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 ARCH VASES • Our lockdown love of rainbows has sparked a trend for all things arch-shaped, with neutral tones replacing lively colours to create this modern vase of the moment.

3 SUBSCRIPTION SIGN-UPS • Repeat after us: “This year, I will treat myself, my garden and my wellbeing to a monthly green treat!”

COLOUR SPLASH

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

SUBLIME SUCCULENTS

Leafy TERRARIUM • Make an ELEGANT ECOSPHERE and bring some feel-good green into your home

The 10 biggest GARDEN TRENDS for 2021 • Get ahead of the curve and UPDATE YOUR OUTSIDE SPACE with the strongest style ideas set to dominate garden design this year

Fun fruit trees that’ll fit on any patio

Fast ways to go boho

“We launched a business from our gorgeous garden!” • For Dan and Catherine Taylor, upgrading their outside space led to an exciting new WORKING-FROM-HOME venture

OUR GARDEN PL AN

HOW WE DID IT...

Cooking up a storm

BLADES of glory • Add a swathe of JAPANESE FOREST GRASS and enjoy its dream-garden good looks for near-zero effort

5 varieties to fall in love with

Garden PODS • Treat yourself to a GLAZED GLOBE and add style as well as shelter to your outside space

Do I need permission?

Fiona’s PATCH • Plant, vintage and craft-lover FIONA CUMBERPATCH has a small town garden in Lincolnshire that she’s bringing back to life with easy projects and planting ideas

“I built my dream garden in lockdown” • Sera Sekerci transformed her York plot in three months, achieving a LUXE LOOK on a modest budget

MY GARDEN PL AN

Sera’s tips to get a luxe look for less

10 buys... HANGING SOLAR LANTERNS

Small garden, BIG IDEAS • It’s time to get cracking and make 2021 the year your DREAM PLOT comes true!

9 of the hardest working blooms • These gems all flower for absolutely ages and are easy to grow.

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

UPLIFTING CANDLES • Banish the January blues on FROSTY DAYS with these feel-good candleholders

OUR BUDGET

“We spend so much more time outside!” • A GENEROUS TERRACE has turned Nickie and Garth Brinton’s sloping West Midlands plot into a versatile multi-level living space

Marc’s tips for a sloping garden

OUR GARDEN PL AN

HOW WE DID IT...

A touch of GLASS • These easy projects will catch the sunlight and add WINTER SPARKLE to your outside space

Fancy...