Canadian Gardening

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Canadian Gardening
Canadian Gardening May 2010.jpg
May 2010 cover of Canadian Gardening
FrequencyBimonthly
Total circulation
(December 2011)
100,017 [1]
First issueFebruary 1990 (1990-February)
Final issueMarch 2016
Company Transcontinental Media
CountryCanada
Based in Toronto
LanguageEnglish
Website www.canadiangardening.com
ISSN 0847-3463

Canadian Gardening was first published in February 1990, [2] covering topics including garden profiles, gardening techniques, recipes, projects and design ideas, and regional information and events. The magazine was started and had been owned by Avid Media until 2004 when Transcontinental Media acquired it. [2]

Published eight times a year, the magazine had a readership of more than 2 ½ million gardeners. In 2007, it was awarded Best Magazine of the Year in the best-selling magazine category, [2] while editor-in-chief Aldona Satterthwaite received an Editor of the Year award from the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors.[ citation needed ]

In February 2016 it was announced that the magazine and its website would be closed following the Spring issue. [3] The last issue was published in March 2016. [2]

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