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Post by Chuckles on Feb 19, 2009 21:12:35 GMT
What gardening magazines do you all read.
I get the RHS mag and whilst flicking through the extras that always fall out of the pages I found a leaflet ........
Subscribe & Save 53% 1 year of The English Garden magazine for just £20 usually £43.20
Sounds a bargain and I happen to have £20 of my birthday money left. Anyone have this mag, is it a good read or can you recommend any other mags.
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 20, 2009 17:11:03 GMT
I get Gardeners World and Garden Answers every month Chuckles and for the first time last month I got Gardens Illustrated which is very diferent to the other 2 magazines but it has an article on dafodils this month so I will probably get it again. Is there a time limit on the English Garden Magazine offer? Is there time for you buy one copy and see what you think?
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Post by Dutchy on Feb 20, 2009 18:17:34 GMT
;D I subscribe to Groei & Bloei which is the mag of the Dutch Royal Horticultural Society of which I am a member just by subscribing to their Mag. I find I begin buying others this month as those are the March issues and I can't resist the nice articles on Dafs on Magnolia on rare Spring bulbs on starting up the allotment and general very Spring like looking articles on Gardens that make you drool.  Most March issues do that and judging the general quality of any mag by their March issue is not a good idea  But very nice work  |
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 24, 2009 8:11:52 GMT
Well I haven't subscribed yet and the leaflet doesn't appear to have a time limit on it Jasmine so I'll leave it a little longer and see if anyone here does get The English Garden Mag and also wait and see what other mags folk have and can recommend. I think Dutchy has a good point "judging the general quality of any mag by their March issue is not a good idea" If anyone is interested in the offer the address is ...... www.subscription.co.uk/englishgdn/RTG9 |
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Post by Amo on Feb 24, 2009 8:42:46 GMT
I have the RHS The Garde, GW as and when I feel like buying it but I've subscribed to English Garden for three years. I like it. It's not as practical as such as GW and has larger gardens. If you PM me your address I'll send you a couple of issues I have knocking around here somewhere so you can have a look through before committing.
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Post by Chuckles on Feb 25, 2009 18:18:09 GMT
Thanks for the offer Amo, very thoughtful and kind of you  I've committed, bit the bullet and subscribed. Had a nice surprise, it turned out to be only £15 when I got to the relevant page, bonus ay ;D I thought more folk on here would have some sort of gardening magazine tbo  even if it was only the occasional purchase, still be good to know  |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 25, 2009 18:29:18 GMT
I dont buy garden mags until March I like Am Gardening and I used to get the one issued with my Nat Trust membership lapsed now  |
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Post by andy on Feb 25, 2009 18:29:25 GMT
Horticulture week (trade mag) once it's been round the office a few times  |
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Post by Barbara on Feb 25, 2009 19:55:34 GMT
I stopped buying them because I thought to myself this £3.99 would buy me a plant, and I can learn stuff for free on here . |
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Post by JennyWrenn on Feb 26, 2009 6:12:00 GMT
I buy Am Gardening cos they give free seeds with every issue In fact I will get my first copy of the year today |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 26, 2009 6:18:49 GMT
That's the reason I get AG too Jenny!
It also reminds me what I should/could be getting on with.
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 4, 2009 18:58:53 GMT
I stopped buying them because I thought to myself this £3.99 would buy me a plant, and I can learn stuff for free on here . Well I can't fault you there Barbara, makes good sense to me ;D I'd probably have thought twice if it hadn't been such a good deal and birthday money too, I've still got £5 left so maybe a plant is in order I should get my April edition of The English Garden by the 17/4 Anyone else buy any other garden mags, we have so far got The Garden (rhs) Gardeners World Garden Answers Gardens Illustrated Groei & Bloei Amatuer Gardening Horticulture week The English Garden |
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 18, 2009 7:58:08 GMT
Anyone else buy any other garden mags, we have so far got The Garden (rhs) Gardeners World Garden Answers Gardens Illustrated Groei & Bloei Amatuer Gardening Horticulture week The English Garden The English Garden mag arrived yesterday, after a quick flick through, it looks like very nice read |
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Post by 4pygmies on Mar 18, 2009 9:15:49 GMT
I buy 'Gardens Illustrated' when I got some spare dosh, even though it's a bit posh, as I really enjoy the Design sections, it's very grown up and it has features from all over the world - it's very interesting. The one I wouldn't be without, and buy every month is Organic Garden and Home which I always get a lot from every month - very practical but with a wide and interesting remit. I let my Mum buy the English Garden one and then nick it off her when she's read it!
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Post by Dutchy on Mar 18, 2009 18:24:35 GMT
OK I admit.
Going on Hols to Austria where all things green are usually under layers of white I stock up on my Spring yearning addiction.
So Dutch Mags: Tuin & Co, Home and Garden ( yes it is a Dutch version ),Tuinen by feeling Wonen.
And German Mags ( what else is there to do when OH is filling the tank at the gas station )
Mein Schoner Garten extra and Garten Traume
All of them March issues and some, even between the Dutch and the German ones, featuring the same garden.
The latter is always good fun as for some reason they all do their own interview and have different pics.
What the true glossies hide, you can sometimes see in the more basic ones.
Like the horrid house of a neighbour or the fact that there is a bussy road behind the garden
;D
In all the 5 mags are not cheap but keep me going for ages and I keep the ones with the best pics for coming winter when I will be lounching on the couch, glass of wine at hand and a good dose of "sehnsucht" building up once more.
Mum gets the others this month. ;D
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Post by Amo on Mar 20, 2009 19:38:15 GMT
Did you enjoy it then Chuckles??
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 20, 2009 21:06:58 GMT
Yes I'm enjoying it Amo thanks. It's a nice easy read actually and you can pick it up and have a browse and not feel bogged down with it if you know what I mean. Some lovely gardens in it this month that one in Worcesteshire is lovely, love the brick path on page 50. Also like the stained glass disc on page 58. Like loads of stuff in it really, some ideas coming on ;D
Anyone else buy any other garden mags, so far we have got
The Garden (rhs)
Gardeners World
Garden Answers
Gardens Illustrated
Groei & Bloei
Amatuer Gardening
Horticulture week
The English Garden
Organic Garden and Home
Tuin & Co, Home and Garden
Mein Schoner Garten extra
Garten Traume
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 25, 2010 16:50:39 GMT
I've just got December's magazine from the RHS and it has the most gorgeous picture on the front and the headline 'Reflections of Summer'. The photo is of cannas, dahlias, gladiolas, penstemon (http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cheesy.gif) and lots of other hot coloured summer plants in a border.
I thought that was such a nice idea at this time of the year.
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Post by Auricula on Nov 25, 2010 16:56:30 GMT
Lovely isn't it? I don't usually like December's magazines cos they concentrate too much on X*** and making fancy wreathes etc for house parties. Makes anyone having an ordinary X*** feel like Billy Nomates  I have 3 monthly mags on subscription......GW Mag.....RHS Mag ( with the membership) and The English Garden, to give me something to aspire to ;D I have Amateur Gardening every week so I don't go without my gardening fix ;D What magazines do you have regularly? |
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 25, 2010 17:01:07 GMT
Funnily enough I have all of the above! Or is it Gardens Illustrated I have and not The English Garden. Anyway, I have one and not the other but I'll have to go and have a look.
I really like the RHS magazine although I wouldn't be sure about paying £4.25 for it. I like it free with the RHS membership! ;D
Have you seen the article on snowdrops in this months GW? They'll soon be up which is a positive step in the right direction. Love the photos in the free calendar too.
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Post by Auricula on Nov 25, 2010 17:12:10 GMT
Yep, although I did throw away the calendar when I'd had a good look as we don't use one. I wouldn't pay separately for The Garden, but as part of RHS membership I think it's jolly good. I don't have snowdrops, well, I have 2 I keep planting them and they disappear  |
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Post by Dutchy on Nov 25, 2010 17:53:52 GMT
;D I have 2 monthly Dutch ones which are no good to you as far as information goes. I do at times buy GW when it is available and I like what I see while flipping through. ( still not in a plastic cover ) I have loads of snowdrops and intend to move some to the new lottie when they are in the green. Have you got mice or the like Auricula? Does any one know if RHS membership abroad also comes with the magazine? |
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 25, 2010 18:24:47 GMT
I don't know Dutchy - it may be worth doing a 'Contact us' email and asking. The magazine comes out monthly and that makes it a big chunk of the RHS membership.
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 25, 2010 18:29:03 GMT
Gardens Illustrated is the one I get not The English Garden.
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 25, 2010 18:33:12 GMT
I've sent an email to the RHS asking Dutchy!
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Post by Geranium on Nov 25, 2010 18:34:50 GMT
I have much the same as Jasmine and Auricula - RHS, The English Garden , and Amateur Gardening, but I do buy 'Garden Answers' each month as well. Oh - and I get Gardening 'Which' as well. Wow! That's a lot, isn't it! Do I feel guilty? |
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Post by Jasmine on Nov 25, 2010 18:35:32 GMT
Nooooo! ;D
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Post by Geranium on Nov 25, 2010 18:36:49 GMT
Right answer. ;D ;D
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Post by andy on Nov 25, 2010 18:40:59 GMT
Anyone get "gardening which ? " Been getting it for a few months now and is always a good read.
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Post by Geranium on Nov 25, 2010 18:42:15 GMT
Yeeeesssss....meeeee.......who didn't read my post?  |
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I've committed, bit the bullet and subscribed. Had a nice surprise, it turned out to be only £15 when I got to the relevant page, bonus ay ;D
even if it was only the occasional purchase, still be good to know 
