Cottage gardens are charming, quaint, and lush with greenery. They are dominated by flowers and foliage, and—unlike their formal English garden cousins—cottage gardens are meant to be a compact, ...

Cottage gardens can be achieved on a budget by planting perennial clusters and sourcing decor from garage sales. Reach out to local gardening communities or your neighbors for plant divisions to save ...

If you follow trends, you’ve probably noticed photos of cottage gardens floating around the internet in recent years. Characterized by abundant, mixed plantings that burst with color and texture, this ...

THE COTTAGE GARDEN in medieval England was a poor man’s garden. At the end of feudalism former serfs became tenant farmers and paid the landowner for a small plot of land. The garden provided their ...

To those of you who gaze with envy at glossy pictures of English cottage gardens, longing to turn your front lawn into a riot of flowers but wary of their watering needs, I say, "Pine no more." By ...

Today’s cottage garden design is a modern interpretation of a long-established practice. Colonial settlers and homesteaders relied on their gardens for survival. They tightly planted fruits, ...

Nature is exuberant. Plants grow where seeds fall and pathways meander through the foliage. Straight lines rarely exist in nature and plants are not neatly trimmed. While a cottage garden should not ...

Just because English cottage gardens don’t blanket the landscape of Central Texas doesn’t mean you can’t create one in your own garden. If you’ve yearned for the delicate blend of creative color and ...

Gardens are like mirrors to our homes. Instead of creating a landscape in a vacuum, it's often best to nod to the architecture of your house or your interior style to give your garden a sense of place ...

IT looks like we are on course for one of the best summers ever – so it i s the perfect time to stay in the UK and mak e the most of the garden . But don’t worry i f your own is not up to scratch.