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
3 MERRY MUSTS FOR HAPPY HOUR • There’s nothing quite like a late afternoon aperitif in the hazy sunshine, especially when you don’t have to move from your garden!
3 QUIRKY HANGING BASKETS • A playful hanging planter will inject your garden with colour and charisma.
SUBTLE seaside
Blooming lovely IN MAY • Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now
Three plants to fill flowerbed gaps fast
HOLIDAY HAPPINESS
HERB BAR barrow • Turn your old wheelbarrow into a MOBILE PLANTER for tasty al fresco meals
6 tasty herbs to try
COLOUR ME clever • Streamline the PALETTE OF PETALS in your garden for effortless style this summer
“Now the garden’s part of our living space” • A showstopper pergola is the centrepiece of a DYNAMIC REDESIGN of Stuart Broughton and Georgina Choat’s Harlow plot
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Anthea’s tips for a wow-factor feature
A very modern meadow
GET INTO THE zone • Section your garden into BESPOKE AREAS and it’ll immediately feel bigger and better. Here’s how…
On a budget? • Try these three quick-fire solutions to zone your plot without spending a fortune.
Selina’s garden STYLE COTTAGECORE • Stylist & book author SELINA LAKE shares her on-trend styling ideas & glorious garden buys
PLANK paving • High on style and low on effort, on-trend PORCELAIN PAVERS are the hottest look for your patio this summer
Box smart
How to keep your pavers clean
SUMMER DRINKS CRATE TABLE • With an ice bucket and plenty of room for nibbles, this easy make will help you enjoy GARDEN TIPPLES in style
“Our beachside haven is a magical escape” • Salt-proof plants and understated SEASHORE TONES have transformed Charlotte Thomson and Joey Auger’s steeply sloping Cornwall plot
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HOW WE DID IT...
Joey & Charlotte’s tips for seaside style
SEA change • Tide yourself over to your next holiday by adding a dash of BOARDWALK STYLE to your back garden
GROW free herbs • It’s fun to clone store-bought plants for lots of LEAFY GOODNESS
Fiona’s PATCH • Car boot bargains, cool VINTAGE BUYS and garden centre goodies are back on the radar for FIONA CUMBERPATCH as restrictions lift
“It’s our oasis of calm” • Miffy and Gareth Shaw have turned their lacklustre South Wales plot into a BLISSFUL ISLAND PARADISE on a tight budget and timescale
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FRINGED PARASOLS • Sit out for longer with a pretty and practical TASSELLED SUNSHADE
TROPICAL paradise • Create a leafy retreat in your back garden with EASY-GROW EXOTICS
WATER smarter • Save yourself...