What’s in this issue…
Free seeds worth £3.45, plus:
Jobs for this week
Bank Holiday Jobs
How you spend your long weekend will pay dividends later
Create A Summer Of Colour
Four crucial tasks to give your garden a lift come summer
Planting a Prairie Garden
Ruth explains how to grow your free Sarah Raven seeds
Sow Some Biennial Bounty
Now is the time to get some biennials in,
says Ruth
Great garden ideas
Six Of The Very Best: Kale
Our favourite leafy picks for a nutrient-rich treat
Fern Fantasia
Martyn Cox looks at the structural potential of ferns
Foolproof Ideas For Great Baskets
Colourful combinations to suit every environment
South African Plants For Your Garden
Temperature changes allow us to embrace the exotic
Get The Look: Wiltshire Rose Garden
A classic cottage garden with a few surprises
Gardening wisdom
Peter Seabrook
Double flowering stocks evoke lovely memories for Peter
Bob Flowerdew
Sow sweetcorn now – and give them the space they need
Val Bourne’s Garden Wildlife
Aphids may be pests, but they are food for others, says Val
Lucy Chamberlain’s Fruit and Veg
Thwarting veg pests, quick-growing herbs, fruit plumping!
How To Grow Brassicas
Anne explains how to fight clubroot for better cole crops
Ask John Negus
Frosted ferns, sweet scented invader, red lawn warning
A Gardener’s Miscellany
Flowering feast of facts, puzzles and prizes about wallflowers
Your Letters
Lavish ruffles, tea for toms and healthy hedgehog nibbles
Anne’s Masterclass
When do you pot on a ginger lily? Anne has the answer
Toby Buckland
Want to aerate your pond? Toby offers some words of wisdom
News and products
Latest Garden News
New plants to try, and details of Britain in Bloom 2019
How To Use Tools: Slug & Snail Control
Tim explains your options once metaldehyde gets banned
Cover photograph: Lampranthus ‘Pink Vygie’ (pic: Alamy)