Modern

Create a contemporary garden setting with modern plants 

The exciting trend of Modern garden design has flourished over the past two decades, evolving from hard, simple almost brutalist designs, lines and plants to softer, more vibrant, artistic and edgy designs.  

Modern garden plants aren’t necessarily just the newest varieties either. They are any suitable colourful and sculptural varieties used to highlight existing modern architecture and create artistically layered garden beds.  

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Key Features 

  • Clean, neat lines and architecture 
  • Organised plantings and groupings, often measured out 
  • Natural tones: wood, stone, concrete and neatly manicured lawn 
  • Mixture of colours, shapes and textures 
  • Fluid or geometric sculptures – re-purposed wheelbarrows and furniture have no place here 
  • Structural, neat and low-maintenance plants 
  • Easily maintained hedges and trees (minimal deciduous trees and bushes) 

Maintenance 

Modern plants require low to moderate maintenance. Often, these plants are drought and sun tolerant and require little pruning, excluding the main hedge.