Gardening Magazine Review

How do you choose the right garden magazine?

Before you subscribe to one of the many garden magazines available, be sure you what kind of garden do you wish to grow. Whether it is a flower, herb, vegetable, or a combination of the three, you should decide before plunking down the money. Don't be reminded each month that you purchased the wrong one.

Garden design magazines

This type of magazine is probably going to be less important for the vegetable gardener who is looking to farm a small plot in the back yard. There are a number of great magazines that can help you integrate your desired themes into a workable style for the shape and size of your yard.

Horticulture Magazine

This is a serious magazine for expert home gardeners; it's also a great organic gardening magazine. Having said that, those new to the hobby should not avoid this periodical. While it may be demanding at times, it will also help you to develop your skills and introduce you to more complex and rewarding techniques you wouldn't normally be made aware of.

Garden Design Magazine

This is the Architectural Digest of gardening magazines. While you might not be interested in a two thousand dollar patio umbrella, you may be interested in adapting an upscale aesthetic.

Fine Gardening Magazine

In many ways this is a blend of the aforementioned magazines. If you are at once interested in high design and sophisticated plant development, then this should be your top choice.

Home and Garden Magazines

While this magazine type was pioneered by perennial favorite, Better Homes and Gardens, there are now a number of lifestyle magazines that speak more specifically to different regions and tastes.

Canadian Gardening Magazine

A great blend of new world chutzpah and British gardening experience, this magazine brings to bear the knowledge of the great gardening culture that is Canada. From the vegetable and grain farming of Canada's eastern and plains provinces to incredible flower gardens, like Buchart gardens in Victoria, this periodical looms large.

Sunset Magazine

This magazine features gardening styles of the American West. From the desert gardens of Southern California, Arizona and New Mexico to the wild and varied styles of Northern California and the Pacific Northwest, many innovative styles are explored.

Southern Living Magazine

Southern Living is the South's counterpart to Sunset Magazine. It features gardening aesthetics from below the Mason Dixon. This magazine, like Sunset, has regional lifestyle features that reach beyond just gardening.

No discussion about garden magazines would be complete without a discussion of America's perennial favorite gardening periodical, Better Homes and Gardens. The magazine continues to be one of the top sellers in its category, because it is bulging with useful, tried and true advice. This is to say nothing of its quarterly specialty releases, such as Better Homes And Garden Quilt Book, which are offered at reduced prices to subscribers.

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