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

GENTLE geometrics

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

BULB lasagne • With layers of bulbs at different depths, you can jam-pack a pot full of blooms

STYLISH salvage • Take something old, add some love, and use it to your GARDEN GORGEOU

“Our garden is the centre of our home” • Floor-to-ceiling windows mean that Armi and Ian Maddison's Surrey plot has to look good YEAR-ROUND

OUR GARDEN PLAN

Hidden treasures

Easy colour

Hot spiced CIDER

TIME TO gravel • Ditch your drought-intolerant lawn and switch to on-trend STONE CHIPPINGS instead

Make it easy • Cheat your way to the perfect gravel garden with these clever buys.

FIRE baskets • These STYLISH CRADLES are the very latest way to enjoy flickering flames in your garden

5 Stylish steals E50 or less

GARDEN CARE • …SPECIALIST ADVICE …FOR ALL YOUR GARDEN NEEDS THIS SEASON

Fiona's PATCH • It's all change for FIONA CUMBERPATCH, redesigning her small town garden in Lincolnshire as the rubble from a kitchen extension is cleared

‘We built our own garden paradise’ • With creative design ideas and clever DIY, janice and Steve Bristow have transformed their bare plot into a HEAVENLY HAVEN of flowers and foliage

OUR GARDEN PLAN

HOW WE DID IT…

CREATIVE clematis • Now's the perfect time to plant this EASY-CARE CLIMBER but make the most of its versatile nature…

REGAIN YOUR LUSH LAWN • Speed your sun-ravaged grass back to health with these EASY FIXES

Selina's garden STYLE FOREST BATHING • Stylist & book author SELINA LAKE shares her on-trend styling ideas & glorious garden buys

“It's a sanctuary, for us and the dogs!” • Dani and Tom Sandels have turned their Surrey plot into a STYLISH SPACE for all the family to enjoy

OUR GARDEN PLAN

DOGGY style • Yes, it is possible to KEEP YOUR POOCH HAPPY and your plot looking nice!

SKYROCKET YOUR spring • Bury these STELLAR BULBS now for an out-of-this-world show March to May

Twiggy VASES • Capture the glorious COLOURS OF AUTUMN in a wonderfully woody pot, says JANE SCOTT

LIGHT YOUR GARDEN without calling an electrician! • These GLOWING LOVELIES will encourage you to stay outside for longer, no plug required

Grow plants from pips • It's FUN AND FREE and will keep your kitchen windowsill looking good all winter!

PEPPERS & CHILLIES

WHAT TO DO IN YOUR garden THIS MONTH • Simple steps to keep your plot looking good

STEP-BY-STEP • GIVE YOUR HOUSEPLANTS SOME PRE-WINTER TLC

Hibernate a HOG •...