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.

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Ask the team • Life is about instant gratification, and so luckily, is gardening!

The Star of the Savanna

Carving out A NICHE • With the renovations complete, the owners of this modern Parkhurst home wanted a garden that would match both the house and their personalities.

Lemonading • The 2026 Garden Trends Report is out, and there are some interesting concepts we can use in our gardens this year.

Planting with intention

Tell a story with collections of plants and tools

Family pets • Surveys say that 70% of gardeners are also pet owners and that 87% consider their pets part of the family, so it stands to reason that pets are included in the plans for the garden.

New pet friends • Beyond our favourite dogs and cats are a host of other really useful pets.

New colours • The new colour of the year is described as a kusumi colour, which is a Japanese word for a muted, desaturated colour with greyish tints that create a soft and sophisticated look.

Aristocratic pelargoniums

Innovative WATER-SAVING LANDSCAPES • As the need for water-efficient and sustainable gardens grows, gardeners are moving towards a broader range of resilient plants that can endure periods of drought and higher temperatures without compromising on visual appeal.

Brighten your beds • Transform garden beds into vibrant displays by planting a mix of colourful annuals. These one-season wonders burst into bloom quickly, filling gaps and adding instant cheer with their lively hues and varied textures. Look out for these this month in your local nursery.

Astrophytum the stars of the cactus world

A blanket of colour • Blanket flowers consist of intensely colourful petals in eye-catching patterns arranged in a daisy-like package.

The shades of blue • Our favourites for the high summer months of January and February are ‘Twist Again’ and ‘Blue My Mind’. We have very good reasons for choosing them!

Cool climbers FOR ALL CLIMATES • They clamber upwards over structures to beautify vertical spaces, camouflage the unsightly, give you shade and privacy fast, and some can be lovely container specimens.

Celery and celery salt

Summer cocktails AND MOCKTAILS • What we need to grow in the garden are the herbs, veggies and fruit that go into a cocktail or mocktail to add flavour and make it look special. There are many options to choose from, but these are some of the best:

Myrtle • Myrtle has a rich history with symbolism associated with love, beauty and new beginnings.

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7 Summer veggies for a low-carb garden • We all love to start off a new year with a fresh approach to our health, and what better way to do this than with low-carb veggies from the garden, ready for a salad or side dish.

5 ways to defend your veggies • In summer, particularly, the veggie garden is one place you want to avoid pests. Having holes in your beautiful red tomatoes from a nasty caterpillar spoils the feast you could be having from your garden.

January and February Sowing list

Garden checklist

TRAINING AND SHAPING climbers • Climbing plants are prized for their ability to enhance a vertical space, create shade where needed, festoon an...