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HERB OF THE MONTH MINT

With its strong flavour, distinctive aroma and its versatility, mint has to be one of the best herbs to have outside your back door, ready for you to pick from spring through to autumn

MEET THE BLOGGER MY COTTAGE GARDEN

Inspired by her grandfather, Instagrammer Sarah Pursey from Northamptonshire shares her passion for growing veg and flowers in her long back garden, a throwback to the 1930s

SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THESE

Instagrammer Olga Grieves is passionate about growing sweet peas. This month she shares her favourite varieties and explains how to create a stunning display

GET PLANNING!

As much as we love to get going straightaway on our veg patch or allotment it's always good to start with a plan, as Becky Searle explains

FANTASTIC FIELD BEANS!

Garden Organic's Anton Rosenfeld extols the virtues of the field bean and explains how and why we should grow lots more of this relative of the broad bean

DIGGING THE DIRT NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK

Every allotment site needs its own superhero and, luckily for John Holloway and his fellow allotmenteers, Sailor Steve came to the rescue

POTTY ABOUT STRAWBERRIES

This month David Patch turns his attention to growing succulent strawberries in pots, offering useful practical tips and recommendations for some choice varieties

KNOW YOUR FERTILISERS

This month Martin Fish helps to demystify the seemingly complicated world of fertilisers

SUPER SOUASHES

Every garden should make space for squashes but with so many to choose from and so many ways to grow them, where to begin? Benedict Vanheems gets us started

MAKE ROOM FOR CABBAGE

Our humble cabbage is a powerhouse of goodness and we could all benefit from eating more of it. KG deputy editor Emma Rawlings offers tips on growing this popular brassica

In the right spot

Here we feature an extract from the new RHS book Grow Food Anywhere by Lucy Chamberlain, which is all about putting the right crops in the right place

We love March

In Greek mythology Aeolus was ruler of the winds and lived on a floating island near Sicily. He kept getting mixed up in the machinations of the Olympian gods as they wanted ships blown one way or the other.

GREEN HOUSE GROWING

Discover the joys of greenhouse gardening this spring and summer with Alan's expert guides, beginning with how to choose your ideal greenhouse and what to start growing

The team is back

While Monty shares the latest from Longmeadow, the other GW presenters are preparing for a dynamic year ahead. Executive Producer Gary Broadhurst shares an exclusive glimpse into 2025

Growing THE GOOD LIFE

Everything's springing back to life for urban veg grower Sara Ward, so it's time for a few key jobs

Garden globetrotting

While its rocky terrain provides challenges for Madeirans, the island's subtropical climate and year-round mild temperatures make it a big draw for visiting gardeners, as Emma Crawforth discovers

Time to put down roots

Trees can bring benefits to gardens of all shapes and sizes. Carol Klein explains what to consider when choosing one for your plot and reveals her favourites

Root of matter the

'How important is gardening and nature education from a young age?'

Master your mix

Nick's guide to combining plants In this new series Nick Bailey shows how to mix plants in natural planting communities for a happy, healthy garden. First up, we look at meadows

Next-gen gardening

Arit Anderson considers how we can encourage and nurture the next generation of gardeners

A welcome home

Having taken on a largely neglected, sizeable front garden during the pandemic, Susan Downing used her eye for colour, design and harmony to create a relaxing, sociable space for family, neighbours and passersby

Just like starting over

As Gardeners’ World returns, Monty Don unveils his new plans for Longmeadow’s iconic Jewel Garden

Fresh new start

Want to grow delicious homegrown food this year? Monty shows you how to prepare for a summer of delicious harvests

The future for Sissinghurst

The climate crisis is affecting us all. Head gardener Troy Scott Smith outlines the challenges he faces and explains how he is now working differently

DAYDREAM BELIEVER

Fuelled by the temptations of plant catalogues, Nigel Slater fills winter days imagining his dream garden

Bright blooms

Flowering shrubs bring much needed colour and scent to the garden in late winter and early spring. Expert Tony Kirkham selects the best

HEUCHERA AND TIARELLA

With their striking foliage in a range of bold colours, heucheras, and the associated heucherellas and tiarellas, are low-maintenance plants that offer year-round colour

BEECH GARDENS at the Barbican, ten years on

As a new phase of planting begins, Professor Nigel Dunnett looks at how the iconic public gardens he created at The Barbican Estate in London have evolved over the past decade

KEITH HAMMETT

The sweet pea and dahlia breeder on his early love of breeding, the excitement of seeing dahlias in the wild and finding the missing slice of the sweet pea colour spectrum

I am fundamentally lazy and put off gardening chores'

Our resident botanist Dr James Compton talks about his new collaboration with Hans Walter Lack and Martin Callmander