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 door living

EARTHY pleasures • DREAM PLANT GROW PICK MAKE BUY

QUIET luxury

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

Master the art of garden lounging • Take RELAXING AL FRESCO to a whole new level this summer

“It takes minutes to look after!” • Kay Piper's Essex plot has been transformed into a low-maintenance but still leafy space with holly balls and EASY-CARE GRASSES

MY GARDEN PLAN

PLANT HEAVEN • STRESS-FREE LEAVES keep Kay's garden in the green but don't take up much of her precious time.

TAKE IT easy • Spend less time doing and more time enjoying with these LOW-MAINTENANCE designer tricks

Fiona's PATCH • A cute MINI GREENHOUSE is the latest addition to Fiona Cumberpatch's small town garden in Lincolnshire, and it's already packed full of pots…

“Our fuss-free plot looks fab!” • Stylish paving and easy-care plants have turned Lauren Webb's overgrown London plot into a SLEEK OUTSIDE SPACE for family life

MY GARDEN PLAN

HOW WE DID IT…

Emily's tips for a lowmaintenance garden

WEEKEND upgrade • Choose a QUICK ADD to prettify your plot without breaking a sweat

ROBO mowers • Put your feet up and leave mowing the lawn to a HI-TECH TRIMMER

Very cherry AMERET TO SOUR

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

“This used to be a sea of mud!” • Victoria and Anthony Mitchell have created a modern garden for OUTSIDE LIVING around their self-build home in West Yorkshire

How we did it…

OUR GARDEN PLAN

GARDEN SIGNS • Whatever your message, these affordable designs ADD CHARACTER to your outside space

CREATE SOME shade • Stay comfy outside on sunny days with these EASY-DO OPTIONS

Feel INSPIRED • Take something - anything! - you connect with and use it to influence a FLOWERY TRIBUTE, says JANE SCOTT

Buysome TIME • These CLEVER GADGETS and gardening hacks will allow you to spend longer doing absolutely nothing!

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

STEP-BY-STEP • ENCOURAGE EVEN MORE SWEET PEAS Keep those flowers coming!

Share the joy! • Search #10greenminutes on Facebook and share your in-the-garden moments with our happy tribe of modern gardeners…

SIMPLY splashing • Add a soothing soundscape to your garden with a WATER FOUNTAIN in a pot

Lovely LAVENDER • Enjoy wafts of HEAVENLY SCENT for hardly any effort!

How to make your new plant happy

Essential VERBENA • No modern garden should be without this ZERO-STRESS STUNNER

How to make your...