BBC Gardeners' World Magazine - 16 Okt 2025
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Your 14-page November planner
Nick shows how to plan your garden with structure
Explore 2 for 1 Gardens that focus on autumn colour
Look forward to a colour-packed garden next year by filling it now with FREE bulbs
Stroll around the green streets of Klaipėda, Lithuania
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Follow Monty’s easy-to-follow guide to stress-free pruning
Explore Northumberland‘s gardens on this bespoke 5-day tour
Nursery visit: the tough-plants and environment-focussed Plantbase in East Sussex
Cruise to the Baltic countries to discover their horticultural gems, with plant expert David Hurrion
Save £30 on a beautiful Old English shrub rose collection
Garden globetrotting: find inspiration with Belize’s horticultural treasures
Veg plot tasks from Sara Ward
Root of the matter: the future for public parks and gardens
Full Monty: Longmeadow’s post-filming winter upkeep
Buy two standard holly trees in decorative pots for just £50
2 for 1 Gardens: favourite visits for autumn colour
Save £5 on a delicious, longcropping strawberry collection
Get free postage on a great range of spring-flowering bulbs
Nick Bailey on creating structure
Frances Tophill’s autumn tidy-up
10 delicious crops to sow now
Expert’s choice: euonymus
Get free P&P on a trio of garlic
Gardeners’ Question Time
Crossword and puzzles
Tales from Titchmarsh
Around the garden
We love November
Test your skills
Back to basics
House plants
Greenhouse
Next month
Fruit & veg
Pruning
Flowers
Wildlife
Homegrown CHRISTMAS
Monty reveals what and where to cut back in your garden now
Sara Ward gathers fallen leaves to make leafmould
Frances gets stuck into easy maintenance jobs
Spot the long hoverfly feeding on any nectar and pollen on offer
Be captivated by Belize’s lush, green landscape
On the cover
Winter perennials Carol shares her favourite plants for the festive season – for indoor and outdoor spaces
Yuletide goodies Adam shows how to transform your harvests into delicious treats that everyone will enjoy
Deck the halls, doors, walls and... make beautiful decorations with materials foraged from your garden
Perfect presents Inspiring gift ideas that your green-fingered family and friends will adore
We love November
We love November
Kids review kits
SAVE £30 on an Old English shrub rose collection
The Full Monty
FREE* 110 spring and summer bulbs
Euonymus
Euonymus
Save £18 on a hyacinth basket collection
The ultimate Christmas gift
Treat your feathered friends
SAVE 20% on herb gift collections
Reflected glory
East meets West
2 for 1 Gardens
Picture perfect
Seasonal flourish
Mixing fire and water
Making the cut
Making the cut
Get kitted out
Great taste, no waste
Pan fried cod & salt & vinegar mash with a buttery vinegar parsley sauce
Braised red cabbage
NO-FEAR GARDENING
NO-FEAR GARDENING
DEALING WITH LEAF DROP
SORTING YOUR CONTAINERS
EASY TIDYING TASKS
SORTING YOUR CONTAINERS
EASY TIDYING TASKS
Starting over
Starting over
Adding a greenhouse
Material matters
Carol’s yuletide CRACKERS
Carol’s yuletide CRACKERS
MY FAVOURITE winter plants
MY FAVOURITE winter plants
Christmas PROJECTS
Christmas PROJECTS
Fresh foliage wreath
CREATE YOUR wreath
Napkin rings
Napkin rings
Hanging bauble
Candles and greenery
TOP TIP
Get festive WITH ADAM
Get festive WITH ADAM
THINKING AHEAD TO THE festive table
There’s something for EVERYONE...
the quirky and colourful…
the book worm…
and the fashion forward
Long-season strawberry collection less than £10!
MORE SAVER COLLECTIONS
Growing THE GOOD LIFE
Growing THE GOOD LIFE
NOVEMBER Jobs
Root of the matter
NEXT MONTH...
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WHAT TO DO NOW
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Around the garden
Test your skills
Back to basics
House plants
Greenhouse
Fruit & veg
Wildlife
Flowers
Pruning
Plant a patio rose in a pot
Pinch sweet peas
Protect potted olive trees
TOP TIP
STEP BY STEP Plant evergreen shrubs
Mow fallen leaves
DON’T FORGET
Plant tulips in containedrs
Give conifers winter support
Fill your spare patio pots
DON’T FORGET
Add cyclamen for instant colour
Tie in wayward rambling roses
Store dahlias
Grow alliums
STEP BY STEP Lift and pot up vigorous perennials
Cut lateflowering plants
30 MINUTES TO SPARE
DON’T FORGET
Give bamboo stems a trim
Tidy bay plants
Prune out old fruited canes
Cut dead stems out of shrubs
Trim down herbs
Crown lift trees
DON’T FORGET
Keep leaves of ZZ plant clean
DON’T FORGET
Care for Christmas cactus
Plant hyacinths
Divide perennials for free plants
Plant a mixed, native hedge
Make caterpillar dens for moths
DON’T FORGET
30 MINUTES TO SPARE
Plant winter salads in borders
Attach warming insulation
Clean pots and trays
Check stored crops regularly
DON’T FORGET
Make a metal planter display
STEP BY STEP Planting up a metal container
Sow peas in pots
STEP BY STEP Sow hardy peas for an early summer harvest
Start your kale harvest now
Tidy strawberries
Remove unripened figs
30 MINUTES TO SPARE
DON’T FORGET
Start off your first onion sets in trays
Plant summer raspberry canes
Harvest parsley
Next month!
Garden globetrotting: Belize
Garden globetrotting: Belize
Inspired by Belize
Hidden gems & gardens of the Baltic
GARDEN HIGHLIGHTS
From PR to plantsman
From PR to plantsman
Expert growing tips: tough plants
Expert growing tips: succulents
Plantbase specialities
Save £50 on 2 standard hollies
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Gardeners’ Question Time
Q Why did my tiny strawberries die?
TEAM ANSWER
Q Why did our orange drop leaves when we brought it inside?
Q What is the best way to look after my new Veronica x andersonii?
Q How can my clay garden cope with drought?
Q How did my sweetcorn cobs become so malformed last summer?
Q What happened to our apple tree and how can we best deal with it? Daksha Patel, by email
Q How can I get a good crop from mini sweetcorn?
Q How can we keep an area of block paving weed-free?
Q What happened to my grapes?
Q Should I remove the weed-suppressing membrane in my new garden?
Q Why did some of ËĄ ĕÓþ âae ° Ì« colour this year?
Q My hydrangea has blue and pink blooms – why?
Q HELP MARE'S TAILS IS TAKING OVER AFTER I LET THE GARDEN GO WILDER LAST YEAR
Q How can we get better fruit on our apricot?
Q WHY ARE OUR PRIMULAS FLOWERING IN AUTUMN AS WELL AS IN SPRING?
Q HOW SHOULD I PRUNE MY LARGW FIG TREE?
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Fine dining
Secret six
Winter wonders
Step by step
Food for thought
Christmas crossword
RSPB Recommended Cat Deterrent
Devenick Designs
Professional Quality Japanese Garden Tools
Beautiful Gifts for Gorgeous Gardens!
Okatsune Pruning Set
The Sussex Trug
Handmade by Whichford Pottery
Precision Meets Style
Whack into Christmas Joy
Save 15% on Fyne Herb Gift Collections
Acacia Honey Natural Co ee Syrups
Grow Mushrooms this Christmas
Suction Based Knife Sharpener
Grow Hope this Christmas
Luxury Lodge Holidays
St Anthony Holiday Cottages
Comfort with Style – Leather Mules
Rain Hat Collection
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Tales from Titchmarsh
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