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126 NOW!
Five fast blue
fescue projects to
do this weekend.
Blitz your garden on a budget.
106
32 New-look
wicker chairs.
Regulars
6 Earthy pleasures
What to buy, make and do this month.
12 Blooming lovely
Plants and shrubs to buy now.
68 What to do in your garden
How to keep your plot looking good.
84 Ask the designer
How to make a small plot more private.
91 Paws & whiskers
Enjoying your garden with your pets.
92 I’m in the garden
We take a peek over a reader’s fence.
104
Q&A
Got a question? We’ve got the answer.
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Reader garden
makeovers
22 “We’ve made a snug
outdoor living room”
A long, narrow plot has been
transformed into a stylish space.
40 “Our gorgeous garden
looks after itself!” on the cover
This low-maintenance space is high on style.
56 “Dedicated zones let us
use the space more”
With clever areas created for different
uses, this plot works hard year-round.
Simple makes
& projects
26 Make an Aztec table
We get creative with wooden pallets.
97 Dress up drab fences
Upcycling for winter wow. on the cover
102 We love to make
Get creative with flowers frozen in ice.
106 Smart updates on a budget
Get your plot looking great, fast!
on the cover
22
The owner of this garden
has an eye for stylish details
that don’t break the bank.
119 Flower fairy lights
Reuse a festive set of string bulbs.
Easy ideas
15 10 biggest garden trends
Get ahead of the crowd with these
stylish updates for 2020. on the cover
28 Grow a eucalyptus in a pot
Fab foliage, beautiful bark and perfect for
patios, it’s a must-have. on the cover
46 The latest lighting on the cover
Cheap and easy to install, LED strip lights
will give your garden a stylish update.
50 January blues
Cheer up your outside space with easy
projects using blue fescue grass.
54 Selina’s garden style
Go wabi-sabi with these ideas and buys.
61 Floral faffery
Jane Scott makes a flower wall backdrop.
62 Style up your houseplants
Easy updates for pots of greenery.
72 Create a scented walkway
Plant a fragrant thyme-edged path.
102
Small
gardens
Big
Ideas
Hang these ice orbs
from a tree for some
eye-level eye-candy.
Grow your own
rosemary and enjoy this
mini sea salt focaccia.
120
We
LOVE
this!
76 Fill your garden with
winter gems
on the cover
Add a dainty pop of cheery colour.
82 Plant a colour clash corner
Eye-popping winter combinations.
86 Winter pots to add now
Brighten up your plot in winter and beyond.
94 Bright and cheery camellia
10 reasons you need this plant now!
115 Home sweet home
Give yourself a warm welcome on dark
winter nights. on the cover
Outdoor living
37 Fiona’s patch
A small, town garden is brought back to life.
Best buys
32 The return of wicker
Woven seating is looking better than ever.
38 10 chimineas to cosy up
your patio
Turn up the heat with these budget buys.
Grow your own
120 Rosemary
Add it to focaccia, chop it into soup and
bake it into honey cake.
112 We love outdoor living
Your garden highlights.
124 Elegant patio plants
Save money on stately cypress trees.
126 Bold, colourful flowers
Buy great value summer bloomers.
128 Garden notebook
All you need to know to get started.
130 Our garden crush
It’s where we’d like to be this month!
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YOUR GARDENS
Ask the
Designer
Each month we help sort out a reader’s
problem garden with clever advice from
the best experts in the garden design world
Q How can I make my small, overlooked
garden more private for me and my cats
to enjoy? Mary Martin, Manchester
After
Fatsia japonica
1
Verbena bonariensis
2
Astilbes
Japanese maple
3
4
“I was approached by
A a client who needed a
fresh look for her small, north-facing
garden,” says garden designer Peter Cowell
(petercowell.com). This slick, pared back patio
won an award for best use of modern materials.
✽ Working with angles
The owner of this garden is a plant lover who
enjoys adding to her collection. She also has a
couple of cats. The first step in designing this
small 5 x 9m garden was planning raised beds
positioned at angles to deceive the eye into
believing the space is bigger than it actually is.
“I knew the size and type of furniture she had in
mind, and I drew a path designed to run along
the middle,” says Peter. Everything was precisely
planned, and the finished effect was well worth
the attention to detail,” he says.
✽ Smooth paving
The retaining walls for the raised beds were
made from 60cm natural sandstone tiles, sunk
20cm-deep in porous concrete. Horizontal slabs
in a slightly different colour were then laid. “We
didn’t want anything too fussy, just a simple
design,” Peter explains. The concrete base and
frost-proof resin pointing helps ensure that
standing water is never an issue. “Keep
it clear of debris then there shouldn’t
be any issues,” Peter advises. “It’s when
it’s left for more than 12 months, or pots
or leaves are allowed to sit on for any
length of time, that it can stain.”
✽ Soil and drainage
Peter cowell, designer
Good soil drainage is vital to avoid the
raised beds becoming waterlogged,
so each one was fitted with drainage
channels. These consist of narrow plastic
pipes encased in fine gravel and wrapped
in land drainage fabric, laid beneath the
soil. Peter also added recycled compost.
“I have used it for years,” he says. “It’s quite
cheap but I think it’s the best on the market
and plants thrive on it.” Most district councils
sell their own recycled compost – find yours
at local.gov.uk.
✽ Choosing the plants
The owner had numerous treasured plants and
trees, including a Japanese maple, which she
wanted to keep. Peter says: “It was a little bit
of a challenge, but I was able to blend them in
to create an Oriental-style feel, with lush, leafy
plants helping to soften the hard edges of the
“
Keep planting and paving simple so you
can spend more time enjoying your garden
and less time looking after it.
”
Before
The garden was cluttered
and too fussy to be enjoyed
raised beds. The sheltered bed, in semi-shade
for most of the day, is ideal for the maple tree as
well as hostas, heucheras and ferns.
All the plants were checked to ensure they
are safe for cats and wouldn’t be poisonous if
the leaves or petals were nibbled on. There’s a
handy list of poisonous plants at icatcare.org.
✽ Stylish fencing
To give the seating area a greater sense of
privacy and screen off the owners’ garage,
Southern Yellow Pine Timber planks were
attached to posts in front of the existing
fencing. The straw-brown colour complements
the sandstone paving. “It’s an imported
American timber and has a 25-year guarantee
against rot and decay. Because of its proven
Phormium
Heucheras
longevity, I have used it for bespoke outdoor
structures, including pergolas, as well as decking.
It doesn’t need treatment and costs only slightly
more than normal decking wood.” A similar look
can be achieved by using louvre panels (try
jacksons-fencing.co.uk, £142.80/1.83m).
An easy-to-install, self-contained panel water
feature stands in front of the fence, providing a
focal point and breaking up the fencing. It draws
the eye to the back of the garden, making it look
longer than it actually is.
“We also installed a set of wooden steps up
a single strip of fencing timber to enable the
cats to scale the fence,” says Peter. “Before the
garden was redesigned, this was their favourite
corner to sit in. One of the cats used the ladder
almost immediately after it was put in place!”
Easy ways to get the look
1 FENCING
Southern Yellow Pine Timber, from £990/m 2
timbersource.co.uk
2 WATER FEATURE
For similar, try 1.5m Curved Stainless Steel
Water Wall Cascade with Lights by Ambienté,
150 x 47 x 22cm, £259.99 primrose.co.uk
3 JAPANESE MAPLE TREE
‘Sango-kaku’, £16.99/2L pot jparkers.co.uk
xxxxxx
6
TIP Keep a sandstone patio
looking good with a light
pressure wash twice a year
4 RATTAN SOFAS
For similar, try the Poole range, from £599/
armchair rattanandteak.co.uk
5 PAVING
Ivory sawn sandstone paving, £545/18m 2
nustone.co.uk
6 RESIN POINTING
Pavestone Pointfix, £31.99/12kg pavingdirect.com
want some design inspiration?
Email us, including a picture of your garden, at moderngardens@bauermedia.co.uk
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feature: sue parslow. PHOTOGRAPH: PETER COWELL. PETERCOWELL.COM
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outdoor living
your gardens
We see some beautiful
sunsets from our
west-facing balcony
“I’m in the garden”
This month we take a peek over the
fence at Cheryl Mackie’s charming
multi-level garden in Lancashire
Between them, our three
seating areas catch the
sun from dawn to dusk
* I share my
garden with… my
husband Peter, our black
shih-tzu Bailey and our
visiting grand-dog, another
shih-tzu called Kooper.
We’ve lived here since 1983,
when we bought this house as a new-build.
* My garden is… When we moved in,
the back garden was one big, boggy, heavy clay
area, which had originally been waterlogged
fields, and the whole garden was on a slope,
backing onto ancient woodland. We had a mini
makeover in 1992 but, as the years went by,
it needed another, more comprehensive
one. We now have four zones: a top patio
area, a large, flat lawn with a stone wall to
hold up the soil, a pathway to the bottom
patio and a little ‘secret’ garden, which
I’m still working on. There are three different
seating areas and a water feature at the
entrance to the bottom patio. We also widened
the awkward, narrow steps out from our kitchen,
which were becoming dangerous. And we built
a balcony so we can sit and look out at Pendle
Hill in the evening – it’s west-facing, so there are
some lovely sunsets. Once the hard landscaping
was complete, I created the borders and
planting, digging in lots of new soil to break up
The seating area under
the balcony is partly
covered and usually dry
Our summerhouse on the
bottom patio is a lovely place
to sit whatever the weather
the clay. I’m so pleased with the end result.
I can grow most things but I’m very much a
try-it-and-see gardener.
* My inspiration is… My mum.
She loved her garden. She died when I was in
my twenties, but she was the reason I started
gardening and why I still love it so much.
* Best garden moment These last
two years, because the planting has matured so
well, and that brings me joy. But it’s ongoing
– there’s always something to change or do!
* Favourite area It has to be the
summerhouse, which we recently added to the
bottom patio. We had electricity installed, and
it’s boarded out and insulated. We’ve got
a coffee maker, two comfy reclining garden
chairs and a coffee table down there, and we
have put up shelves and pictures. It’s a lovely
place to sit, whatever the weather, and look up
to the garden.
* Current obsession Having a rest
while there’s nothing much to do in the garden!
New wider steps
lead down to the
bottom patio area
there’s the fragrant flowering jasmine just
outside the summerhouse…
* Latest project I’m always planning
things in my head, but the next thing has to
be the secret garden, which needs a new,
higher raised bed.
Clematis ‘Corinne’
on the balcony
Most of my clematis
are supermarket buys -
they’re such good value
Feature: Melanie Whitehouse
Our paths were dug
out and repaved with
Indian stone
* Best buy The whole garden is our
best buy – it’s a total transformation and it has
brought us immense enjoyment. The balcony
and the summerhouse were good investments.
* Favourite plant Clematis – at the
last count I had more than 30! They bring
so much colour into the garden. I’ve had the
best results with supermarket clematis – they
flower beautifully. But I love acers, hostas,
camellia and hydrangeas too. And then
* My top tip I’ve been gardening for
most of my adult life but I’m still learning and
continue to make mistakes. And there’s no point
worrying about it – Mother Nature always wins!
* What my garden means to
me It’s my safe haven. No matter what’s going
on in the world, I can sit and relax and take in
the beauty and colour. It’s my little bit of heaven
and it’s helped me through difficult times,
bringing me joy, calm and peace.
Get in touch Tell us all about your garden by
emailing moderngardens@bauermedia.co.uk
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PlanT
sUPerHero
Bright
and cheery
camellia
10 reasons you need this plant in your garden now!
‘Anticipation’
2 brightens
up the
new year
The fat buds of camellia burst into bloom
at the bleakest time of the year. The
flamboyant flowers come in red, pink and
white, and occasionally yellow, bringing a
touch of summer when all around there’s
nothing else to see but bare branches.
They’ll remind you that the days are
lengthening and the sun will soon be
back! Camellia ‘Volunteer’ flowers from
January to March (Height 2.5m Spread
2m, try crocus.co.uk, £29.99/3L pot).
‘Anticipation’ (Height 4m Spread 2.5m,
try waitrosegarden.com, £29.99/3L pot)
flowers in late winter and early spring.
easy ideas
1
Loves a
patio pot
Camellias look good in a container,
as long as you choose a compact
variety such as rosy red ‘Doctor
King’, Height 2m x Spread 2.5m
(try £29.99/3L pot, crocus.co.uk).
Their roots like to be well-drained
so make sure there are holes in
the bottom of the pot. Use a
compost for acidic soil loving
plants such as Westland Gro-Sure
Ericaceous Compost (£3.99/10L,
waitrosegarden.com). Position in a
sheltered spot to protect the roots
in bad weather and wrap it in
bubble wrap if there’s a big freeze.
Your
kind of
beautiful
DID YOU KNOW?
The camellia is a symbol of luck
for the Chinese New Year
3 flowers
to suit you
There’s a range of shapes to choose from
including the silky, crumpled petals of
blowsy peony and rose varieties, to simpler
anemone-style flowers. Whatever your garden
style, there’s a camellia to suit.
6
No pruning
necessary
Just snip off any faded flower heads and
leave it well alone! If it’s outgrowing its space,
then give it a quick tidy up in March once it’s
finished flowering.
7 Makes a
pretty hedge
Taller varieties can be used to create a
flowering hedge. With its large, frilly pink
blooms, ‘Gwavas’ (Height 5m and Spread
3m, try burncoose.co.uk, £9.50/0.5L pot)
will make a stunning screen February-April.
4 Stays
compact
Camellias are slow-growing, which makes them
great for a small garden. You can buy them in all
sizes, so choose one that’s already nearly as big
as you want it to be.
9you’ll get
big blooms
For bigger, long-lasting flowers, feed your
camellia early in the year. Doff Ericaceous
Feed (£4.99/1L, thompson-morgan.com)
will give your plant a boost of nutrients
and you will be thanked with some
turbo-charged blooms.
10
Lush summer
foliage
Although camellia comes into its own in winter,
its gorgeous glossy foliage provides a lush green
backdrop for summer flowers.
5 surivives
the chill
Camellias are absolutely fine in freezing
temperatures, except for sasanqua
varieties, which will need protection from
cold winters and freezing winds.
8
Brings spring
indoors
A few camellia stems will fill a vase. For a
longer-lasting display, cut blooms that are not
fully open. Remove any leaves that will be
submerged in the water and cut the stem at an
angle before arranging. Place in a cool spot and
they will last for up to a week. You can also try
floating the flower heads in a shallow bowl.
feature: Sarah Wilson. photos: shutterstock, visions,
gap photos/friedrich strauss/clive nichols/jacky hobbs, flora press
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We love to make...
Each issue we bring you easy and quick makes. This month,
we help you get creative with frozen flowers
30
minutes
Frosty
vase
Make the most of any shrubs
in flower with this icy vase
table centrepiece.
£1.99
Box
Forsythia
superfast make!
hanging ice orbs
Hang these frozen spheres
from a tree branch for a bit of
eye-level eye-candy. To make,
fill an ice ball mould (try
amazon.co.uk, £5.99/2) with
distilled water, adding a few
early spring flowerheads and
rosehips into each. Add a
length of twine and thread the
end out of the hole in the top
of the mould. Pop in your freezer,
carefully remove the mould, then hang.
£5.99
simple Makes
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you will NEED
✽ Large and small glasses
✽ Freezer tape, £1.99 clasohlson.com
✽ Stems of any shrub in flower
✽ Larch stems
✽ Box stems
✽ Pine cones
WHAT TO DO
1 Put an ice cube or two in the bottom of the
larger glass. Stand the small glass on the ice
cubes. Place freezer tape across both to hold.
2 Arrange stems in the gap between the two
glasses and fill with water. To make crystal clear
ice, boil distilled water twice, leaving it to cool
in-between boils and covering with aluminium
foil. This will help to purify the water and get
rid of any air bubbles, which can make your
ice cloudy. Cover and leave to cool after the
final boil.
3 Pop the glasses into your freezer and leave
overnight to freeze.
4 Remove from the freezer and fill the smaller
glass with warm water until it easily lifts out. Dip
the larger glass into warm water and pull it away
from the ice vase.
5 Fill your ice vase with larch and box stems and
a little more of the flowering stems, then nestle
in a few pine cones.
TIP Stand your vase on icy
ground, or nestle it in snow, for
a long-lasting display!
Larch
15
minutes
frozen
candle bowl
Combine fire and ice for a
sparkling outdoor display.
YOU will NEED
✽ A large glass bowl and smaller bowl
✽ Freezer tape, £1.99 clasohlson.com
✽ Rose petals
✽ Tea lights
£1.99
WHAT TO DO
1 Put a layer of ice cubes in the bottom of the
larger bowl. Stand the small bowl on the ice
cubes. Place freezer tape across both to hold.
2 Arrange rose petals in the gap between
the two and fill with distilled water. Pop in the
freezer and leave overnight.
3 Fill the smaller bowl with warm water until it
easily lifts out. Dip the larger bowl into warm
water and pull it away from the ice bowl.
4 Place the tea lights in the space where the
smaller bowl sat. Stand the bowl in a tray to
collect the water as the ice melts.
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garden notebook
Our simple guide tells you all you need to know to get started outside
Grow these
houseplants for
winter colour
moth orchids
Christmas cactus
cyclamen
azalea
poinsettia
amaryllis
Pests
A well-grown plant will
usually shrug off attacks,
but young plants are more
vulnerable. Trap slugs in jam
jars half-filled with beer and
sunk up to the rim in soil, or
use environmentally friendly
slug pellets. Aphids can be
blasted away with a strong
jet of water.
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types of compost
Multi-purpose compost: a generalpurpose
compost for lots of jobs
Mature plant compost: perfect for
containers and adding to the planting hole
of trees and bigger shrubs, it’s often called
‘John Innes No. 3’ compost
Potting-on compost: perfect for potting
small plants into larger containers, it's
often called ‘John Innes No. 2’ compost
Plant up a pot
Use pieces of broken
old pots (crocks) to
cover the hole in the
base of the container
before filling it up with
compost. Use your
hands to make holes
and drop in the plants.
Top with compost, pat it
down gently and drench
the soil with water.
When the compost is
completely saturated, it
will run out of the hole
in the bottom of the pot.
Seed compost: fine compost
ideal for germinating seeds
bulbs that can
be planted
this month
✽ daffodils ✽ tulips
✽ alliums ✽ fritillaria
✽ muscari
✽ hyacinths
Plug plants
These are small plants with
rootballs less than 10cm high.
Garden-ready ones can go
straight into the soil or a pot.
How much
should I water?
in the soil
Drench the soil around a plant with
a full can of water immediately after
planting. After this, only water when
the weather warms up and the plant
starts growing.
in a pot
Soak a newly planted pot (of any size)
until water runs out of the base hole. As
the plants start to grow, use your fingertip
to check if the compost is damp. If it's
not, water again until you can see liquid
escaping from the base.
Pruning
Pruning is simply a way of keeping
plants looking their best and
removing any dead stems. It also
prevents them from outgrowing their
space. Use sharp secateurs to make
an easy job of cutting the stems
back. Trees and shrubs that have lost
their leaves can be trimmed in winter
when they are not growing. Wait to
trim evergreen shrubs such as holly
and box until spring.
Winter-proof your garden
✽ Move top-heavy potted plants such
as bay trees out of the wind so they
don't get knocked over.
✽ Hammer wooden stakes into the
ground next to newly planted trees.
Tie the trunk to the stake using two
soft tree ties.
✽ Don't walk on the grass when it's
frosty – you'll leave footprint-shaped
marks that will last for weeks.
✽ Empty garden hoses of water to stop
them splitting when they freeze.
Outdoor
herbs
rosemary
mint
sage
BAY
thyme
Windowsill
herbs
tarragon
basil
Dill
coriander
On the information label
Perennial a plant that lives for more than two years
(usually a lot more).
Annual a plant that completes its whole life cycle in
one year, germinating from seed, growing and flowering
within 12 months.
Biennial a plant that lives for two years, growing leaves
in the first year and flowering in the second.
Hardy will survive temperatures below freezing.
Half-hardy needs to be brought into a porch or put on
a windowsill during very cold weather.
Tender won’t survive temperatures below freezing.
How to plant in the soil
Dig a hole twice as wide and the same depth as the
plant’s rootball, and position the plant in the hole so
the top of the compost is level with the garden soil.
Backfill and drench with a full can of water.
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for the task they want to complete. Modern Gardens will not be held responsible for any injury due to the misuse or misunderstanding of any DIY project.
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