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 • Simple pleasures

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

Your GREAT GARDENING FORTNIGHT • Be discriminating among what you cut back now - your potential compost material could be someone's winter sanctuary

Your VEG GARDENING FORTNIGHT •  Lucy looks back at the successes of 2026 and makes plans for the months to come.

Small space | Big ideas • Nick Hamilton explains how to safely squirrel away home-grown roots and tubers for the colder months ahead

Your resilient garden • 7 wonderful windowsill flower displays Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to enjoy beautiful blooms for longer with some of the garden plants that can be brought inside

Garden wildlife watch • Bird of the month - the brambling

How to grow sweet potatoes, plant flowers for late autumn and nurture earthworms

THE INDOOR GARDEN • Dramatic dracaena ticks a lot of boxes Make a statement with a dragon tree

9 Unmissable Umbellifers

Lovely lemon verbena has much to offer • In the third part of her series about plants that look and taste good, Barbara Segall considers the pretty and fragrant herb lemon verbena

9 of the best bulbs for a beautiful spring border • explains how to enjoy a sensational early season display next year

Gardening for The Bees

Your GARDENING TEA BREAK

Rosie's retro revival • Hip hip hooray for autumn colour!

How to decide what to keep growing

Ask JOHN NEGUS

GROWING FROM SEED

The connected garden • There’s a sense of relief as we say a bittersweet farewell to the year’s busyness, says Andrew Jackson

Your LETTERS TO KIM • We love receiving your letters, emails and social media posts. Every message, poem, idea and comment matters. Please keep them coming. We will send out a thank you gift for every item published in the magazine as soon as we can, so do please send your address and contact details when you get in touch.

PLANT WATCH • Exciting recommendations from our expert plantsman

TOBY'S TALKING SELF-SEEDING HERBS • Letting plants self-seed can bring unexpected gains, says Toby

GARDEN MUSINGS • Bob takes stock of what has worked, and not worked, in his garden this summer with the prolonged heat