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

Contemporary art at Kew Gardens

Seed Potato Day returns in February

Elf garden joins list of heritage wonders

Poll to find the UK’s favourite butterfly • Butterfly charity to launch nationwide survey this spring

AG has been hitting the headlines

Regenerative certificate for vineyard

New tom melts in the mouth

Adding a simple seating area • How to get the most from every area of the garden

How to help the garden cope with heavy snowfall

A hedgehog tale to make the heart sing • How a Tuesday rescue made the day so much brighter

Look for bargains

What to sow now: dahlias

Keeping a winter greenhouse healthy • Check your plants and remove unwanted guests

Using fleece

Growing winter salads in the greenhouse

Making an early start to sowing, collecting rainwater and cleaning pots - or not! • Lucy ponders some of the potentially exciting jobs for the fortnight ahead

Maximising your water reserves

Step by step Protect peach trees • It surprises folk when I tell them that you can grow peaches in the UK – and this tree gives me over 200 of them, every summer. One essential task, however, is to protect the trees not from the cold (they’re fully hardy) but from a destructive fungus called peach leaf curl. If affected, the tree’s vigour and cropping potential is severely stunted. No thanks!

Clean pots – or not…

Your VEG GARDENING FORTNIGHT with Lucy Chamberlain

5 quick jobs…

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

Chris’s Q&As

5 upbeat gardening ideas • Kim Stoddart shares some ideas, inspiration (and excuses if need be) for gentler gardening to boost wellbeing this month

3 resilient edibles recommendations from readers

The versatile skills of fantastic foxes • Jenny Shelton of The Wildlife Trusts celebrates the cleverness and adaptability of the UK’s only wild dog

How to plan like a pro • In this new series, award-winning garden designer and TV presenter Manoj Malde shares his tips for transforming your outdoor space

Seed-sowing tips • AG editor Kim explains how to use your tunnel to start growing at this time of year

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

How to grow…broad beans

Step by step Collecting supports and twiggy sticks

All move! Spacing out young Christmas trees in a nursery bed

THE INDOOR GARDEN • With expert broadcaster, author and long-standing AG columnist, Anne Swithinbank

Try these… More orchids to try

5 of the best lower-cost snowdrop varieties • Mike Palmer shares his tips for growing sensational snowdrops

How to get the best from snowdrops

Mike’s top 5 budget-friendly snowdrops

Step by step Snowdrops for free! • Follow Mike’s easy to follow guidelines for dividing snowdrops after flowering:

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