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

Fabulously scented… • As if October’s many spectacular offerings are not already mind-blowing enough, the gentle mid-spring weather also wakes up three of the most beautiful flowering climbers to perfume the air with their heady scent.

Garden GALLERIA

GCA GARDEN CENTRE COMPETITION 2022

AGED TO PERFECTION • This gorgeous garden in the heart of Johannesburg has been a 20 year labour of love…

So Fine • The designers of the ‘So Fine’ garden at this year’s Lifestyle Garden Design Show used dramatic shapes and a mainly fynbos plant selection to illustrate their love of this biome. When flowering, this garden will be spectacular.

Fences, trellis and pretty pots • Easy to install designs for instant gardening!

10 Summer-flowering bulbs to plant now • Add a touch of extra colour to a summer garden with these summer-flowering bulbs to plant now.

Colourful, compact and free-flowering…

7 reasons why roses are unique

PERENNIAL EDIBLES • For the ordinary gardener with gourmet tastes

Spring in the bonsai garden

African violets

All glammed up! • Just like putting on make-up to add vibrance to your face, you can use colour, texture and contours to add wow to a spring shrub bed to make it look ‘kissed by the sun’, rather than be struck by lightning, as our beloved Glam Guru Hannon Bothma would say.

How to grow sweet potatoes

Mexican mint marigold

Easy impatiens for shade

Win a Keter STORE-IT-OUT MAX storage unit

YOUR ROSE GARDEN

2 papyruses and a rush • They keep pond water clean and healthy. They grow in boggy areas. They supply interesting stems to cut for the vase. They can be unique houseplants to brag about.

Purple bells for butterflies

Thorncroftia longiflora

Plant a daisy or two

OCTOBER CHECKLIST

The bees’ knees • We made these sweet little bee hotels from offcuts of recycled timber.

LUNAR Gardening Guide

The Gardener Magazine

Ouch, damn it! • One can often get injured in such a stupid way that you can barely believe it yourself…