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

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

CHEERY BUCKET OF BERRIES

Front garden FACELIFT • Boost the value of your house and the size of your smile whenever you return home with these QUICK AND EASY UPDATES

“It’s such a calm and peaceful space to escape to” • Paul and Helen Rainbow’s dreary Essex plot has been transformed into a restorative haven FULL OF EASTERN PROMISE

SMART IDEAS TO STEAL

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Get the look!

Eastern ALLURE • Asian fusion is a HUGE GARDEN TREND right now – refresh your outside space with these easy makes this weekend

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

Add pattern TO YOUR PLOT • It’s the easiest way to give your garden a fast STYLE UPDATE for the winter months

5 cheap-as-chips ideas to try

10 buys... ALL-NEW GARDEN SCULPTURES

MARBLED POTS • Upgrade your indoor pots for pennies with a rainbow of LEFTOVER LACQUER

“I get so much pleasure from this tiny space” • Sally Gillespie’s tiny London courtyard is now a SECLUDED CITY OASIS that looks far larger than it is

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Maitanne’s tips for a small garden

Natural HIGH • Add a living wall to your garden and transform a bare, vertical space into a CURTAIN OF COLOUR and life

3 buys to make it easy

Modern combinations for a stunning living wall

Fancy seeing YOUR GARDEN right here? • Think your garden is gorgeous enough to be in MODERN GARDENS?

HOW TO GET IN TOUCH

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

“It’s great to go outside without having to put our wellies on!” • Carol and Jan Cole have turned a boggy new-build plot into an ALL-WEATHER SPACE with clever accents of their favourite shade

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HOW WE DID IT...

Time to grow

Smart SLEEPERS • Pinch these DESIGNER IDEAS and use chunky timbers to bring a creative edge to your outside space

Jargon buster

What type of timber is best?

WHAT’S YOUR BUDGET?

Treat me!

Britain’s BEST LAWN • This gorgeous CARPET OF GREEN is the winner of our competition!

Happy mowing!

Hanging GARDENS • Fill your home with on-trend TRAILING PLANTS that are super-easy to look after

Does it like direct sun?

Flower-filled STILL LIFE • Create an autumnal WORK OF ART...