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

GO BARMY FOR BULBS

Guilt-free shopping

Honeyberries

INSTAGRAM INSPIRATION

GLORIOUS GLOBES

A LITTLE OF WHAT YOU FANCY

3 BLUSH TABLE ACCESSORIES • Blush pink is a huge trend this year and it’ll bring an elegant air of sophistication to your outside space.

Quick make!

3 TOP TERRACOTTA POTS • The renaissance of terracotta means you can bring a modern twist as well as a Mediterranean feel to your garden.

DEVIL- MAY-CARE abstract

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

MOSAIC birdbath • Use smashed tiles and a plant pot saucer to create a STYLISH SPLASHPOOL for feathered friends

10 easy ways to GARDEN greener • Turn your outside space into a more PLANET-FRIENDLY PLOT with these simple switches

“I cashed in my pension to create a beautiful garden” • Leigh Barss has transformed his London plot from bombsite to BLOOMING GORGEOUS!

MY GARDEN PL AN

HOW WE DID IT...

Caroline’s tips to make the most of a compact plot

Seasonal textures

#10 BEST GO GREEN GORGEOUSLY • Show your plot and the planet some love with these stylish RECYCLED BUYS

GO peat-free • Want to buy SUSTAINABLE COMPOST but baffled by all the alternatives out there? Here’s all you need to know…

Fiona’s PATCH • Green shoots, spring flowers and the promise of WARMER DAYS see Fiona Cumberpatch getting busy outside in her small town garden in Lincolnshire

“We share our space with nature” • Angus Thompson and Kate Binnie’s blank-canvas Oxfordshire plot is now a WILD OASIS OF CALM with a modern meadow and living roofs

OUR GARDEN PLAN

MODERN micropond • You don’t need much space to create a mini water feature to WELCOME WILDLIFE into your garden

PATIO pickings • Grow easy crops in pots to enjoy fresh SUMMER SALADS in your garden

Zingy spring LIMONCELLO SPRITZ

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

“Our meadow garden is so full of life” • Warren and Ruth Dickson have turned an unused part of their plot into a TRANQUIL REFUGE surrounded by wildflowers and wonderful views

How we did it...

OUR GARDEN PLAN

A STALK ON THE wild side • These easy-grow NATIVE BLOOMS will provide a feast for wildlife as well as your eyes – plant them now!

TIME TO rewild • These clever ideas will add a stylish pocket of NATURE-FRIENDLY WILDERNESS to your garden

On a budget? • Cloak your walls and fences with plants that offer wildlife a little something...