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

MINI EARLY IRIS

Valentine, be mine!

LEAFY LAZING

INSTAGRAM INSPIRATION

Gooseberries

3 LOVE-LY GARDEN GIFTS • Eschew a bunch of blooms and a box of chocs for a cute keepsake this Valentines.

3 HOT NEW WAYS TO COOK • Up your outdoor cooking game…

CHEERY geo prints

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

Tin-can tool CADDY • Carry all your gardening BITS & BOBS in this rustic upcycle

WELLNESS bubble • Use your modern garden as a personal spa to soothe, stimulate and IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH and wellbeing

“Our garden brings us peace and calm – and giggles!” • Karim and Nazmin Piromahamed’s unloved West London plot has been transformed with a HAPPY MIX of vibrant blooms and revitalising scents

OUR GARDEN PLAN

Fiona’s PATCH • Everything is coming back to life in FIONA CUMBERPATCH’S small town garden with snowdrops, crocuses and a pretty new path

JUST ADD water • Install a plug-in fountain for a RESTFUL BABBLE and instant relaxation

THAT’S better! • These garden design elements will all increase the FEEL-GOOD FACTOR in your plot

“Now our bare plot is a lovely place to be!” • Light paving and lush planting have turned Ken and Mary Withers’ depressing Bolton garden into a sheltered OUTSIDE SANCTUARY

HOW WE DID IT...

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Hard-working heroes

Rick’s expert tips to make the most of a small plot

HIDDEN haven • These clever ideas will transform your seating area into a SECLUDED RETREAT where you can relax and recharge

On a budget? • A quick-install privacy screen will instantly zone your seating area and turn it into a serene sanctuary.

BE GONE, bare soil! • Banish boring bald patches with these faff-free GROUNDCOVER GEMS

Editorial

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

“This space is vital to my mental health” • Leigh Johnstone has turned his Southampton plot into an uplifting oasis that provides him with SOLACE AND SELF-ESTEEM as well as tasty veggies

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Leigh’s tips for happy gardening

NATURE TO nurture • Turn your outside space into a THERAPEUTIC RETREAT with these quick and easy afternoon projects

Soul-warming APPLE TEA

LAIDBACK BENCHES • Enjoy some well-deserved R&R from the comfort of a stylish new garden seat

Valentine’s DOZEN • Ditch the trad bunch of roses in favour of a sweet gesture that’s far MORE PERSONAL, says JANE...