The Garden magazine

The Garden is the award-winning monthly magazine for RHS Members, full of advice, news, inspiration and world-class photography

What’s inside the magazine?

Reading The Garden magazine

  • Inspiration from RHS Gardens and ideas for days out to RHS Partner Gardens
  • Practical advice from RHS experts and jobs for this month
  • In-depth plant profiles to build your confidence
  • Long reads, interviews and columns from Clare Matterson, Matt Collins and Rachel de Thame
  • News from the RHS and the wider gardening world
  • Book reviews, reader letters and puzzles, including a cryptic crossword

Inside the latest issue: October 2026

It’s crunch time. Discover the extraordinary flavours, folklore and forgotten apple cultivars that helped shape Britain. Witness the making of a modern-day herbal, exploring historic herbals and garden remedies for today. Great British Growers New Wood Trees in Devon reveal the art of cultivating multi-stemmed trees. Ever tried winter squash? Colourful, flavourful and nutritious, there’s a world of cultivars to tempt gardeners. Get planting for birds with four enthusiasts’ top picks to help our feathered friends thrive. Then step into a small west London garden transformed into a restful retreat.

Cover of the October 2026 issue of The Garden

Highlights from the magazine

“RHS Members are inquisitive people who are interested in every aspect of gardening, from poppies to pruning to perennials and peat-free gardening. We give them all this and more in The Garden magazine”

Tom Howard, Editor of The Garden

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With the app, you can read the latest issue and explore past editions of The Garden, alongside daily gardening advice, news from across the RHS and the wider gardening world, RHS videos and the Gardening with the RHS podcast. RHS Members get full access at no extra cost, while non-members can buy individual issues through the app. Find out more about the app >

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