Amateur Gardening

Every week, Amateur Gardening is the first choice for both beginners and knowledgeable gardeners looking for advice and easy-to-follow practical features on growing flowers, trees, shrubs as well as fruit and vegetables. Be inspired, by our beautifully illustrated features covering plant and flower groups, both home grown and exotic, and take a sneak peek into some of the most beautiful private gardens around the country. Plus, every week we feature expert opinion and tips from some of gardening’s most influential exponents including Toby Buckland, Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank, Peter Seabrook and Jo Whittingham.

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Gifts for every gardener • We have sifted through all the Christmas gifts on offer and come up with a selection that we think covers the best of the bunch for 2022, with all budgets catered for

Moving trees to a new spot • The dormant season is optimum for relocation, says Ruth

Lifting tubers and plants • Ruth errs on the side of caution with her summer stars

Time to make more shrubs • Hardwood cuttings are easy and reliable, says Ruth

Keeping the garden healthy • Cleanliness is more than just cosmetic, says Ruth

Tools of the trade • Make sure you have all your harvesting tools handy, says Bob, so you can prepare your veg before you get home

An apple a day… • … can help keep the doctor away, as Val explains

Focus on… Growing kale • Lucy reveals how to grow this spectacular superfood

Evergreens with a difference • There are lots of traditional evergreen shrubs, but why not try a more unusual choice to bring a different structure, texture and colour through winter, says Camilla Phelps

Tongue-tingling tastes • It’s time to plant strawberries, says Sue Bradley, as she details her choice of the best early, mid, late and perpetual plants that will supply you with fruit for up to six months

This week… Foxgloves • With their tall spikes packed with flowers, foxgloves are a cottage garden stalwart

Ask JOHN NEGUS • John will reply personally to all your gardening questions

Make light of heavy soils • Arthur Hellyer, VMH, reveals the best flowers and shrubs that appreciate heavy soils

Blue beauty • H.G. Lyall explains how to grow the Himalayan poppy

A gardener’s MISCELLANY • Gardening’s king of trivia and brain-teasers, Graham Clarke

Crossword …just for fun!

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Steve & Val’s ADVANCED SKILLS • Steve Bradley MA MHort (RHS) has written (or co-written) over 40 gardening books, including Propagation Basics, The Pruner’s Bible, The Ground Force Workbook and What’s Wrong With My Plant? He is resident expert on BBC Radio Kent, Sussex and Surrey, and he has built medal-winning gardens at both Chelsea and Hampton Court Palace.

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Ask ANNE SWITHINBANK • Masterclass on: dealing with dahlia damage

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Flowering parrots • You know what they say about a bird in the hand, so plant parrot tulips now for a great spring display, says Toby