Amateur Gardening

Editor Letter

“From now until the end of October, every issue of will bring the gift of growth. Yes, the free seeds are back, and I do wonder if sometimes we forget just how extraordinary a seed really is. That such a tiny, seemingly insignificant object can grow into something so beautiful and so important to the progression of life on this planet. Indeed, it was the rise of flowering plants around a 100 million years ago that created the ideal conditions for the boom in terrestrial life. We owe a lot to plants and we need to pay our debt to nature by planting for wildlife. So use those seeds and get planting for the planet”

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