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!

Editorial

EARTH pleasures • DREAM | PLANT | GROW | PICK | MAKE | BUY

Wild botanicals

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

Wild at heart • Embrace the more-is-more trend & let CHAOSCORE take centre stage in your garden

“There’s new life everywhere we look” • Wildlife and design-friendly features have created a BUZZ OF EXCITEMENT in this small but perfectly formed plot

LET NATURE GIVE YOU A helping hand • Tap into your plot’s NATURAL RESOURCES to benefit you, your garden and wildlife

THE UNTAMING of the view • Go WILD IN STYLE with our pro inspiration for smart design and wildlife-savvy planting

Hot off the grill! • Make cooking under the open sky even MORE DELICIOUS with these best-buy barbecues for under £600!

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

“Now we’re hugged by nature” • Embraced by easy-grow evergreens and canopied by personality-packed palms, this BIJOU RETREAT is a dream-come-true escape any time of year

How we did it…

Fiona’s PATCH • Bedding beauties & seedling surprises are busting out all over, says FIONA CUMBERPATCH

CELEBRATE THE beauty • Garden buys inspired by the GREAT OUTDOORS… we salute you!

“It’s a bountiful wildlife haven” • A once bare plot is now a VIBRANT SANCTUARY where connecting with nature & family is all-important

Cocktails & dream displays! • Whether growing for drinks, or dishes, these FLAVOUR-FILLED combos will have you smiling from your head to your mojitos!

It’s time to steal THE SHOW! • We’re calling for Jane Scott to take a bow as we applaud her CHELSEA-INSPIRED floral faffing that’s got us all aflutter

Easy-peasy CROWD PLEASING • Dish out the thrills while you stay chill with our ideas for cool, calm and slickly curated entertaining, perfect for BANK HOLIDAYS

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

STEP-BY-STEP

Berry-burst GIN FIZZ

RAISE THE ruff! • For pets that love to catch some zzzzs outside, this PLANTED PALLET PYRAMID is on point!

Let-it-be CAMPION • The go-to for relaxed, low-maintenance gardening, this plant is a POLLINATOR’S DREAM

Fancy-free FOXGLOVES • Let these self-seeding TOWERING BEAUTIES do the hard work for you

Give-us-a-twirl SCABIOUS • These airy, loved-by-bees blooms will dance in the breeze and LOOK GOOD from all angles!

Give your patio SOME WELLY! • Your old boots were MADE FOR PLANTING, so give this upcycle a go… you” kick yourself if you don’t!

Here to HELP! • GOT A QUESTION? We’ve got the answer,...