names of uk garden magazines from 1914-1945.

war garden 572 · April 2023

I am looking for names of uk garden magazines
from 1914-1945. I already
have "royal horticulture journal"

BenCotto · April 2023

Surely it is the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society.

I came across this. Delving further on the site might pay dividends

https://www.gardenhistorygirl.co.uk/post/the-uk-horticultural-press-1840s-1920s

Busy-Lizzie · April 2023

There should be some among this lot.
https://www.google.fr/search?sxsrf=APwXEdcTCifobbY0puuyhHyNyXT27Vgwxg:1680388233105&q=pre+war+uk+garden+magazine&tbm=isch&source=univ&fir=HOTythKHXN-hCM%2C-sgfHfRhxDDUhM%2C_%3B3n1dhu9BYvAPSM%2CTvoy_JJTcUmeHM%2C_%3B88vIbUAJiOryRM%2CYsaKSJ4faEcf1M%2C_%3BRr6eu6GPZeAdaM%2C7bluU2xpbyuBqM%2C_%3BpHdivwn8JPjqzM%2C-JbyJfzUgbx22M%2C_%3BJ47drNrkLm8PqM%2CTvoy_JJTcUmeHM%2C_%3BPP_ClvV8W89R2M%2CQW6WHo2MeNwjIM%2C_%3BKTpO4yO95_eikM%2CTvoy_JJTcUmeHM%2C_%3B4N25nzr9NlBU7M%2CqsEObrTDMQcgaM%2C_%3BIUDQ_zcNmMFfcM%2CAZ7A6wzl8Vs9yM%2C_&usg=AI4_-kTnAhQU66k14GQ3HqOiEIzz8w4EMg&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwia-N_93Yn-AhXjnVwKHdsWD5UQjJkEegQIRxAC&biw=1600&bih=749&dpr=1

war garden 572 · April 2023

sorry Busy-Lizzie no dice.

BenCotto · April 2023

Why “no dice”? I saw at least three in that link. A similarly worded search on eBay and ABEbooks to Busy-Lizzie’s Etsy investigation should unearth more.

Grannybee · April 2023

There may not be many. People did not have the time or money - advice may have been in newspapers, books or women’s magazines. The magazine culture has only really exploded in the last 40 years

BenCotto · April 2023

I would think the plethora of specialist interest groups such as the Alpine Society published annual journals. Do they count as gardening magazines?

Pete.8 · April 2023

I found a couple-

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There was also a magazine called Popular Gardening - this is the associated annual-

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BenCotto · April 2023

Pete.8, your first two featured in Busy-Lizzie’s link hence my bafflement at the ‘No dice’ comment.

It’s interesting that My Garden has a piece on primulas by Capt W. E. Johns, author of the Biggles stories. I have just googled him: additionally he was a pilot in both World Wars, was an illustrator, founded and edited an aviation magazine and was a prolific author not just of the Biggles books but also on things like ‘A Boys’ book of Pirates’ and a regular contributor to My Garden.

Lyn · April 2023

Plenty in the link Liz posted, just how many does the OP want.

Jenny_Aster · April 2023

There's quite a few avenues you could explore in this article:

https://hub.suttons.co.uk/blog/suttons-history/fighting-on-the-homefront-the-75th-anniversary-of-digging-for-victory - such as seed catalogue companies, they may have

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Contacting archives at the British Library could prove fruitful about UK's 'Digging for Victory' campaign.

In the link below there's a lovely clip of boys turning a bomb site into a garden, one of them could have been my dad.

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/dig-for-victory-radio-broadcast

names of uk garden magazines from 1914-1945.

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