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!
Celebrate outdoor living
EARTHY pleasures • DREAM PLANT GROW PICK MAKE BUY
MAXIMALIST me-time
Blooming lovely IN FEBRUARY • Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now
How to garden yourself happy • Fallow these 10 simple steps to enhance your wellbeing and SQUEEZE MORE JOY from your outside space
“It's our little haven” • Mark and Debbie Remon's concrete-covered plot in Bucks has been reimagined into an ACCESSIBLE LIVING space designed to relax and restore
OUR GARDEN PLAN
PLANT HEAVEN • PURPLE PATCH This tranquil tone has been matched with splashes of red for a restful yet refreshing effect.
GROW SOME happy • Spend a sunny afternoon planting the FEEL-GOOD FACTOR in your outside space
LAYER UP THE LOVELINESS • It's a fast fix to WELCOME WELLBEING into your outside space with these easy-add finds
Fiona's PATCH • Buoyed by bright bulbs pushing through the soil, FIONA CUMBERPATCH is back out in her small town garden in Lincolnshire for some essential tasks
“It's a reflection of everything I love” • Jane Hobbs’ swish new outside space in north London showcases her passion for ALL THINGS ITALIAN
MY GARDEN PLAN
HOW WE DID IT…
STOP AND SMELL THE roses • Now's the perfect time to plant a rose - choose one With a SCENT YOU ADORE
COPE WITH A slope • Upgrade that TRICKY INCLINE into usable space
Selina's garden STYLE NATURE'S CANVAS • Stylist & book author SELINA LAKE shares her on-trend styling ideas & glorious garden buys
“I don't worry about a few weeds” • Claire Smith has transformed her overgrown Northants plot into a wonderful STRESS-FREE SPACE full of colour and optimism
My fave spring gems…
MY GARDEN PLAN
Swing into spring! • Watch your garden come back to life from the to-and-fro bliss of a SWAYING SEAT
Immune-boosting CINNAMON BREW
Be my VALENTINE • Switch up a bunch of M&S roses into a SWISH BOUQUET with truffle sticks for your fave squeeze, says JANE SCOTT
We predict a RIOT! • Cheer your garden from boring to bright in an instant with a DOPAMINE DECOR buy
WHAT TO DO IN YOUR garden THIS MONTH • Simple steps to keep your plot looking good
STEP-BY-STEP
Share the joy! • Search #10greenminutes on Facebook and share your in-the-garden moments with our happy tribe of modern gardeners…
GROW A grapevine • Choose a sunny sheltered spot for a late-summer harvest of seedless grapes you can EAT OFF THE VINE
Wonderful WALLFLOWERS • Months of KALEIDOSCOPIC COLOURS make these easy-grow plants a modern must-have
Dinky DAFFS • Trigger your HAPPY HORMONES with sunny yellows and the sweete of scents
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