Modern Gardens Magazine

Modern Gardens is the exciting new magazine that helps today’s busy professional create fresh, exciting outdoor spaces… without having to expend too much time and effort! Each month the magazine will feature new garden ideas and keep you up to date with gardening trends, as well as give you tips on the plants to grow, the tools to buy and landscaping to inspire. Our key focus is to help you create the garden you want in the space you have, for a price that’s right. - The trends: create the garden that’s perfect for you, no matter how much space you have - Inspirational features: we reveal fabulous gardens, hints and tips from readers & experts alike - Family: create an outdoor space that’s perfect for you and your children - Flowers: the best plants and how to grow them - Vegetable tips: grow your own food! - Shopping: where to go, what to buy, where you’ll find the best prices for you garden plants, tools and anything else you need We look forward to welcoming you on board our exciting journey!

Simple pleasures in October • Giving plump bulbs a squeeze Harvesting a homegrown pumpkin Japanese anemomes dancing through an autumn storm

EARTHY pleasures • DREAM PLANT GROW PICK MAKE BUY

3 WHIMSICAL WOODLAND POTS • A kitsch but cute planter is just the thing to conjure autumn awe.

3 SOGGY-DAY BOOTS • These waterproof boots are practical enough for gardening but smart enough for an autumnal walk afterwards.

FADING memories

Blooming lovely IN OCTOBER • Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now

BAG A bargain! • Some plant prices plummet in autumn, so here's what to buy now to get PETALS APLENTY for pennies!

“We designed the garden ourselves” • Architect Vishal Shah and wife Meera have transformed their London plot with Corten steel and CLEVER IDEAS

OUR GARDEN PLAN

PLANT HEAVEN • DRAMA SCHOOL Who needs colour when a refined palette and show-off shapes create this much theatre?

A TOUCH OF RUST • Just a smidge of this joyous EARTHY TONE will warm up your outside space, whatever the weather!

PUMPKIN fun! • Forget carving Halloween lanterns and decorate your outside space with these DAPPER IDEAS instead

Fiona's PATCH • Fiona Cumberpatch is finding CREATIVE WAYS to keep her outside space looking lovely as autumn finally arrives in her small town plot in Lincolnshire

“We've doubled our living space” • Jo and Paul Aylin's overgrown Wimbledon plot has been cleared to create a HASSLE-FREE HAVEN

OUR GARDEN PLAN

HOW WE DID IT…

BOMB YOUR PLOT WITH bulbs • Now's the time to plant these bargain buys for an EXPLOSION OF BLOOMS next year

NEXT-GEN firepits • Enjoy more than just FLICKERING FLAMES in your garden with these innovative burners

Selina's garden STYLE DAHLIA DELIGHT • Stylist & book author SELINA LAKE shares her on-trend styling ideas & glorious garden buys

“I saved a fortune!” • DIY enthusiast Ashley Rack turned her Sunderland garden into a stylish living space on a BASIC BUDGET of £6,000

How I did it…

MY GARDEN PLAN

GOLD STAR GARDEN • We're awarding Ashley a big thumbs up for creating such a snazzy space without splashing the cash

Designer ideas you can do yourself • Pinch these CLEVER CONCEPTS and upgrade your garden this weekend

Very berry COSMOPOLITAN

Morning MOMENT • Beautiful bundles of blooms on your bedside table make for a GREAT START to your day, says JANE SCOTT

Affordable UPGRADES • Get your garden looking good for autumn with a SPEEDY SWITCH-UP that won't bust the budget

WHAT TO DO IN YOUR garden THIS MONTH • Simple steps to keep your plot looking good

STEP-BY-STEP • DIY COMPOST HEAP Turn garden and kitchen waste...