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

Conjure up drama • Some plants are pure drama and offer more of an eyeful than others, whether in pots or in the garden. Plant the following trio and spend time every day gazing in wonderment at their weird and beautiful growth forms.

SITTING pretty • From the earth rose a garden filled with timeless treasures and memories.

The Basics of Biophilic Design • As we continue to fill our homes with screens and gadgets, and our cities with concrete and paved roads, we begin to lose sight – literally – of the natural world around us. In an effort to combat this transformation, architects are adopting a concept known as biophilia – “an innate and genetically determined affinity of human beings with the natural world.”

RESILIENT ROSE GARDEN

Colourful DWARFS • Wanted for small gardens: Plants with a manageable size, extreme good looks in all seasons, low maintenance needs, and not prone to diseases or pests. This is a tall order, but we have a short list of dwarf plants that are perfect for the job!

Growing edibles is cool!

For the Love of Lobelia

Non-stop flowering • These colourful plants are counted as amongst the world’s top three most floriferous plants.

March lily

Thickening the trunk – alternative methods

Take fuchsia cuttings • Fuchsias are perfect for hanging baskets and pots, and add bright colour to a summer garden. They are also easy to propagate from softwood cuttings following these steps:

FUZZY BEAR PAWS

HOW TO Fertilise your plants

Fiery fire heath

Bee and butterfly bush

Indoor succulents

Edible indigenous

7 tips for attracting birds with a birdbath

What to prune now

YOUR ROSE GARDEN

’Knock Out’ will knock your socks off!

Slicing, seedless, pickling cucumbers

Sowing guide for March

How to grow turnips in containers

Oregano

Blowing in the wind • Part of the charm of early autumn is gazing upon a bed of tall and elegant flowering Japanese anemones gently swaying in the breeze…

MARCH CHECKLIST

BIRDS of a FEATHER • WHY EVERY GARDEN NEEDS A BIRD FEEDER

For the birds! • Here are three simple DIYs that will keep the feathered fed and housed.

Terracotta feeder • We love this one, because it combines two of our loves: birds and gardening!

Modern nesting box • This nesting box uses 30° angles for a modern twist on a classic.

LUNAR Gardening Guide

The Gardener Magazine

Time’s up! • Nothing reveals the dark side of yourself, your besties and your dearly beloveds better than a game of 30 Seconds!