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 • Great gardening Easter

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Inspiring hospital garden • Gardening presenter is raising funds to provide a beautiful facility for cancer centre

The benefits of twilight in the garden • Lower light levels help us unwind after hectic days

Town hosts ‘honeymoon’ for native bees

Preparing perennials for the season ahead • Move, split and support before they really get going

Dividing an overcrowded aster crown

Keeping roots hydrated

Planting summer and autumn bulbs • Start a kaleidoscope of colour for borders and beds

Potting on last autumn’s cuttings • Cuttings taken from tender perennials last autumn will be ready to pot on now.

What to sow now: Zinnias

Giving containers a spring boost • Renew and replace for pops of colour this Easter

Getting the best from your pots

Pruning potted roots

How to grow blight-free outdoor tomatoes, maximise seedling care and rotate crops • Lucy ticks off some of the main jobs she recommends for the fortnight ahead

Sow some early carrots

Step by step Maximise seedling care

Essential crop rotations

Why not try…?

5 quick jobs…

Successful growing with peat-free compost • Nick Hamilton shares his top tips for choosing, watering and feeding

How to grow more food for free • Editor Kim Stoddart reveals some enjoyable ways to save money and boost harvests

What I wouldn’t grow from supermarket-bought veggies

Dunnock or house sparrow – what is visiting your garden? • How to tell the difference between two similar, but very different, common garden birds

Anise hyssop for people and pollinators, peas and planting chitted potatoes • As the weather warms up, Anne suggests some tasks to keep your garden bountiful

How to grow…Mangetout and sugar snap peas

Project Planting potatoes

Step by step Sow anise hyssop

How to keep the air clean with a peace lily • Anne explains why these easy-going indoor plants like light and careful watering

Try these… flowering aroids

Arit Anderson’s sustainable garden secrets • The award-winning designer and presenter tells Barbara Segall how we can create beautiful gardens to benefit wildlife and ourselves

Making time for trees

Arit talks about the design behind her RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden for Parkinson’s UK 2026

How to grow pretty perfect pulmonarias • Mike Palmer explains why this early spring beauty has a place in every garden

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Why we should choose classy chaenomeles

The beautiful bounty of easy-growing legumes • Jayne Hickling is full of beans as she plans different varieties to grow and cook

Jayne’s top three

Bassara dip recipe • Traditionally a thick Moroccan soup that’s eaten warm, it makes a stunning thick dip too.

4 ideas to help beat the hungry gap • AG editor Kim explains how to enjoy lots of lovely edibles in late March and early April

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