BBC Gardeners World Magazine - June 2024

In this issue

Monty shares his tips for making agapanthus feel right at home.

Bring the outdoors in for house plant displays with a difference..

We love June

We're cruising towards midsummer: this is a month full of love and abundance. Wherever you look there will be something in your garden that lifts the spirits and makes you glad to be alive. We have colour to cheer us, we have leaves that still have the bounce and freshness of small puppies, we have the first berries fattening up, there are birds frantically parenting very demanding broods of chicks, the bees are all over the place, it's prime barbecue and picnic season, and we have lawns as lush and green as billiard tables. What a month to fall in love.

2 mins

Container of the month

Celebrate the sun with aromatic Mediterranean herbs, light-catching foliage and spires of violet flowers

2 mins

Stars of the show

Agapanthus is the perfect midsummer plant, flowering with spectacular blooms from June onwards and, as Monty explains, it loves to grow in a pot

5 mins

Your greenhouse guide to A fruitful summer

Get the best from your greenhouse fruit and vegetable crops this summer, with these tried and trusted growing tips from Adam Frost

6 mins

Gardening for wellbeing

As the pressures of modern living bear down, our outside spaces can provide soothing respite for our minds and bodies, says Arit Anderson

7 mins

Make room for roses

Find inspiration in Stina Hasan's romantic rose-filled garden in the heart of East London

6 mins

Indoor plants, outdoor treats

Break the rules and give your house plants a summer holiday, with Michael Perry's mixed pot display ideas

3 mins

Secrets of a COLOURFUL GARDEN

Using a colour theme is an easy way to give any garden a strong, unified character - Nick Bailey shows you how

5 mins

Garden craft with kids

Fill the summer holidays with fun nature makes for kids, including botanical printed t-shirts, seed sowing in upcycled food containers and a hanging home for beneficial insects. Jaime Johnson and family show you how

5 mins

Your wildlife month

The female will usually lay one clutch of up to eight eggs

1 min

An edible garden in pots

Join Lucy Bellamy in creating an edible container garden for all seasons, as she harvests what's ripe now and starts later-season crops

4 mins

YOUR PRUNING MONTH

The first few weeks of summer are a good time to get spring-flowering plants in shape. Follow Frances' guide for best results

3 mins

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BBC Gardeners World Magazine Description:

BBC Gardeners’ World is Britain’s best-selling gardening magazine, helping to inform and inspire gardeners everywhere to get the very best from their gardens. The magazine brings gardening to life through the passion of its contributors, who share a wealth of experience and knowledge in a clear, informed and often humorous way. Gardeners’ World Magazine caters for every gardener – from keen enthusiasts to novices – with sound advice they can trust.