Bloom Magazine UK

It can deliver highs – a nurtured plantlet blooming with an infectious lust for life – and deep lows (mealy bugs, we’re looking at you). You can enter heart-opening exchanges with it that can silence you with their awesomeness, and find days when you

Editor in chief Zena Alkayat Editor Laura Nicolson Art director Sarah Pyke Sub editor Euan Ferguson Writers Grace Alexander Ryan Chetiyawardana Nicki Davis Stephanie Irvine Caro Langton Ben Olsen Susannah Otter Barney Shaw Sara Venn Illustrators Katy

There are thousands of varieties to choose from, from unusual heritage varieties to modern disease-resistant cultivars, and each has its own requirements. Deciding what species of fruit tree you want will only partly be down to personal taste and wha

Every season is magical and should be celebrated, but autumn is my favourite. I love the colours and the weather, and it’s also my time to go walking in the woods, looking at the trees around me and foraging for their seeds on the ground. I am very l

Rather than growing in water, pot these up in a soil-based compost with a little added grit if you have it and follow the tips below. Remember to keep them watered – they don’t like drying out. Plant up and leave in a cold, dark place for 10 weeks, t

Definition Chambers 21st Century Dictionary bulb | noun 1. in certain plants, eg tulip and onion: a swollen underground organ that functions as a food store and consists of a modified shoot, with overlapping layers of fleshy leaf bases or scales, and

It might seem like the world is tearing itself apart, but across the country there’s a movement that has at its heart cooperation, communication, democracy and sharing. You might assume that community gardens and veg plots are just about gardening, b

There are many, many beautiful apples, but Lady Sudeley could well be the prettiest. Lord Lambourne is a resilient and quite delicious dessert apple, but everyone should grow Sunset if nothing else – it’s an easy-grower and an easy-eater. Golden Nobl

So much of gardening is patience and planning. Sowing seeds and waiting for the first hint of a green shoot, biding our time until the right month to plant a tree, waiting for the first leaf, flower or fruit. And then everything seems to happen at on

‘There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance; pray you, love, remember: and there is pansies, that’s for thoughts. […] There’s fennel for you, and columbines: there’s rue for you; and here’s some for me: we may call it herb of grace o’Sundays: O you mus

My favourite gardening tool is my trowel. It was a self-indulgent gift to myself – some people might splash out on a luxury watch or pen, but gardening is my passion. The trowel is made from solid bronze with a handle from European beech. It feels qu

1 Go bulb shopping! And then plant out your daffs, tulips, crocuses and more to ensure colourful spring cheer (see page 26). 2 Pull back and reduce how often you water and feed your houseplants – as winter sets in, they will become inactive and won’t

So much of gardening is green, it’s easy to forget that the gardening world can be a big contributor to the world’s plastic waste. Considering that all the plastic ever created still exists (a scary thought!), it’s worth making the effort to seek out

Like a Pantone catalogue for flowers, this glorious book is a survey of 400 plants and their colours, starting with a crisp white cyclamen and ending with a black scabiosa. You can discover blushing pinks, blazing reds, brilliant blues, delicate yell

What’s your first memory of the outdoors? Being in the woods with pine cones and the smell of the forest floor. I was just playing but it felt magical, like the forest was inviting me in, whispering: come run, explore. What’s your relationship with n