
What’s in Amateur Gardening 14 April 2018
Free seeds worth £3.49
Jobs for this week
How to create a pond
Eight steps to a successful garden water feature
Tidy up winter heather
How to keep it trimmed and healthy
Dealing with weeds
Four simple solutions to tackle our arch garden enemies
Pot up plug plants
Get your bedding off to a great start, says Ruth
Free seeds
How to make a wildflower plot with your free seeds
How to harden off tender plants
Best techniques for toughening up your plants
Great garden ideas
Pick of the very best: pieris
A shrub with year-round interest, says Graham Rice
Plants for ponds
Six of the best ‘water wonders’ for your pond
Climbers for walls of colour
North, south, east or west-facing examples
Fragrant favourite: Lily-of-the-valley
With its perfumed bells it’s a must for May
Get the look
A hillside wildlife-friendly garden in Derbyshire
Gardening wisdom
Peter Seabrook
Get your soil in tip-top condition, says Peter
Bob Flowerdew
Bob’s top tips for growing the best salads
Val Bourne’s garden wildlife
Why local produce is better for you and the planet
Lucy Chamberlain’s fruit and veg
Make a seed bed, sow squashes, start brassicas
Anne Swithinbank’s masterclass: pond special
How to clear a neglected pond
Your questions answered
Remove moss, moving a magnolia, keeping hydrangeas blue
Gardener’s miscellany
Graham’s theme this week is the humble potato
How to grow clematis
A must for every garden whatever the size, says Anne
Your letters
Cut flowers in water, cold-snap blues, help the bees
Toby Buckland
Toby reveals how to grow spuds ‘the quick way’
Product tests
Tried and tested
Six different types of lawn edging tested