Amateur Gardening

Keep tabs on everything!

I LOVE the summer, I love our garden in the summer and I love gardening in summer but sometimes it can feel like fighting fires all over the place.

Weeds here, pests there, a few ailing plants dotted around the place – and that’s even before we get anywhere near the ongoing (at the time of writing) worries about drought and water

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Amateur Gardening

Amateur Gardening5 min read
Garden Trends Through The Decades
Amateur Gardening was founded in 1884 during the Victorian horticultural era of the country house head gardener. Until the world wars, gardening was epitomised by him (it was always a man) and his staff using hand tools to grow produce for the house
Amateur Gardening2 min read
Plant And Pause
Gardening is a lifeline for my mental health. As someone who struggles with anxiety and depression, at times it’s hard just to get out of bed, but if I know I need to wake up and start watering my plants, it gives me a sense of purpose, an incentive
Amateur Gardening3 min read
Masterclass
“The countdown is on for the premier show of the horticultural year, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and we can’t wait to see this year’s gardens. Last year one of our favourites was Sarah Price’s garden and we were very proud to have supplied many of the i

Related Books & Audiobooks