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

Old is gold! • This old saying could very well be describing the old garden delights that used to so gloriously herald the beginning of spring in yonder years. Despite all the trendy and ‘in vogue’ plants, as well as the wide range of indigenous plants, that we can plant today, there is still a place in our hearts for these three old-time favourites…

Garden GALLERIA

Laid-back living • It’s hard to believe that this slice of tropical splendour is in frosty Gauteng, but a clever design combined with judicious plant choices has given hot results.

KEY PLANTS

Think Spring! • When spring arrives, so should masses of flowers in the garden. These stunning plants are all in flower now and ready to delight in your spring garden.

Self-contained

Thanks to indigenous edibles

All-in-one gardening

Darling Dianthus

Calla lily care

Sweet broom and daisies • Create light and happiness after a dark and cold winter with spring bloomers that aren’t afraid to flower their hearts out.

HOW TO GROW Granadillas

Summer savory

Strawberry harvest

Floral pickings from seed

YOUR ROSE GARDEN

Feed and mow

Convolvulus sabatius

The world’s most beautiful bean

A touch of the exotic Curcuma

SEPTEMBER CHECKLIST

Red spider mite

Designer garden tap • Update your garden tap with a neat wooden tap cover that turns a necessity into a feature.

Gardening Guide

The Gardener Magazine

Shut up! • I might have some sympathy for that angry old man wearing a black fedora who shouted‘shut up’, although it might be a better idea if in future he zips his lips and listens to others for a change