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Make a mini orchard

Would you like to make more of idle garden spaces? Bob shows you how to turn your lawn into a mini orchard

A taste of honey

Val looks at the fascinating private life of the honeybee

Our successes and failures in 2022

AG's gardeners come clean about what worked and what didn't during this tricky year

Music to stimulate plants

John Day relates how one scientist in the 1950s conducted experiments to demonstrate how sound waves affect the growth of plants

Make wildlife at home

Winter is a key time to help wildlife. Monty shares his experience of welcoming wildlife into his garden, whether it's feeding a multitude of birds or choosing not to tidy up borders in the winter

Flowering house plants Blooms with staying power

In the second part of our new series, Sarah Gerrard-Jones unveils a range of great-value house plants that will give you flowers for months on end

10 great no-cost garden getaways

Taking a thrifty staycation or short-haul break this year? Then be sure to plan in a visit to one of these fantastic, free-entry gardens

Tales from Titchmarsh

With the garden aslumber and Christmas cheer all but a memory, now is the perfect moment for some therapeutic winter chores, says Alan

Your wildlife month

January can be a very difficult month, as days are still short and temperatures can plummet. Natural sources of food are in short supply, making life challenging for birds. Keep feeders clean and topped up with calorie-rich foods such as sunflower hearts.

How to be a thrifty grower

We start the year as we mean to go on with our Thrifty Grower campaign to help you garden in a money-conscious way and make the £££s go further. Here's a taste of what's coming up, with tips and advice so you can get cracking right now

Easy winter propagation

Root cuttings are easy and reliable, says Ruth

Best recipes for gorgeous Christmas containers

Here’s how you can plant up colourful festive pots to brighten the garden or give away as special Yuletide presents to family and friends, as Hazel Sillver explains

Twelve shrubs for twelve months

If you want colour in your garden throughout the year, these are the shrubs to plant, says Walter F. Wood, as he lists 12 shrubs that perform for 12 months of the year

Beautiful hellebores

Undemanding, winter-hardy, with strikingly beautiful flowers, hellebores are a garden must-have that provide early colour in the garden,says Louise Curley

A long-lasting Christmas tree

The right care helps them survive the season, says Ruth

Houseplant health in winter

Dry, centrally heated rooms can cause problems, says Ruth

Caring for favourite plants

Humidity and indirect light help keep houseplants healthy

Planting a Japanese maple

There’s an Acer palmatum for every garden, says Ruth

Focus on... Blueberries

Lush berry harvests guaranteed with Lucy

Read all about it!

If you can’t get out in the garden, the next best thing is reading about it, as Bob reveals his selection of books

Stop greenhouse mould

Q Determined not to heat our greenhouse this winter, we spent a long time insulating the inside before putting back tender plants and cuttings. How can we get rid of the fuzzy mould infecting some plants and what will happen if we have a very cold winter? Geoffrey Mills, Louth, Lincolnshire

Winter care of hydrangeas

Potted plants are at the greatest risk, says Ruth

A winter's tale

Val explains why winter is a magical time in the garden

We love December

The last month of the year: another four seasons over and they have been a bit of a rollercoaster (not just horticulturally).

2 for 1 entry City escapes

There's still much to see with the 2 for 1 Entry Card as autumn begins to set in this month we discover days out just a stone’s throw from major city centres

OUR PLOTTER OF THE MONTH

Last year we officially launched a competition to find 12 readers and their plots that would feature in Kitchen Garden magazine this year. Here we feature another of our talented winners

Crab apples

With foliage, flowers and fruit in a range of colours, there's a crab apple to suit everyone

Clearing the garden for winter

Now is the time to plan for winter and beyond, says Ruth

GROWING ORGANIC VEG ALL YEAR ROUND

Dr Anton Rosenfeld, knowledge officer of Garden Organic, explains how you can have tasty veg to harvest every month of the year

TWO'S COMPANY

Finding themselves on adjacent plots and with lots in common, Nathan and Daniel decided to join forces and so nathanielsallotment was born