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GARDENERS WORLD MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION

MariaJMariaJ Posts: 6
in Problem solving
Just received a letter to say our subscription charges are increasing from 31.3.2022 and will be £33.42 for 6 issues !!!!! and rate previously paid in no longer sustainable.
Wondered what members thoughts were to this 36% increase ??? 
Thank You. 
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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I haven't bought it for umpteen years so it doesn't affect me  :)
    All magazines seem to be very expensive though, so I expect it's not that different to others.
    I don't buy any of them either  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Lancashire LassLancashire Lass Posts: 367
    I do subscribe but had already decided this next year to use my library to read it free. I can get it digitally using the Libby app. I am going to spend the money on RHS membership renewal instead as RHS Bridgewater is just 11 miles away and i can go with my husband free all year round. RHS membership also gives me all of the 2 for one entries into the partner gardens which Gardeners World gives away in each May edition, and I get an RHS garden magazine monthly, so it's a win, win for me.
    The Libby app also has Amateur Gardening, Garden Answers and Gardening News. You just need to join your local library and get the app.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I haven’t bought in for years either,  and even then I didn’t pay for it,  got it free with my tesco vouchers. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Chris-P-BaconChris-P-Bacon Posts: 943
    I'm a subscriber. I haven't had any indication my sub fees are rising. It may be included in the April Edt which is due?
    If the price does rise I may cancel...TBH the "virtuous eco lecturing" was getting a bit much - every edition there are the usual suspects 'telling' me what I 'must' be doing in my own garden..it's got to the point were I feel like I must self-flagellate if I use peat or a plastic pot..or God-forbid, mow the lawn.
    I also get Garden News - it's OK, a bit old fashioned but I like Ian Hodgsons common sense approach. It's been getting a bit thin on content of late though.
    And as an RHS member I get The Garden but that's disappeared up it's own pretentious backside many moons ago..ever since the aforementioned Mr Hodgsons departure.
  • joanna65joanna65 Posts: 75
    It is fairly expensive for what you actually get. I bought the last one but was disappointed with the content and the amount of adverts in it. I think I would rather use the money to buy a plant or seeds. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I do buy the May edition to get the bogof vouchers for visits to gardens. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Chris-P-BaconChris-P-Bacon Posts: 943
    joanna65 said:
    It is fairly expensive for what you actually get. I bought the last one but was disappointed with the content and the amount of adverts in it. I think I would rather use the money to buy a plant or seeds. 
    You should see the amount of 'advertising crap' the sub edition is packaged with!
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    When I returned to gardening after a few years away I bought a subscription.  But cancelled after a year as it's the same thing year-on-year.  I do subscribe to Gardens Illustrated though, which goes into more depth on plants as well as describing the planting in the (gorgeous!) gardens it features.  I like to scoff at the adverts though - 'posh' gardening equipment at exorbitant prices!
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    I'm in my 2nd year of subscribing and have found it good value, if only for the seed packets that come with it.
    East Lancs
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    I also subscribe to Gardens Illustrated .... cost me £50 in November for a two-year deal (24 monthly mags and 2 specials) .... so quite good value really.
    It's very south England centric ... but I do like the garden design elements, and the plant profiles.
    Couldn't agree with you more @didyw about the "posh" gardening things such as £15 for a ball of twine in a tin  ... albeit a very pretty tin.

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
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