What’s in this issue…
Free seeds worth £3.45, plus:
Jobs for this week
Happy Birthday, AG!
Readers, celebrities and organisations send their regards
Planting Sweet Peas: Victorian Style
Ruth introduces our Victorian gardening theme
Get The Classic Victorian Look
There are four key elements to getting it right, says Ruth
Repotting A Sickly Skimmia
A discovery of vine weevil grubs means Ruth has to act fast
A Late Spring Container
Ruth explains how you can prepare a bedding classic
Pruning And Cutting
This is a good time to take softwood rose cuttings
All Go In The Greenhouse!
Greenhouse admin – plus, how to prick out in easy steps
Sowing Your Free Sarah Raven Seeds
Great looks, easy to grow, and loved by pollinators
Great garden ideas
Forgotten Hero Of The Town Garden
How triumph and tragedy marked AG’s founder
Plant A Victorian Classic: Aquilegias
Discover the versatile charms of granny’s bonnet
Get The Cottage Garden Look
The plants and techniques you need for success
Top 21 Plants Of The Past 135 Years
Best botanical discoveries since AG started in 1884
Six Of The Very Best: French Beans
Easier than runners, and with greater yields
Gardening wisdom
Peter Seabrook
A toast to us, and to the next generation of gardeners
Bob Flowerdew
Want better baskets? Bob shows you how to aim high
Lucy Chamberlain’s Fruit And Veg
Forest crops, space-saving ideas, try lablab beans
Val Bourne’s Garden Wildlife
How many varieties of bee do you have, asks Val?
Ask John Negus
Deadly aconites, dahlia divisions, replacing rosemary
Anne’s Masterclass
Want better compost? Anne will show you how to get it
How To Grow Strawberries
Anne offers her pick of pretty ornamental fruit and flowers
A Gardener’s Miscellany
This week’s subject for trivia, puzzles and prizes is… AG!
Your Letters
Chelsea confusion, flower art and the tale of a royal lupin
Toby Buckland
What have the Romans ever done for us? Toby explains
Reader offers and product tests
Tried And Tested
Tim tries six hand trowel and fork sets to find the best
Free Creeping Phlox For Every Reader
Each reader can have 10 of these groundcover plants
Cover photograph: Rosa PatioHit ‘Isabel’ (pic: GAP)