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

3 RECYCLED PLASTIC CHAIRS • We’re all trying to cut back on plastic waste and packaging and these garden chairs, made entirely from recycled plastic, get top marks for going the full eco hog.

3 CURVY GLASS VASES • These colourful vases tick the current curves trend and will put a spring in your stems.

THE LAW OF NATURE

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

Three shocking-pink show-offs!

SPRING PROMISES

SOW sweet peas • Pop seeds into pots now and look forward to glorious SUMMER SCENT

PRETTY delicious • Grow EDIBLE FLOWERS and use their tasty petals to style up summer salads and garden cocktails

MAKE THESE!

“We’ve doubled our living space!” • Dramatic planting and a devilishly clever design have turned Allan Malvar and David Finlayson’s compact plot into an OUTDOOR LOUNGE

OUR GARDEN PL AN

SWEET LIKE chocolate • Swap your eating addiction for this HEAVENLY FEAST of velvety blooms and dark foliage

THINK big! • Make your compact plot LOOK LARGER with these clever tricks and tips

On a budget? • These three quick-fire solutions will make your compact space feel bigger without spending a fortune.

Fiona’s PATCH • Join FIONA CUMBERPATCH in her small town garden in Lincolnshire as she toasts the arrival of spring with a delicious cocktail made with apple blossom

“I sit back, raise a glass to the lovely view and smile!” • Helen Hurley’s sloping Stockport plot has been restyled into a sleek, low-maintenance space filled with SCULPTURAL LEAVES and spots to bask in the sunshine

MY GARDEN PLAN

SMART IDEAS TO STEAL

TIME TO blossom • Plant a compact cherry tree and enjoy BOUGHS OF BLOOMS this spring

How to plant your tree

Our favourites for a small space

PROJECT purrfect! • Turn your garden into a cat-happy haven for FELINE FRIENDS with these easy afternoon makes

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

HOUSE NUMBER FLOWERPOTS • Add KERB APPEAL to your front garden and put a smile on your postie’s face with this easy afternoon make

“I still walk outside and think, wow!” • Victoria Andersson transformed her shady, soulless plot in Cheshire into a stylish outdoor LIVING SPACE that’s so easy to look after

OUR GARDEN PLAN

Victoria’s tips for an indoor look

Get the look!

A SPACE TO RELAX • Sweeping curves and spherical shapes lend a soothing ambience to this modern plot

10 buys to... MAKE THE MOST OF APRIL SHOWERS

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