The Gardener Magazine

The Gardener is a monthly, national magazine dedicated to inspiring gardeners, providing practical advice and showing step-by-step garden projects. Our monthly features include garden design, in-depth plant features, growing vegetables and herbs, water gardening, garden wildlife and pets, specialist plant articles and much more. We have an extensive database on our website that is growing daily.

WELCOME

Garden GALLERIA • Summer savers

Dirt DIARIES

Super gaudy and super nice! • The humble petunia, native to South America and part of the Solanaceae family, is probably the most beloved bedding plant around, and it is thus no surprise that flower growers pandering to the always colour-hungry consumer market will never stop developing new varieties.

Johannesdal • Creativity Blooms Amidst Nature’s Splendour

PLANT LIST

Something new and something special

DARE to be different! • All the drama that bromeliads can create was used to the maximum effect in this garden in a minimum space.

Horticulture and Flower TRENDS 2024 • Whether vibrant colour or gentle tones are your thing, these four trends developed by the Flower Council Holland will inspire, excite and stimulate new ways of playing with flowers and leaves in your home and in your garden.

MEANINGFUL EARTH

VIVA LA VIDA

GENTLE PARADOX

PLAYFUL CONSTRUCTION

GARDENING MISTAKES to avoid at all costs • By being aware of these eight common mistakes and learning from them, new gardeners can develop a space both beautiful and bountiful, without the worry.

Soft UNDERFOOT • It is not often we take time out to walk outdoors bare foot and enjoy the feeling of soft plants underfoot. But, during the holiday season, squeeze in a little time to get in touch with nature and revel in the feeling of groundcover plants you can walk on – or admire for their simple beauty.

WATER Gardening Spouts and bubblers • A twist or turn of a piece of metal can make a world of difference to the way water transforms its environment.

SCENTED surroundings • A garden is not only about sight but also about scent and the best fragrant plants perform their magic in summertime…

CROWN of thorns • For an ornamental plant that is drought-and heat-tolerant and flowers all year, you just can’t beat Euphorbia milii.

Subscribe and win! • Win a Makita 18V Li-Ion Cordless Blower Model with batteries and charger for instant clean-up on pathways, paving and patios.

CHAMPS OF low light • We all have a spot at home that doesn’t receive much light, but could well do with a houseplant to cheer it up.

Indoor food crops • The ‘revolution’ in houseplants has made us much more comfortable with the idea of growing plants indoors. So, the next question, logically, is can I grow my own food indoors?

Heroines of HORTICULTURE

GARDENS IN A BUCKET • Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) is cultivating food security, one home at a time with their Garden in a Bucket (GinB) initiative.

WHAT TO DO NOW • Our guide to planting, sowing, pruning, dividing and caring for your garden – inspiration from The Gardener Team.

ISLAND EXOTIC

Bright Summer Fillers • It’s time for colour! Bedding plants are an easy way to get colour into your garden or a container instantly, and there is a bedding plant for every spot, sun or shade.

BACK TO SCHOOL with a plant • If you’re sending a kid off to boarding school or varsity, why not send a pot plant with them to make their surroundings a little calmer and more serene?

MOTHS on a stem • Phalaenopsis orchids are one of the prettiest flowering indoor plants and they are very easy to grow.

MAGENTA magic!

NOTHING TO BE ‘blue’ about! • It’s hot out...