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!

Celebrate outdoor living

EARTHY pleasures • DREAM PLANT GROW PICK MAKE BUY

3 ANIMAL POT HANGERS • Perk up patio planters with these quirky characters.

3 NEED-ME KNEELERS • Knees, knobbly or otherwise, will appreciate a little cushioning when dealing with summer weeds.

JUNGLE retreat

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

Three plants for sensational spires

SUMMER SALVAGE

MICRO pond • Squeeze a TEENY-TINY POOL into a border gap and quench the thirst of garden wildlife

GROW INNER peace • Plant FEEL-GOOD BLOOMS that soothe and de-stress for a blissfully relaxed summer in your garden

“Our incredible outside space is so easy to look after” • Cutting-edge plant combinations and Corten steel switched Gail and Jamie Hogg’s lacklustre Essex plot into a stylish MODERN COUNTRY GARDEN

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HOW WE DID IT...

Anthea’s tips for using Corten steel

Contemporary country

GO green • Jump onboard the trend for GORGEOUS GRASSES that laugh in the face of a hosepipe ban!

Easy WOW!

DITCH THE lawn! • Tired of mowing all that grass but don’t fancy faux? There are lots of low-maintenance LUSH ALTERNATIVES

On a budget?

Fiona’s PATCH • Join FIONA CUMBERPATCH as she treats a corner in her small town garden in Lincolnshire to an afternoon facelift to welcome garden guests

“We built our garden with memories and vintage treasures” • Ann and Colin Morrison have turned their soulless East Yorkshire plot into a HOMEMADE HAVEN filled with inspired upcycles and fuss-free plants

SMART IDEAS TO STEAL

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Perfect plants for upcycling projects

POT luck • Fill planters of all shapes and sizes with tough HARDY SUCCULENTS that will survive pretty much anywhere!

SMARTPOTS! • These CANNY CONTAINERS will make life in the garden even better!

Selina’s garden STYLE CALM COASTAL • Stylist & book author SELINA LAKE shares her on-trend styling ideas & glorious garden buys

TREASURED TEAPOTS • Turn CHARITY SHOP FINDS into pretty planters in minutes

“Our spa garden is the ultimate antidote to life’s stresses!” • When lockdown shut their local health club, Paul Brooks and Lee Gainey transformed a bare Derby back garden into their very own HOT-TUB HIDEAWAY

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Paul’s hot-tub tips

EATING al fresco • These CLEVER NEW table-and-chair trends will make outdoor dining even more enjoyable this summer

3 stylish steals for a modern plot • Dial up garden dining with a desirable table that doesn’t break the bank.

Make a SCENE • Create a SENSE OF OCCASION with a table...