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 STENCIL STOOLS • These indoor/outdoor stools are a big trend this summer and can also be used as tables or plant stands.

3 HANDSOME GARDEN HOSES • There’s no need to compromise your stylish sensibilities when it comes to garden hoses when the new ones on the block look this good!

MODERN tropical

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

Three plants to fill summer vases

PATIO PEAR TREE

Summer BALL • Create the ultimate HANGING BASKET with easy-grow succulents and pretty alpine plants

INSIDE out • Turning your patio into an OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM is a huge trend for 2021. Here’s how to get the look without spending a fortune

TRY THIS!

“Now the garden is an extension of our house” • Stuart Smith and Ben Sudjaitham’s once-overgrown plot in a busy London suburb is now a TRANQUIL HAVEN full of feel-good flowers and foliage

OUR GARDEN PLAN

Simon’s tips for strong focal points

Pretty prairie planting

SO long! • Improve the proportions of your NARROW PLOT with these clever designer tips and tricks

On a budget?

UNUSUAL herbs • Spice up your life as well as your drinks and dishes with these QUIRKY CHARACTERS

TIME TO reflect

3 savvy adds

3 easy cheats to get the look for less • Create a water reflection bowl with a bargain container.

Fiona’s PATCH • Join FIONA CUMBERPATCH in her small town garden in Lincolnshire as she plans a patch of beautiful blooms for a plentiful supply of posies

“Enjoying a drink at our floating bar is so relaxing” • Angharad Kidby’s plot in Penarth was transformed into an AL FRESCO LOUNGE as a very special favour

OUR GARDEN PLAN

ROPE PLANTER • BLONDE TEXTURES are big this year and this quick make gets the look for less

DISCOVER dahlias • It’s easier than you think to grow these SHOWSTOPPER BLOOMS that’ll supply you with cut flowers all summer

What’s a tuber?

BUY THE BOOK!

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

“It’s the most inspirational walk to work ever!” • Author Emily Chase’s commute to the office is now a relaxing stroll past AIRY BLOOMS and wildwood borders in her otherworldly Oxford plot

OUR GARDEN PLAN

TEXTURE treats • Love this year’s trend to weave MATERIAL CONTRASTS and natural patterns into garden design? Here’s the easiest way to do it in your plot

#10 BEST SLIMLINE POTTING TABLES • These STYLISH SIDEBOARDS make life in the garden so much easier

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