Most gardeners like nothing better than to chat to other gardeners about their latest project or the size of their marrows. There are many Gardening Forums available on the internet so we have selected some of the best and written a small review to help you choose the best one for you. If you come across any forums worth a mention please let us know by completing our Feedback Form and we will take a look at the site and write a suitable review.

Shoot - A new forum by the gardening site Shoot. Their forum is split into the following sections: Container gardening, Edible gardening, Garden design, Green gardening, House plants, Lawns, New member, New to gardening, Trees and shrubs. You have to be a member and be logged in to use the forum.

Allotment and Vegetable Gardening - Allotment Gardening Forums, Growing Vegetables, Fruit and Herbs plus general gardening advice and help from other friendly gardeners and growers who like chatting on the plot about their garden

BBC - This message board hosts a lively gardening community. See what others are talking about then join in for some green-fingered chat

Cool Exotics - Tropical and exotic plants discussions

Garden Banter - This is a web interface to the popular gardening series of newsgroups.

GardenTalk - A space to share gardening questions, tips, advice, and general chit-chat with many other members from the UK, and around the world.

GardenWeb - Gardening articles, pictorial plant database, glossary of botanical terms, and gardening tips.
 

Healthy Pages - One of the largest complementary health forums in the UK covering lots of health related subjects and therapies, including gardening. They don't ask for any personal info, and they don't share your information with anyone.

Home and Gardening - Advice, Tips, Discussion and Chat

Moosey's Country Garden Forums - Drop in for a cup of tea and a gardening chat

Over the Garden Gate - A forum for general discussion and questions

Real Gardeners - built by real gardeners in the UK for real gardeners around the world

Royal Horticultural Society - The RHS bulletin board covering subjects such as Science Exchange, RHS Debate, Britain in Bloom, Parks and Green Space, Trials and General Gardening

RSPB - Includes forum topics RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, Aren't birds brilliant! and The birds in your garden

Sheds Online - Chat forum for sharing ideas pictures and plans on garden buildings

Irish Gardeners -   "If you're Irish, come into the Garden, there's a welcome there for you". Well, actually you don't have to be Irish at all, gardening knows no boundaries. As long as you have an interest and curiosity about gardening then the Irish Gardeners will welcome you with open arms. You can chat about a wide range of gardening related topics but there is also a section for more general discussion such as sport, pets, hobbies etc. You can also post photos of your developing garden heaven. The Irish gardeners would love to see personal pics of your plants in bloom, your pets or even yourself.

UKTV Gardens - A well constructed, informative set of forums which are fully searchable. It consists of four sections; In the Garden, Plant Talk, What's on TV and The Potting Shed.

Vegetable Gardening Forum - A very easy to use, informative forum. You have to register to post a query but there are lots of categories full of useful information.