🌱WIN a subscription to Amateur Gardening magazine! We are excited to celebrate the 140th anniversary of AG with a bumper special issue (out in shops till next Tuesday). It includes extra content and free seed worth £8.50, plus the usual excellent tips, accessible upbeat advice, news and inspirational gardening ideas from our merry band of high-profile (and fantastic) experts every fortnight. It is truly the gardening magazine for the people and has a focus on natural ways to garden for a more resilient future for us all. As editor of this most wonderful gem of a magazine, I’m delighted to offer three lucky people the chance to win an annual subscription to AG worth £74 (with the latest hands-on advice delivered straight to your door). Plus, the chance to have your ideas and garden featured in this much-loved magazine alongside team AG. To enter, all you need to do is share your ideas, top tip, experience or picture (or all of them) that says gardening for wellbeing this weekend to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week. This giveaway runs from NOW until Monday 20th May 2024. I can’t wait to hear your lovely ideas to help inspire us all. Best of luck and happy gardening! Kim @ruthiehayes67 @headgardenerlc @FlowerdewBob @mr_plantgeek @liz_zorab @vftpottingbench @BethChattoGdns @TobyBuckland @gardenorganicuk @lifeonpigrow #GardeningTwitter #competition #gardeningtips #gardeninspiration (Please note this competition applies to UK residents only just because of logistics with magazine subscriptions)

🌱WIN a subscription to Amateur Gardening magazine! We are excited to celebrate the 140th anniversary of AG with a bumper special issue (out in shops till next Tuesday). It includes extra content and free seed worth £8.50, plus the usual excellent tips, accessible upbeat advice, news and inspirational gardening ideas from our merry band of high-profile (and fantastic) experts every fortnight. It is truly the gardening magazine for the people and has a focus on natural ways to garden for a more resilient future for us all. As editor of this most wonderful gem of a magazine, I’m delighted to offer three lucky people the chance to win an annual subscription to AG worth £74 (with the latest hands-on advice delivered straight to your door). Plus, the chance to have your ideas and garden featured in this much-loved magazine alongside team AG. To enter, all you need to do is share your ideas, top tip, experience or picture (or all of them) that says gardening for wellbeing this weekend to celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week. This giveaway runs from NOW until Monday 20th May 2024. I can’t wait to hear your lovely ideas to help inspire us all. Best of luck and happy gardening! Kim @ruthiehayes67 @headgardenerlc @FlowerdewBob @mr_plantgeek @liz_zorab @vftpottingbench @BethChattoGdns @TobyBuckland @gardenorganicuk @lifeonpigrow #GardeningTwitter #competition #gardeningtips #gardeninspiration (Please note this competition applies to UK residents only just because of logistics with magazine subscriptions)

The bumper 140th anniversary issue of Amateur Gardening magazine has landed on newsstands across our fair land today in style! In this special issue (with more articles and 3 packets of seed worth £8.50), we celebrate the rich history of this much-loved gem of a magazine with a trip down memory lane and gardening ideas from the past for a brighter future for us all. 🌟 We are delighted to welcome the fantastic Toby Buckland back into the AG fold with his new column. 🌟 Former AG Deputy Editor Alan Titchmarsh MBE joins the celebrations, saying “Congratulations on your 140th from a devoted admirer!’ as we celebrate him with an archive special. 🌟 Well-known gardening writer Matthew Appleby looks at the history of gardening trends.  🌟 We celebrate the legacies of Beth Chatto and Laurence Hills 🌟 Ruth Hayes celebrates 10 years at AG with lots of exciting ideas for the fortnight ahead and savvy money-saving inspiration 🌟 Lucy Chamberlain offers some top asparagus growing tips, Bob Flowerdew talks sweetcorn success and Anne Swithinbank covers kale and marvellous mini meadows 🌟 Jason Williams ‘the Cloud Gardener’ and Andrew Oldham explain how gardening can help mental health 🌟 Our merry band of writers Mike Palmer, Liz Zorab, Michael Perry and Adam Kirtland cover everything from vertical gardening and plants that please the senses, to exotic bulbs and beautiful containers. 🌟 Plus John Negus is here to answer your lovely questions and Val Bourne explains the flight of the swallow. 🌟Sue Bradley, Graham Clarke, Chris Collins with fantastic articles .... We are so excited to share this issue in celebration of this beautiful magazine for the people, for keen gardeners everywhere, for a brighter more resilient future for us all, together. xx @ruthiehayes67 @HeadGardenerLC @mr_plantgeek @AnneSwithinbank @liz_zorab @BethChattoGdns @gardenorganicuk @CloudGardenerUK @TobyBuckland @lifeonpigrow @micthegardener @FlowerdewBob @vftpottingbench #GardeningTwitter