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  Free £18ish seeds with £8 magazine

  Delivered to your door. Plus year's 2for1 pass for 460+ gardens when they reopen

  MSE Update, 3pm Fri 1 May: Some readers have got in touch to say their magazine delivery has been delayed. We've contacted Mags Direct and it told us the delays are due to Royal Mail dealing with unprecedented numbers of parcels during the Covid-19 pandemic.

  If you buy the May 2020 issue of BBC Gardeners’ World magazine, you'll get six free packets of seeds worth £18ish. The magazine is £6.99 at supermarkets/newsagents, or it’s £7.99 delivered online at Mags Direct, until Wed 27 May.

  Seeds included with the magazine:

  • Calendula 'Nova' - orange flowers
  • Cosmos 'Purity' - white daisy-like flowers
  • Zinnia 'Early Wonder Mixed' - red/pink/yellow blooms
  • Eschscholzia 'Orange King' - orange poppy
  • Echinacea 'Pallida' - purple coneflower
  • Lettuce 'Salad Bowl' - green leafy lettuce
     

  You’ll also get a card giving 2for1 adult entry to 460+ UK gardens – most of which are currently closed. However, the card's valid for a year until 9 Apr 2021, so it'll be valid at places such as Eden Project and Kew Gardens when they reopen – see below for how the 2for1 card works.

  There's also a cheaper £5.99 (or £6.99 delivered online) version of the magazine which comes with the 2for1 garden pass card, without seeds. Alternatively, if you just want to view the magazine and aren’t bothered about the freebies, see how to get two months’ free access to 4,000+ magazines to read offline, which includes Gardeners’ World.

  

  MSE Rhiannon says:

  Seeds are becoming hot-property with many people looking to spruce up the garden for spring. The magazine can be ordered online for just £1 more than you’d pay at the supermarket, so you don't have to go out to find a copy.

  On page 96 there's a section on fun projects for kids, as well as tips on starting your own veg plot now on page 70. The lettuce seeds especially will be interesting for kids, as they don't take too long to pop up and you don't need a lot of space to grow them. Even if you don't have a garden, you can use the lettuce seeds to grow 'microgreens' indoors – check the Gardeners' World website for more info on how to do this.

  • More info

    The following applies to the year’s 2for1 garden pass once gardens have reopened:

    To use the 2for1 garden pass card when they reopen, check it's valid on the day you want to visit (individual gardens may have excluded dates, eg, Christmas) and then simply turn up with the card at any of the gardens listed.

    You can use the 2for1 card as many times as you like, but even if you visited just one garden costing more than £6-£8, which most gardens we found were, it's worth buying the magazine if you're going to be visiting with someone else.

    If you’re taking kids, it’s important to note that while this is 2for1 on two adult tickets, BBC Gardeners' World says it's down to the individual garden if it’ll accept a child as the second ticketholder. Before you make the trip, it’s worth asking those gardens that charge a significant amount for kids’ tickets.

    It's valid for garden entry only (unless the guide says you can enter other parts of the grounds).

    It can't be used with any other offer and excludes groups – group size will vary per garden so check ahead.

    Going on your own? Get up to 50% off

    Some gardens also give up to 50% off adult individual tickets with the same card – see the magazine guide or Gardeners' World website for details.

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  'Free' year's pass gets 2for1 at 400+ gardens

  In £5.25 magazine. Including Eden Project and Kew Gardens

  This popular deal is back... If you buy the May issue of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine – £5.25, out now until Wed 29 May – you’ll get a card for 2for1 adult entry to 400+ UK gardens, valid until 10 Apr 2020.

  There's a more expensive £6.99 version of the magazine which comes with gloves and seeds – see below for more info.

  Once you've got the card, check it's valid on the day you want to visit (individual gardens may have excluded dates) and then simply turn up with the card at any of the gardens listed. For more days out and activities, see our Cheap Days Out round-up.

  You can use the 2for1 card as many times as you like, but even if you visited just one garden costing more than £5.25, which most gardens we found were, it's worth buying the magazine if you're going to be visiting with someone else.

  
  
  One of the biggest savings is a 2for1 at Eden Project in Cornwall (pictured above), which normally costs up to £27.50 for a full-price adult ticket on the day.

  Some of the other gardens in the offer include:

  • Kew Gardens, London - norm up to £18
  • Leeds Castle, Kent - norm up to £26
  • Shakespeare Family Homes, Stratford-upon-Avon - norm up to £22.50
  • Brodie Castle, Moray - norm up to £20
  • Sudeley Castle Gardens, Gloucestershire - norm up to £16.75
  • Powis Castle & Garden, Powys - norm up to £15
    
    

  If you’re taking kids it’s important to note that while this is 2for1 on two adult tickets, BBC Gardeners' World says it's down to the individual garden if it’ll accept a child as the second ticketholder, so before you make the trip, it’s worth asking those gardens that charge a significant amount for kids’ tickets.

  Going on your own? Get up to 50% off

  Over 150 of these gardens also give up to 50% off adult individual tickets with the same card – see the magazine guide or Gardeners' World website for details.

  Get gloves and seeds too with £6.99 mag

  There will also be a more expensive bumper version of the same magazine out at M&S, Sainsbury's, Tesco, Waitrose and WHSmith high street stores (dependent on stock). You'll get the 2for1 gardens pass plus on the cover you'll find gloves suitable for weeding and planting, which Gardeners' World says are worth £3.99, and six packets of seeds it says are worth £16.45.

  • More info

    It's valid for garden entry only (unless the guide says you can enter other parts of the grounds).

    Individual gardens may have further restrictions, excluded dates (such as Christmas and New Year) and limited opening times, so check with the garden beforehand.

    It can't be used with any other offer and excludes groups – group size will vary per garden so check ahead.

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