what is a 'dressage' magazine?
Favorite Gardening magazine??
Dressage is a particular riding style (aka discipline), so there are magazines that focus on that subject. The main magazine in the US for dressage-related riding and training is called 'Dressage Today'. http://www.primedia.com/divisions/enthusiastmedia/dressage/
sounds quite proper....thanks for filling me in...:)
Definitely Horticulture! It is the first mag I have ever wanted to read from cover to cover - even all the letters to the editor, and all the ads. It uses botanical names for plants and (usually) the common names. It has nice photographs, without compromising informative text. Don't get me wrong; I like beautiful photos as much as anyone, but this mag has substance - not just fluff. Much of it gets filed in my "must know" gardening library. The only drawback? It does not come out every month (less than twelve issues per year).
Horticulture is my favorite. I started Garden Gate with their very first issue and found after
a while they started repeating. I found Garden Design too high end for me - lots of VERY
expensive furnature. Lots of landscape designers profiled. Lots of CA focus.
The other I like is Organic Gardening. Its gotten skinnier over the years so maybe its a bit
nastalgic of me to love it. But they started a whole movement that took a long time to take
root but we owe a lot to the Rodale family and their publications.
I am cutting down on magazines. Decided to focus more books instead. I was subscribing
to every single US based gardening magazine published. WAY too many to have time to read
anything else.
Tam
The wonderful thing about Garden Gate is the lack of advertising. However, I find they're a bit aggressive when it comes to renewals.
Garden Gate, is the best magazine, gardening or any subject that I've ever gotten....
Did any of you subscribe to Organic Gardening when Mike McGrath was editor? He was really really funny. I would read it cover to cover the day it arrived in the mail. Then he was fired for being too irreverant. Really made me sad.
I had a Garden Gate subscription some years back, but lost interest. Fine Gardening is probably what I enjoy most. I also have a subscription to Washington Gardener. And I think Horticulture, but I find that a bit stuffy. And Organic Gardening.
Happy, I haven't seen those past Organic Gardening issues, but even I'm sad about that. Sounds like it was much better then.
I still haven't received my first Garden Gate issue.
wrightie i got mine and wasn't really impressed....but i don't like words...i like pictures...
I probably won't renew Garden Gate again. They are way too aggressive with the renewal notices. I purchased a gift subscription at Christmas time. Just last week they sent me a notice asking me to renew "to avoid a disruption in service"? Can you believe it?!? Needless to say, I threw the reminder in the trash!
SnS, I prefer Scratch N Sniff to words or pictures meself.
Aggressive Renewal Notices? YIKES. That's reason enough Not to renew.
wrightie are you back??
Nope... but I am back from yet another visit to the local garden centre where, once again, I did my part in supporting the British economy. Never mind the horrible exchange rate.
are yall getting along ok.....(considering the circumstances)? sounds like your shopping/gardening reflex is still working quite well:)
I still love Garden Design, even though sometimes it's over the top, has a definite bias for the 'left coast', but darnnit, I want my garden to look like some of those gardens! (& the photos are fabulous).
Yep - no serious squabbles to report. When things get tense we just put some space between us and/or find a therapeutic outlet. You got it; my therapy has been gardening and garden-related retail therapy. "Hello. My name is Wrightie and I am a seedaholic."
well i just had to check bidnapper to see if it was taking care of my ebay bids .....it was doing a fairly good job ...didn't need my help just needed more money from me.....i said NO WAY...;
uh-oh... what's bidnapper? Soundz dangerous. Don't tell me. I don't want to know.
Two of my favorite purchases on this trip are black hollyhock and himalayan blue poppy seeds. I know that the poppies generally require fresh seed, but even if I get just one plant out of it, that would be well worth it.
Bidnapper sounds like an online sniper doesn't it?
yall it is a sniping service that is INDISPENSABLE to me as i buy alot on ebay....it is 20 bucks a year or something...and i have subscribed to it for a couple of years...; i find that i can get WAY too involved in something and that i will bid more than i normally would just so i can win(sounds like i am quite competitve doesnt it??)hmmmm
so i just key my little item in and that way i don't have to camp out by the puter at 3 in the morning to win some stupid auction.....; if you wanna try it you can sign up and get 5 free snipes...(something like that) i love it....
as for bidding, peoples competitve ways cause them to bid and bid and bid up on an item...that is good for the seller....but it is just adding dollars onto the price you will have to pay at the end of the auction.....; i also like the bidders that bid to 'show ownership' of the item or a dibs of the item only to be mad that someone outbid them at the last minute....anyway, enuf psychology for today....i got stuff to go look at !!!
My daughter just gave me BBC's "Gardeners' World Magazine" for Mothers' Day. I don't have a copy yet, but I am intrigued. She must have done some research to come up with that one. http://www.gardenersworld.com/
In the past I have subscribed to Fine Gardening, Horticulture, British Gardening, Sunset, I switch off since so many seem to say the same thing in different words. Right now I get 'American Gardener' which is the magazine of the Am. Hort. Soc. and that has some interesting articles once in a while.
After that subscription runs out I am going to quit for a while and spend less time reading and more time actually gardening!
I do have subscriptions to Garden Gate and Birds and Bloom...enjoy both..tend to save them to savor over the winter LOL. I also get Horticulture but doubt I'll renew...too much adverts and it is a bit stuffy. I do tend to glance over what's at the check out line and grab something if it looks like it'll cover a subject I'm interested in...probably the best way to go for me :~) I plan to check out the web sites for some of the mags recommended in this thread. Thanks for all the great info!
Denise
The best gardening magazine ever is GARDENERS WORLD....... I dont know if its available in the USA, or just here in England......
It gives practical advise and VERY helpful hints and tips.
http://www.gardenersworld.com/
~Mark~
My favorite is Country Gardens. Used to LOVE Horticulture, but they changed their format several years (or 10?) ago, and the covers are boring, and while I still like it, I don't LOVE it. Garden Design seems to be mostly about expensive furniture, doesn't really seem like a gardening mag to me.
Garden Gate - It usually has a few good articles, but not quite enough for me. Guess I like the ads in most of the garden mags. They are usually for products and nurseries, etc. that interest me. I also don't like them sending me the same free issue to try to get me to subscribe. It was interesting the first time, but the 4th time???????
You should try and find the gardeners world magazine................... its all about plants!!!
There is the occasional bit about furniture but nothing much!!
If you want i will send you one so you can have a look at it............
Mark
Does Gardener's World concentrate primarily on plants for the zones in the UK? And what zones are in the UK LOL?
Denise
Yep, its an english magazine , so deals with the UK zones.
Zones here range from 6 to 9 i think.............
I am in 8b
Mark
There was a People, Plants and Places magazine that I loved! It
was on the Mid-Atlantic region and had wonderful articles about the
local area. I think the original was on New England. I wish that
one would come back!
Tam
Tammy, it's still here. http://www.ppplants.com/index.php
Found another decent magazine this week, its called Amateur Gardening.............. and its only £1.70. Got some nice tips and advice for doing clem cuttings etc.
May get it again ...........
http://www.amateurgardening.com/
Mark
Cindy - that's the NE version. I may just give it a try but what I especially loved about
the mid-atlantic one was how local it was. I'm not in the NE states (but close!)
I've tried some of the UK mag's but it frustrates me that I can't grow what is shown.
Tam
Hi everyone.
I have subscriptions to Country Gardens, my favorite, and Horticulture, Garden Gate, Canadian Gardening (figure if it can survive in Canada, I can grow it here in Wisconsin), Fine Gardening, English Garden, Birds and Blooms, and one I have seen now is called Backyard Living. Its a garden magazine geared more realistically towards real gardners, not showplaces.
Country Living Gardner was absolutely georgeous. I am addicted. I have stacks of garden books and magazines. It's what gets me through the winter without being able to garden!
Colleen
Colleen, please post pictures of your home garden. I'm assuming that it must be Smashing!
Btw, there's lots of gardening to be had in the winter ... have you started sowing your own? That's what gets me through the dreary months.
Hi wrightie... I have tried.... bought a grow light, lined up the little trays...... and they all grew but then croaked. I spent so much to do it and i felt horrible when all the little sprouts kicked off. What I really need is a decent place to grow them. Its a dream to have all the proper tools to do it. Or I could be totally off base and all that is not necessary! I guess what I need is guidance. I end up spending several hundred dollars every year on annuals for containers.
Pretty garden! Are you having a blast?
As for the croaking sprouts and $$$ down the drain, I can certainly relate. DG has been a life-changing experience for me and I haven't even been a subscriber for a full year yet. As for proper tools regarding my own grow light system, this thread was a fantastic score for me: http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/683246/
Wrightie, THANK YOU!!!! This was SOO helpful. My husband is a great guy and has been offering to build me whatever I need. I am going to give starting from seed another try. Eventually I would love to have my own greenhouse, but even then, winter in Wisconsin wouldn't permit too early a start. I am actually not sure when to start using the greenhouse and will cross that bridge if and when I get to it.
I have been on the DG site for almost a month now. It is an absolute blast. I am a transcriptionist and have access to the computer all day long and work at home, so I have been logging a lot of time on the garden site. This is even more fun than all the magazines!
Do you possibly know when to sow seed from orange poppys? Is it too late for this year already? I hear they will grow from seed relatively well and everyone says they self-sow, but they haven't so far for me.
Thanks again!!
Oooh, I don't know about orange poppies - annual or perennial type? I know that you are far enough north that Himalayan Blue poppies stand a chance of growing for you - I'm jealous. You ought to ask in the propagation, perennials, or annuals(?) thread. Also, I've heard lots of people raving about Winter Sowing (WS), but I haven't tried it myself.
On a side note, next time that you sow seeds, keep a fan in the room to keep air circulating gently.
Garden4ever: Have you tried wintersowing outside? See http://www.wintersown.org/ and http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/599007/. DG has a whole forum devoted to it.
anyone ever heard of "Flower & Garden" ?