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
All-seasons cooking
PURPLE REIGN
Kiwi berries
INSTAGRAM INSPIRATION
CREATIVE COMFORTS
3 LEAFY LOVELIES • Not just for trees! Champion the beauty of autumnal leaves all over your plot this season.
3 AWESOME ANKLE WELLIES • These smart ankle wellies bridge the gap between cumbersome knee-highs and clunky rubber shoes.
MODISH minimalism
Blooming lovely IN NOVEMBER • Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now
Bird seed BOTTLE • This HOMEMADE FEEDER will keep your feathered friends happy
YOU WILL NEED
AL FRESCO art • This season’s biggest garden trend is for OUTDOOR ARTWORK and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune…
3 quick cheats • CREATE YOUR OWN ART for next-to-nothing with these quick and easy ideas, personalising them to suit your garden style.
Keep it clean!
WOVEN STEMS • Replace the foliage and flowers whenever you want a change!
“Our compact plot looks fab all year round!” • Alan and Judy Travers’ Essex garden has been redesigned FOR ALL SEASONS using Corten steel and stress-free plants
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READY TO rust • Add the warm tones and designer style of CORTEN STEEL to your plot – without spending a fortune!
SEASON-PROOF secrets • Your outside space will look just as good in winter as it does in the summer with these garden-designer TIPS AND TRICKS
On a budget? • These artificial plants will bring your winter garden to life without squandering too much cash or effort…
Selina’s garden STYLE GOLDEN YELLOW • Stylist & book author SELINA LAKE shares her on-trend styling ideas & glorious garden buys
“We love to socialise in our party plot!” • Metallic mannequins and a LUXE LOUNGE have transformed Tim and Anna-Marie Jupp’s garden from humdrum to heavenly
HOW WE DID IT...
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EXCITING evergreens • Give your outside space some WINTER VAVOOM with exhilarating, easy-care leaves
FRIENDLY fire • Stay WARM AND COSY outdoors this winter with an on-trend firepit table
Fiona’s PATCH • Join FIONA CUMBERPATCH as she staves off the November blues by planting pots full of papery tulip bulbs and SPRING PROMISES
“I love to snuggle up in my cosy cocoon” • Evergreen leaves and enterprising DIY skills have turned Jo Dodson’s compact plot into a calming sanctuary to RELAX AND RECHARGE
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AND RELAX! • Overhead canopies and creative lighting make this snug outside space a welcome haven in all weathers
SNUG-AS-A-HUG COCOON CHAIRS • Let these super-cosy designs fill your winter with COMFORT AND...