The Garden magazine

Each month The Garden magazine, available digitally or as a paper version, contains an exciting selection of features for all RHS members, whatever their gardening interest. Read the latest developments in horticulture, see gardens to visit and discover RHS news such as shows, plant trials and how our charitable work can help people’s lives

August 2024

Cover of the August issue of The Garden

Inside the issue

Bring rays of light to late-season gardens with joyful Helianthus. Explore The No Name Nursery in Kent filled with eclectic plants. Try 16 bright ideas for getting kids in the garden during the summer holidays. See four expert picks of summer-flowering plants for sitting in shady spots. Take a tour of three beautiful gardens within Fulham Cemetery, each having its own identity while working together.

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The Garden is dedicated to creating informative, inspiring articles with outstanding photography that will appeal to gardeners at all skill levels. Produced by an enthusiastic, knowledgeable team and expert contributors, and backed by the authority of the RHS, it shares the best in gardening with RHS members every month.

RHS news & activities

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Practical advice & science

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Recent issues in 2024

Get ready to go peat-free: What you need to know and tips to prepare. Discover the remarkable story of the woman for whom Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ is named. See how winter-flowering heathers fill the short days of winter with colour and joy. Get four expert perennial picks for cut flowers that are resilient, sustainable and long-blooming. See how one RHS Partner Garden in Somerset shines in the coldest season.Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

January 2024

Get ready to go peat-free: What you need to know and tips to prepare. Discover the remarkable story of the woman for whom Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ is named. See how winter-flowering heathers fill the short days of winter with colour and joy. Get four expert perennial picks for cut flowers that are resilient, sustainable and long-blooming. See how one RHS Partner Garden in Somerset shines in the coldest season.

Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

Tour His Majesty King Charles III’s garden at Highgrove in Gloucestershire. Discover the vivid colours and bold forms of eryngiums that are a magnetic pull on wildlife. Find a nursery and beautiful display garden at Morton Nursery in Nottinghamshire. Explore a unique and ambitious London garden pushing the boundaries of plant hardiness. See the expert picks for long-flowering roses on repeat. Discover a fascinating garden wilderness in Oxfordshire that is artfully relaxing the rules.Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

July 2024

Tour His Majesty King Charles III’s garden at Highgrove in Gloucestershire. Discover the vivid colours and bold forms of eryngiums that are a magnetic pull on wildlife. Find a nursery and beautiful display garden at Morton Nursery in Nottinghamshire. Explore a unique and ambitious London garden pushing the boundaries of plant hardiness. See the expert picks for long-flowering roses on repeat. Discover a fascinating garden wilderness in Oxfordshire that is artfully relaxing the rules.

Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

Find foxgloves for all tastes, with versatile, bee-friendly flowers and many cultivars available. Discover biodiversity and rare plants flourishing at Cally Gardens, in southwest Scotland. Learn about the complex story that led to new restrictions on the wondrous giant Gunnera. Get four experts recommended plants for sandy soils. Explore summer borders crammed with colourful hardy annuals at Highlands garden in East Sussex.Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

June 2024

Find foxgloves for all tastes, with versatile, bee-friendly flowers and many cultivars available. Discover biodiversity and rare plants flourishing at Cally Gardens, in southwest Scotland. Learn about the complex story that led to new restrictions on the wondrous giant Gunnera. Get four experts recommended plants for sandy soils. Explore summer borders crammed with colourful hardy annuals at Highlands garden in East Sussex.

Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

Get ready to go peat-free: What you need to know and tips to prepare. Discover the remarkable story of the woman for whom Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ is named. See how winter-flowering heathers fill the short days of winter with colour and joy. Get four expert perennial picks for cut flowers that are resilient, sustainable and long-blooming. See how one RHS Partner Garden in Somerset shines in the coldest season.Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

January 2024

Get ready to go peat-free: What you need to know and tips to prepare. Discover the remarkable story of the woman for whom Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’ is named. See how winter-flowering heathers fill the short days of winter with colour and joy. Get four expert perennial picks for cut flowers that are resilient, sustainable and long-blooming. See how one RHS Partner Garden in Somerset shines in the coldest season.

Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

Tour His Majesty King Charles III’s garden at Highgrove in Gloucestershire. Discover the vivid colours and bold forms of eryngiums that are a magnetic pull on wildlife. Find a nursery and beautiful display garden at Morton Nursery in Nottinghamshire. Explore a unique and ambitious London garden pushing the boundaries of plant hardiness. See the expert picks for long-flowering roses on repeat. Discover a fascinating garden wilderness in Oxfordshire that is artfully relaxing the rules.Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

July 2024

Tour His Majesty King Charles III’s garden at Highgrove in Gloucestershire. Discover the vivid colours and bold forms of eryngiums that are a magnetic pull on wildlife. Find a nursery and beautiful display garden at Morton Nursery in Nottinghamshire. Explore a unique and ambitious London garden pushing the boundaries of plant hardiness. See the expert picks for long-flowering roses on repeat. Discover a fascinating garden wilderness in Oxfordshire that is artfully relaxing the rules.

Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

Find foxgloves for all tastes, with versatile, bee-friendly flowers and many cultivars available. Discover biodiversity and rare plants flourishing at Cally Gardens, in southwest Scotland. Learn about the complex story that led to new restrictions on the wondrous giant Gunnera. Get four experts recommended plants for sandy soils. Explore summer borders crammed with colourful hardy annuals at Highlands garden in East Sussex.Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

June 2024

Find foxgloves for all tastes, with versatile, bee-friendly flowers and many cultivars available. Discover biodiversity and rare plants flourishing at Cally Gardens, in southwest Scotland. Learn about the complex story that led to new restrictions on the wondrous giant Gunnera. Get four experts recommended plants for sandy soils. Explore summer borders crammed with colourful hardy annuals at Highlands garden in East Sussex.

Available for members on RHS The Garden app.

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