Organic Gardening

No famous names. No gardening personalities supplementing their incomes. No scary stainless-steel-and-mirrors garden designs which real people can’t afford, and wouldn’t be seen dead with even if they could. No Diarmuid Gavins, and better still, no Chris Collinses. And at two and a half quid, better value than any two of the mainstream glossy gardening mags put together. And Organic Gardening, in my humble opinion, has become even better since the editor moved to Shetland. Here we have a real and realistic approach to the garden. Where other magazines write their features six months in advance ... more

I absolutely love this magazine. I'm still getting used to the 'makeover' and I'm not so keen on its new look, but apart from that this is a publication with a real community feel that the big boys would give their eye teeth for. At first sight it looks like a publication only for real die-hard organic types. But it's not. There's subject matter in here for everyone with either a great deal fo expertise in the subject or a complete beginner. Amateur journalism (and it is obvious that most of the people who write for this are amateurs) usually really annoys me - but here it has a warm and ... more