring for hydrangeas • Anne outlines her top jobs to be getting on with over the coming fortnight

Colour your home wth clever clivias • Anne explains how to grow this South African beauty named after a botany-loving duchess

Growing together • Jamie Butterworth is fast-emerging as one of the UK’s most exciting younger gardeners, co-creating the RHS Dog Garden with Monty Don OBE at the 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, running a successful plant nursery, writing two books and presenting on BBC Gardeners’ World – and he’s still only 30. Amateur Gardening’s Sue Bradley first interviewed Jamie as an aspiring 18-year-old and the two recently met up again at the Garden Media Guild Awards.

4 exciting exotic edibles • AG editor Kim offers some ideas for widening your growing options in your protected undercover space

7 of the best sun-loving hardy geraniums • In the first of a two-part series, Mike Palmer celebrates his favourite fuss-free hardy geraniums for sunny borders

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The fruity perfection of heritage pears • Rosie Irving explains why we should help preserve these sadly vanishing older varieties

Down-to-earth tips for growing and eating tomatoes • In this first of a new mini-series, allotment guru Jayne Hickling shares her knowledge and recipes for this super summer staple

Grow Your Own

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

10 plants that will help garden birds •  Liz has chosen her top varieties that offer food, shelter, or both, to our feathered friends

Poppies provide pops of colour • Start sowing now for early summer brilliance

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