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

DOWN TO earth

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

WINTER charm • Speed spring to your garden with an ADORABLE HEART made with natural treasures

#10 GREEN minutes • Pledge to spend a moment in your garden every day and BOOST YOUR MIND, BODY & SOUL

6 ways to make your pledge easier to keep

#10 GREEN minutes

Take the pledge!

“With each passing season it becomes more delightful” • Kay McMahon and Rob Knobben’s tired city plot has been transformed into a dazzling multifunctional space with a SAVVY DESIGN and easy-grow greens

OUR GARDEN PLAN

HOW WE DID IT…

Natasha’s tips for a low-maintenance garden

No-stress showstoppers

Tasty DETOX TEA

LEMON & LIME PICK-ME-UPS • Squeeze in a dash of CHEERY CITRUS for an instant feel-good colour boost

KAMADO grills • Relax outside and enjoy some FEEL-GOOD COOKING with a versatile egg-shaped barbecue

Fiona’s PATCH • A spartan new shed has Fiona Cumberpatch choosing SPEEDY CLIMBERS for her small town garden in Lincolnshire, to cloak the structure in blooms by summer

“Gardening has changed my life” • Creating a garden from a blank Nottinghamshire newbuild plot has COMPLETELY RESHAPED Chris Jesson’s life, as well as his outside space

My spring joys

MY GARDEN PLAN

Chris’ tips to boost your wellbeing

Dr. Feelgood • Make your garden an even more glorious place to be with these EASY PROJECTS

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

“It’s so therapeutic to be outside, pottering” • Layers of LEAFY PLANTING have replaced the bare concrete in Nicky Yadzi’s shady London courtyard

MY GARDEN PLAN

PLANT HEAVEN

EYES down • Create some innovative GROUND-LEVEL GLAMOUR with these stylish designer ideas

On a budget?

SEE double • Plant easy-grow VARIEGATED EVERGREENS for leaves that are twice as lovely

BARGAIN bareroots • A little bit of knowhow means you can SAVE MONEY and enjoy a wider range of plants that’ll grow bigger and better!

Pounding HEART • Hammer a handful of vibrant petals to create a unique VALENTINE’S GIFT for your partner, says Jane Scott

And… RELAX! • Step into your outside space for a RESTFUL MOMENT with these easy-to-achieve ideas…

WHAT TO DO IN YOUR garden THIS MONTH • Simple steps to keep your plot looking good

STEP-BY-STEP • CHOP BUSH ROSES

Savvy pallet STORAGE • Organise your over-stuffed shed with this EASY UPCYCLE, on an inside wall or outside...