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

Peach, raspberry and frangipane galette

3 DECORATIVE DOOR CURTAINS

Petite patio pond

3 GARDEN PET COOLERS

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

Three shrubs for fail-safe flowering

Contemporary COTTAGE GARDEN • Pairing sleek landscaping with soft planting is a huge trend this summer

THAT’S CLEVER!

Try this designer trick!

9 blooms to bring a modern airy edge • The big difference between traditional cottage gardens and the current on-trend take is the addition of FROTHY PLANTS with lots of tiny flowers

“We don’t need to extend the house now!” • On a tiny budget, Natalia Rowe has created an OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE to use day and night

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Get the look!

SMART IDEAS TO STEAL

SAVVY SOLAR • New tech lets you light your garden long into the evening using just the POWER OF THE SUN

Get the look FOR LESS

Essential know-how

Fiona’s PATCH

Conversation SETS • These easy-to-rearrange combos are a big hit this summer, and they’re perfect for LAID-BACK GARDEN LIVING

CACTUS STONES • You’ll never have to water these cute PAINTED ROCKS in pots!

10 buys... TO UPGRADE BARBECUE FEASTS

“We can’t wait to invite friends over!” • A new layout with SLEEK LINES and LUSH FOLIAGE has transformed Neil and Dawn Harwood’s dated plot into a modern haven

SMART IDEAS TO STEAL

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HOW WE DID IT...

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FABULOUS foliage • Who needs flowers when you can create all the colour and texture you need with LUSCIOUS LEAVES?

Try this designer trick!

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

“Everything is second-hand or salvaged!” • Limited funds didn’t deter Nicole Deutsch from transforming a lifeless space into a stylish garden with CREATIVE, COST-CONSCIOUS IDEAS

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Finishing touch • Add the perfect SUMMER FLOURISH to your garden with these pint-sized planting projects

Do you own BRITAIN’S BEST LAWN? • Enter our competition and you could win a STIHL LAWNMOWER worth £539!

How much water?

Capture the MOMENT • Preserve the beauty of long, hot SUMMER DAYS by drying your favourite garden blooms

Upright air-drying

The lazy way

Open-air CHANDELIER • Suspend this charming CIRCLE OF BLOOMS in your garden sanctuary and let your worries drift away, says renowned floral designer JANE SCOTT

Al fresco ...