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!
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EARTHY pleasures • DREAM PLANT GROW PICK MAKE BUY
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Blooming lovely IN APRIL • Try our pick of the most beautiful plants you can buy now
Plant a bangin’ hangin’ basket! • Embrace the new trend for over-the-top planters and add a BLAST OF COLOUR up high
“In summer, the doors are always open” • Once a sunken pub garden, this Herts plot is now a contemporary space BURSTING WITH BLOOMS
DRIFTS OF GLORIOUS BLOOMS • and sunlight-snaring grasses ease the maintenance of this sizeable garden.
BRING ON THE bling! • Plant these SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS now for a fabulous flourish of fanciful blooms
Raspberry BLOSSOM BLISS
Start a Kitchen garden • You don't need much room to grow TASTY VEGGIES this summer…
Fiona's PATCH • Hoorah! I'm knee-deep in seed packets & compost bags, says FIONA CUMBERPATCH
“Green is a colour too!” • Sarah and Michael Evans’ tiny plot has been revamped with a SIMPLE PALETTE and tactile planting
COLOUR code • Discover how designers ace ALWAYS-BRIGHT BORDERS with clever plant choices and pairings
10 BEST Raise the stakes • Choose the RIGHT SUPPORT and stop the flop this summer
Selina's garden STYLE INSPIRED BY ART • Stylist & book author SELINA LAKE shares her on-trend styling ideas & glorious garden buys
“I've grown a business from seed” • Growing CUT FLOWERS has transformed Helier Bowling's career as well as her Hampshire plot
BOOMING BLOOMS • Helier has escaped office life to live the dream of running a business from her garden
Right trowel? • Make life in the garden easier with a tool to SUIT YOU
Art deco DARLING • Jump onboard the huge trend for VINTAGE VASES and create a glam mantel arrangement bursting with blooms, says JANE SCOTT
One-summer WONDERS • Sow EASY-PEASY ANNUALS now for divine blooms in just a few months
WHAT TO DO IN YOUR garden THIS MONTH #10 GREEN minutes • Simple steps to keep your plot looking good
HERB steeple • Elevate patio pots into a VERTICAL FEATURE
On-trend HYDRANGEAS • These EASY-GROW BLOOMERS flower for months for very little effort
Bejewelled WISTERIA • Cloak a wall in timeless charm with this ELEGANT VINE
Flamboyant AGAPANTHUS • Let off some FLORAL FIREWORKS with these stress-free stunners
Seed SPRINKLER • Water just-sown compost and delicate seedlings gently with this HANDY UPCYCLE
Here to HELP! • GOT A QUESTION? We've got the answer, whether it's about a problem plant, a tricky spot or a product you need
Modern Gardens Magazine
I'M in the GARDEN • Take a peek at Alex Lyneel's plot that's packed with petals in Richmond,...