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 • *BY DRAPER TOOLS
EARTHY pleasures • DREAM PLANT GROW PICK MAKE BUY
SLIGHT brights
Blooming lovely IN JULY • Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now
Three plants for beautiful bells
LIVING screen • Wheel this vibrant planter to the perfect spot on your patio for a lovely sense of LEAFY SECLUSION
Purple reign • Embrace this year’s craze for an energising PLUM PALETTE in your plot
“It’s such a light bright space” • Sarah Bradley and Kevin Wilson’s gloomy London garden has been revamped into a dazzling outdoor LIVING ROOM
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GET CLEVER WITH colour • Steal these garden-designer techniques to choose a planting palette and USE BLOOMS to create a stylish outside space
On a budget?
SMART sheds • Treat your garden to an INNOVATIVE STORE that offers more!
Fiona’s PATCH • Open garden events are in full swing and FIONA CUMBERPATCH is gathering joyous ideas for her small town garden in Lincolnshire
“We could be a million miles from anywhere!” • Exotic plants and pops of lime green have turned Anthony and Gill Rumgay’s bare square of soil into a SECRET SANCTUARY
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HOW WE DID IT...
David’s tips to dazzle with pops of lime green
Tropical oasis
#10 BEST LIGHTWEIGHT LOUNGERS • Add instant SUMMER COLOUR with an easy-to-move-with-the-sun bed
RESTFUL oasis • Bring a TROPICAL TOUCH to your outside space with these easy afternoon projects
Iced-tea FRENCH 75
Selina’s garden STYLE MODERN ORGANIC • Stylist & book author SELINA LAKE shares her on-trend styling ideas & glorious garden buys
“Out here, the stress of work and life evaporates” • Vicki Greenslade’s once humdrum plot is now a THERAPEUTIC PARADISE of tropical leaves and flamboyant blooms
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Vicki’s tips for tropical-look leaves
OVER THE rainbow • You’ll be TICKLED PINK with these VIVID BLOOMS brightening up your outside space for months to come
RULE THE roost • Always wanted to KEEP CHICKENS? Here’s how to home hens in your modern garden and keep it intact!
Chic shed UPDATE • Turn your shed from DRAB TO FAB and give this garden treasure the love it deserves, says JANE SCOTT
Pimp your PATIO! • These fabulously BRIGHT UPDATES will make your garden the only place to be this summer
TRY THIS!
A SENSE OF occasion • Whatever events you’re off to this summer, add a FLORAL FINISHING TOUCH to your look
HOW TO WIRE A FLOWER
How to make a hydration chamber
WHAT TO DO IN YOUR garden THIS MONTH • Simple steps to keep your plot looking good
KEEP ROSES BLOOMING •...