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BBC Gardeners' World

Feb 01 2025
Magazine

Gardeners' World Magazine is the authoritative voice in gardening, the clear market-leader since it launched in 1991. The award-winning editorial includes topical, practical advice in the readers' favourite 'what to do now' section, and regular contributions and features from the top names in BBC gardening. Packed with fresh ideas and clear advice - the innovative approach offers creative, practical and problem-solving solutions to all keen gardeners.

More from Gardener’s World magazine

Welcome

We love February • Whose silly idea was it to have Valentine’s Day in February? Surely it would be more appropriate to have it in May? Or June? Or, frankly, any other month apart from this short and bleak four weeks in winter? I suppose there are arguments for the romance of a log fire and some snuggling under soft blankets, but I reckon that most gardeners feel at their friskiest when there are leaves bursting from trees and shoots peeking from borders. Still, we have what we have, so not only do We Love February but February loves us back by giving us just the chastest kiss of colour.

Expert’s choice Crocuses • Bringing a welcome splash of colour this month, these popular bulbs may not be quite what you think, as Graham Rice explains

*Just pay £5.95 postage FREE* 24 summer bedding plants for every reader

The Full Monty • Change is afoot in the Jewel Garden as Monty reveals why it’s time to rethink the iconic heart of Longmeadow and how he’s going about it

Over the fence • Can you ever have too many house plants?

Digging deeper • Putting the spotlight on the biggest issues in gardening today

Gardeners’ World offer

2 for 1 Gardens Snowdrop spectacular • Celebrate the coming of spring as we visit some of the snowdrop-studded sites that you can visit for less with your 2 for 1 Gardens entry card

Container of the month • Nestle rosy hellebores among a cosy layer of evergreen foliage to create this heart-warming shady pot display

Get 6 issues for £26† and start gardening with this spring bundle

Sowing for success • Start your growing year on the right footing with Monty’s timely guide to sowing a garden full of colour and flavour

Soak up the atmosphere • Having tranformed a bland suburban plot into a romantic, relaxing oasis, Sunil Patel has opened his garden for charity over the past two summers, and now invites us to take a look around…

Hardwood cuttings made easy • Making free plants doesn’t get any simpler than with hardwood cuttings, and now is the perfect time to give it a go. Alan Titchmarsh shows you how

Garden globetrotting: Seville • With the cross-cultural architecture of its buildings and the gardens’ diverse planting, the Real Alcázar de Sevilla has so much to offer visitors that Matt Collins has to resort to his diary to recall its every detail

Make the most of your kitchen garden • Getting out into the garden in winter, even for short spells, keeps things ticking over, especially fruit and veg crops, as Adam Frost explains

British Isles garden cruise • 8 September 2025, 12 nights from only £1,849pp

Act now for wildlife • Gardeners across the UK have been stepping up to support wildlife and combat related issues such as climate change. GW Wildlife Editor Kate Bradbury reveals the results of this year’s review, celebrating successes and exploring how we can all help

Easy-going erysimums

Potting on a winter show PART 3 • Nick Bailey saves the best till last, ending his winter container series with a vibrant display packed with plants in rich plums and silver

SAVE 15% ON THE BRAND NEW SUMMER RANGE

DIY garden projects • To end his series, Henry Agg explains how to make a rainwater...


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English

Gardeners' World Magazine is the authoritative voice in gardening, the clear market-leader since it launched in 1991. The award-winning editorial includes topical, practical advice in the readers' favourite 'what to do now' section, and regular contributions and features from the top names in BBC gardening. Packed with fresh ideas and clear advice - the innovative approach offers creative, practical and problem-solving solutions to all keen gardeners.

More from Gardener’s World magazine

Welcome

We love February • Whose silly idea was it to have Valentine’s Day in February? Surely it would be more appropriate to have it in May? Or June? Or, frankly, any other month apart from this short and bleak four weeks in winter? I suppose there are arguments for the romance of a log fire and some snuggling under soft blankets, but I reckon that most gardeners feel at their friskiest when there are leaves bursting from trees and shoots peeking from borders. Still, we have what we have, so not only do We Love February but February loves us back by giving us just the chastest kiss of colour.

Expert’s choice Crocuses • Bringing a welcome splash of colour this month, these popular bulbs may not be quite what you think, as Graham Rice explains

*Just pay £5.95 postage FREE* 24 summer bedding plants for every reader

The Full Monty • Change is afoot in the Jewel Garden as Monty reveals why it’s time to rethink the iconic heart of Longmeadow and how he’s going about it

Over the fence • Can you ever have too many house plants?

Digging deeper • Putting the spotlight on the biggest issues in gardening today

Gardeners’ World offer

2 for 1 Gardens Snowdrop spectacular • Celebrate the coming of spring as we visit some of the snowdrop-studded sites that you can visit for less with your 2 for 1 Gardens entry card

Container of the month • Nestle rosy hellebores among a cosy layer of evergreen foliage to create this heart-warming shady pot display

Get 6 issues for £26† and start gardening with this spring bundle

Sowing for success • Start your growing year on the right footing with Monty’s timely guide to sowing a garden full of colour and flavour

Soak up the atmosphere • Having tranformed a bland suburban plot into a romantic, relaxing oasis, Sunil Patel has opened his garden for charity over the past two summers, and now invites us to take a look around…

Hardwood cuttings made easy • Making free plants doesn’t get any simpler than with hardwood cuttings, and now is the perfect time to give it a go. Alan Titchmarsh shows you how

Garden globetrotting: Seville • With the cross-cultural architecture of its buildings and the gardens’ diverse planting, the Real Alcázar de Sevilla has so much to offer visitors that Matt Collins has to resort to his diary to recall its every detail

Make the most of your kitchen garden • Getting out into the garden in winter, even for short spells, keeps things ticking over, especially fruit and veg crops, as Adam Frost explains

British Isles garden cruise • 8 September 2025, 12 nights from only £1,849pp

Act now for wildlife • Gardeners across the UK have been stepping up to support wildlife and combat related issues such as climate change. GW Wildlife Editor Kate Bradbury reveals the results of this year’s review, celebrating successes and exploring how we can all help

Easy-going erysimums

Potting on a winter show PART 3 • Nick Bailey saves the best till last, ending his winter container series with a vibrant display packed with plants in rich plums and silver

SAVE 15% ON THE BRAND NEW SUMMER RANGE

DIY garden projects • To end his series, Henry Agg explains how to make a rainwater...


Expand title description text