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

Simple pleasures in June

EARTHY pleasures • DREAM PLANT GROW PICK MAKE BUY

Sahara CHIC

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

Three plants for on-trend airy blooms

HOUSE NUMBER planter • Boost your KERB APPEAL for summer!

PLANT A tree for the Jubilee • You can squeeze some LEAFY LOVELINESS into the smallest plot with these stylish ideas

Yes, you can plant a tree now!

How to plant your new tree

“Our outdoor room is the perfect ” entertaining space • James and Margaret Tole have upgraded their Solihull garden with an outside lounge and SHOWSTOPPER PLANTS

OUR GARDEN PLAN

HOW WE DID IT...

Darren’s tips to cope with a soggy plot

Naturalistic planting

ON-TREND METAL COFFEE TABLES • Brew up some garden envy with these CHEAP BUT CHIC outdoor designs

HOTSHOT pots • Wow garden guests with a STANDOUT PLANTER on your patio this summer

Refreshing pink LEMONADE

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

“We wanted a garden straight out of Arabian Nights!” • Patterns and plants have transformed Ruth Mercer and Colin Horsley’s drab London plot into an ISLAMIC-INSPIRED OASIS

SMART IDEAS TO STEAL

OUR GARDEN PLAN

TURN UP THE heat • Bring the style of SUNNIER CLIMES to your outside space with these easy ideas

AHEAD OF THE curve • CURVY SOFAS are a huge trend this summer and the perfect choice for a modern patio

Fiona’s PATCH • Life is blooming and FIONA CUMBERPATCH is busy encouraging more flowers than ever in her small town garden in Lincolnshire

“We spend all summer outside now!” • Belle Rogers has turned her Northants garden into a COSY SANCTUARY for outdoor living, without spending a fortune

MY GARDEN PLAN

Get the look!

Belle’s tips for sourcing free stuff

EASY-PEASY climbers • Enjoy a BANK OF BLOOMS for years to come with these stress-free stunners

Think outside the box • The latest garden-design trend is to take the concept of INTERIOR DECORATING outdoors – here’s how!

On a budget? • Create your own statement art with a group of statuesque plants.

Front-door  BLOOMS • Kick off the Jubilee celebrations with a floral flurry of RED, WHITE & BLUE on your doorstep, says JANE SCOTT

Inside OUTSIDE • Blur the boundaries and style your garden into an OUTDOOR ROOM

TRY THIS!

Apothecary GARDEN • Cultivate a patch of herbs to create HEALING TEAS and balms

What to grow?

WHAT TO DO IN YOUR ...