Garden News

Garden News is the magazine for every gardener, bringing you everything you need to know about YOUR garden, each week. Each issue is packed full of: - Practical, down-to-earth gardening tips - Grow-your-own advice - Expert guides to your favourite plants - Ideas and inspirational features... As well as all the latest news, new plants and products plus great money-saving offers and free gifts. Download Garden News to start making your garden great!

The first bee is an uplifting sight

Abundant, delicious croppers • Editor at large Ian Hodgson’s pick of the best new cooking apple and sweet cherry options for great yields in your garden

BRITAIN IN BLOOM FINALISTS VIE FOR TOP TITLE • Environmental initiatives predicted to be high on the agenda, reports Ian Hodgson

Don’t be misled by ‘rewilding’

Your garden GEMS! • Top gardening tips form our readers

Watching the flowers bloom • Romance abounds in this geometric-shaped garden filled with wildlife-friendly planting

PLANT HEDGES for wildlife • Some shrubs and climbers are just made to be beautiful while also being beneficial

Grow bright, BRILLIANT TOMATOES! • Why limit yourself to plain old red when these fabulous fruits come in a spectrum of colours?

Little blue BULBS • One of the rarest colours in the garden but a real favourite – I have a few unusual specimens to try here at Glebe Cottage

Over the FENCE

BE A FRIEND TO POLLINATORS • Well thought-out planting choices will see your plot teeming with useful bees and other insects

CUT BACK GRASSES • Their winter seed heads have looked amazing but now they need a good tidy-up

PREPARING NEW BEDS AND BORDERS • It pays to do good groundwork now, ready for planting later in spring

PRUNE APPLE TREES • It allows you to maintain shape and thin out crowded stems

It’s time to break out the toms! • More seeds have been sown and there’s also pruning to be done

Perfect plum jam

Keep pelargoniums going • With careful watering and feeding, your prized plants can be in flower now

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