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.

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Cute courtyard trees • Cosy but sunny courtyard gardens filled with fabulous plants and flowers might need a small tree (or more) for basking under its shade while enjoying enclosed comfort and privacy.

COLOUR BURST • A brilliant display of winter warmth, form and texture

Planting guide

Gallery of plants

PAVING up a Storm • Paving provides a really great opportunity for latent creativity and should become an integral part of the design as a whole – if not a feature in itself.

Without GREY, no smart DISPLAY! • We are not giving winter a gloomy reputation by showing you a collage of plants with grey foliage. We are showing you how ethereal and striking they are in a cold garden or at any other time of the year…

CONSERVING WATER: A Gardener’s Guide to Sustainable Lawn Watering during the Cold Season

Butterfly gardening • In an urbanised world where nature often takes a backseat, butterfly gardening emerges as a captivating attempt to reconnect with the environment.

Greywater reuse stands as a promising method for fostering water conservation in our gardens

GROW to EAT • Get ready for the Autumn and Winter season in the food garden with our great line up

MONASTIC GARDENS through the ages • Monastic gardens, with their serene landscapes, have played a significant role in shaping the spiritual, medicinal and culinary tapestry of religious traditions since the early Middle Ages. These sacred spaces, often enclosed within monastery walls, serve as havens for meditation, reflection, and the cultivation of a profound connection with nature.

Growing citrus trees • “What’s wrong with my lemon tree?” is the most asked question we get in our magazine. So we thought it was a good idea to go through the basics and then troubleshoot some common scenarios. We also have some exciting new citrus varieties available that we are sure you would be happy to have in your garden and kitchen. Read on…

Troubleshooting • These are the most common questions asked by readers about growing citrus trees, especially lemons.

The Brassica bunch a tale of leafy legends

Lemon Verbena

What to do in May

What to do in June

FOR THE LOVE OF Water Wise Gardening

Heroines of HORTICULTURE

BOTANICAL TALES • Dig deeper into the fascinating world of plants

WINTER MAGIC with Primulas

The Power of Pansies • It’s time to plant pansies in the garden, in pots, and anywhere there is an empty bit of space.

THE GARDEN WITH TANYA

SPLASH OUT!

GREG’S TOP TIPS Yard stuff

CHINCHERINCHEES for the world

SO GREAT together! • Two genera always make winter worthwhile no matter where you garden – aloes and sedges. But which ones from the many species and hybrids of both should you pick?

Caring for birds

Build a bright birdhouse

FIND THE ECLECTIC in your houseplants

LUNAR Gardening Guide

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Neighbourhood shenanigans • When folks (whose national animal is a Springbok) and folks (whose national animal is a cow) are bullying each other along a fence, there is bound to be trouble…