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
SOUL-WARMNG retreat
Blooming lovely IN NOVEMBER • Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now
Leaf-print LANTERNS • These take moments to make and will bring an AUTUMNAL GLOW to your patio table
OPEN A bird cafe • Help your garden friends survive plummeting temperatures and cheer up grey days with a FLURRY OF FEATHERS and feel-good vibes
“We've brought sunshine to this grey & dreary garden” • Idil Elveris Faro and David Faro's London plot has been turned from a bare expanse into a lush and low-maintenance MEDITERRANEAN OASIS
OUR GARDEN PLAN
PLANT HEAVEN
ALL-WEATHER heroes • Treat your garden to some no-worry WINTERPROOF metal furniture
4 stunning all-season steals
OFF THE wall • Welcome to the wonderful new world of DESIGNER WALLSCAPING where garden boundaries are being awarded star status
On a budget? • Keep costs down while bringing your wall to life with porcelain ceramic tiles.
Pumpkin spice LATTE
Fiona's PATCH • Tulips are on FIONA CUMBERPATCH's mind this month, as she plants some bold splashes of zingy spring colour in her small garden in Lincolnshire
“We designed our garden ourselves” • Sharp angles and SHAPELY SHRUBS have transformed Lowri Vaughan Williams & David Merritt's Wrexham plot into a versatile outside space
OUR GARDEN PLAN
HOW WE DID IT…
FROST-PROOF FUNKY POTS • These tough but trendy planters will keep your winter display in GOOD SHAPE
WINTER WOW • Plant these easy-grow combos now and your patio pots will ZING TILL SPRING
Selina's garden STYLE CABINCORE • Stylist & book author SELINA LAKE shares her on-trend styling ideas & glorious garden buys
“Snuggling up with a blanket is magical” • Fleur Ward has remodelled her London plot from concrete wasteland to cosy OUTDOOR LOUNGE with a creative eye and bespoke buys
MY GARDEN PLAN
Plump it up! • Plot looking a bit barer? Brighten it up in a jiffy with a few FAUX FLOWERS and foliage stems
Floating FLOWERS • Lift the gloom of rainy days by inviting friends for drinks around a shimmering POOL OF PETALS, says JANE SCOTT
The glorios GARDEN gift GUIDE • Irresistible goodies to bring GARDEN JOY to your nearest and dearest
WHAT TO DO IN YOUR garden THIS MONTH • Simple steps to your plot looking good
STEP-BY-STEP • PRUNE APPLE TREES
Save your DAHLIAS • Keep the tubers cosy over winter and those VA-VAVOOM BLOOMS will be back next year
Hedge GERMANDERS • These crazy CRINKLY-EDGED LEAVES are a stylish detail to add to any modern garden
Fabulous RAKAI HEBES • These gorgeous...