Have you ever wondered how to create a beautiful, English cottage garden? Here, I'll provide lots of inspiration for doing just that!
Cottage gardens are intentionally casual. Go big on color, but light on labor with this classic, informal garden style.
We’ve compiled 50 design inspirations to transform your cottage garden into a homely, yet functional garden space you can enjoy. Check them out here!
Create a soft, romantic feel in your yard with these garden design ideas and plans.
Discover our favourite cottage garden path ideas – from winding walkways scented with lavender to playful paving and more
Cottage backyard ideas offer a feast for the senses. Be inspired to turn your garden into a relaxed and inviting oasis
Want to make your cottage garden more fairytale? Here are some ideas to transform your garden into afFairytale English cottage garden!
Do you want a cute cottage garden? I found a lot of beautiful cottage garden ideas on Pinterest that will inspire you.
Mix and match a wide variety of plants with different colors, shapes, and textures to create an informal-yet-inviting cottage garden.
With height, bloom time and color in mind, you can create an enchanting cottage garden with ease. Your hard work will be repaid with a low maintenance masterpiece you can enjoy year after year. Plus your vegetable garden will thank you for all the added pollination it receives from the bees and butterflies that flock to your flowers.
Camilla Jørvad is a mother and self-taught photographer who is deeply in love with gardening. Her time tending to her land helps foster a close connection to nature and the changing seasons — something she identifies as crucial for her mental and physical wellbeing.
We have been planting up a storm over here- from peonies to garden roses to sage and lavender and more. And it is all part of a big overall garden area expansion that involves creating a cutting garden area with lots of blooms and pretty on repeat. We are working on planting and pathways and…
This reader's garden style is English Cottage with colors of pinks, purples, and whites. See her New England cottage garden, here.
Within their smallholding on the Hampshire Downs, landscape architects Kim Wilkie and Pip Morrison have created an idyllic garden designed to be part of the wider picture, where wildlife, livestock and humans can exist harmoniously side by side in nature
Which plants are essential in a traditional English garden? Roses, hollyhocks, foxgloves, lupins, pinks, and more, with a sprinkling of fruits and vegetables.
This laid-back garden style is colourful, charming, practical and a cinch to plant. Bonus: It's easy on your wallet too! Here's how to create a beautiful cottage garden.
Get inspired by this post on cottage garden planning as well as ideas on how you can get this beautiful cottage look yourself!
Sharing the details of the plants we planted in our English Cottage Garden
Ten towering yew topiaries usher you in to the gardens at Wollerton Old Hall in Shropshire. It’s a breathtaking beginning to a garden that’s endlessly pack
We’ve compiled 50 design inspirations to transform your cottage garden into a homely, yet functional garden space you can enjoy. Check them out here!
Style your garden with these cottage decorations and arrangements and create a magical atmosphere to chill and relax in lush greenery.
Now's the time to sketch out your plan for beautiful results in the spring. Here's how to get started
Barbara Worl's life was one long, joyous love affair—with gardens and garden makers, with plants and roses, with her dear neighbors, with her Indiana family and the Bell family, with the cats who sunned themselves on the paths, and with the songbirds who swooped and chirped all through the garden.
Libby Russell has spent 15 years developing her own Somerset garden, unifying two distinct halves within a valley, filling it with year-round colour and cultivating a sense of comfort and joy.
Cottage gardens are intentionally casual. Go big on color, but light on labor with this classic, informal garden style.
A couple of weeks ago, tucked away down the longest driveway ever, we found our favourite NGS garden so far. Rolf’s Farm is a magically wild and rambling place, a place where roses tumble over walls and fences, where deep red and pale pink scabious dance atop the long grasses in the waist height meadows
Recreate these cottage style garden decor ideas to add whimsical style to your own lawn and garden! Incredible easy DIY English rose garden style!
Cottage style gardens are wildly popular today and tend to be lower maintenance than their formal counterparts. See how easy it is to add cottage style.
Step inside gardener and podcaster Sarah Raven's garden as she takes us on a tour of it in full summer bloom.
What is an Inspired Garden? An Inspired Garden makes you smile. It’s filled with the colors, scents and flowers you love—colors that might resemble your wedding bouquet, scents that evoke memories of your favorite vacation spot, flowers that remind you of a garden you once loved to play in. An Inspired Garden will reflect your personality and style, and whether you choose a cottage garden with a soft and dreamy palette, or a bold and bright design with a dramatic flair…If it’s true to who you are, it will make you feel happy and peaceful for many years to come. Learn more about our ONLINE COURSE Designing Luxurious Gardens and Containers: The Inspired Garden Masterclass. Get Inspired In my Get Inspired newsletter, I will share my philosophies, ideas, and how-to’s on creating gardens, window boxes, and containers, as well as tips on caring for your indoor plants. I’ll fill you in on what plants are easy and dependable and teach you how to get a layered garden with blooms going all season. As I share my approach to gardening, I’ll let you in on a few secrets for capturing the look I am known for. So let’s begin! With this first edition, I am excited to offer four key pieces of advice that I have shared hundreds of times with my clients: 1. Don’t waste time on plants you don’t love. Over and over I hear from clients, “I absolutely hate that plant!” to which I respond,“Why is it still here?” There’s no obligation to care for the plants you inherit when you purchase a home. Filling the garden with your personality can be the final step in making your home fully yours. If something is overgrown or you just plain don’t like it, then get rid of it. Get over the guilt and let it compost back to the earth. 2. Do your research. Search on Pinterest, Instagram and Houzz for flowers that speak to you, but make sure they are suitable for your zone. Many clients fall in love with the image of a cottage garden with delphiniums and hollyhocks, but don’t realize that those don't do well in hot and humid areas. Be aware of the kind of light you have. A wildflower garden will not work in a shaded area. A garden full of ferns for a zen feel will burn in the hot sun. To know what is working well and thriving around you, take pictures of gardens you admire in your area. Don’t be fooled by what you see at nurseries—they often sell plants that won’t do well in your climate. Save yourself the frustration of plants that won’t grow well and do your research first. 3. Set realistic expectations. Many of the gorgeous pictures you see on social media are snapshots of the peak bloom time of a garden that has matured over years. Even the images on a plant’s tags can be misleading— they show what a perennial will look like when it matures and is in full bloom. When you plant in early spring, it may be two months before the plant resembles the picture. It could take years for some perennials to really get going. 4. Just jump in! It’s normal to be nervous about starting a garden, but all you need to begin is a desire. As long as you are willing to water regularly that takes care of about 90% of the necessary maintenance. You’ll run into a few bumps along the way, but trial and error is how most gardeners learn! Final Thoughts An Inspired Garden is a place of joy. We’re living in a world of uncertainty, and now more than ever we need our happy places. I’ve found that planning and caring for a garden can be extremely therapeutic, even for those who have never gardened before. I never tire of hearing clients talk about the peace their gardens have brought them and their families. The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just the body, but the soul. — Alfred Austin Looking forward to next time... — If you would like to read more information on gardens and indoor plants check out our newsletter Get Inspired and consider subscribing. If link doesn't, work copy and paste http://getinspired.substack.com into your browser. Also check out our website for more garden inspiration www.theinspiredgarden.com .
A cottage garden is a magical place. They're in their element in spring, and at that time we recommend taking a seat on one of the benches to views of flowering shrubs covered in pastel blooms.
Cottage gardens are full of life and color. Create the perfect cottage garden with our expert advice and ideas to help plan the best layout, planting scheme and more.
Panting roses in a mixed border is one of the easiest ways of enjoying roses in your garden. Combine shrub roses, other shrubs, perennials and annuals to create a tapestry of different colours and textures - find inspiration in our image gallery and tips and tricks for planning a rose border.
Want to DIY a lean to greenhouse? Check out our article on how to build your own solarium! Make your neighbors jealous with this beautiful garden addition!
Style your garden with these cottage decorations and arrangements and create a magical atmosphere to chill and relax in lush greenery.
Having found this tiny cottage in Oxfordshire five years ago, Victoria Barker has reversed the effects of a characterless renovation to create an irresistibly pretty interior
From sweet pea to larkspur to roses, HGTV.com shares classic, colorful flowers to create a charming cottage garden.
If you want to make your garden more interesting, water wise and low maintenance, look no further than gravel. Here's exactly how to garden with gravel.
This kitchen garden cleverly uses Borealis wall in Hazelnut Brandy as a long-lasting, retaining wall for raised garden beds, bringing the cottage-garden charm of timber without the need to worry about maintenance or everyday wear-and-tear.
Some of my favorite cottage gardens are filled with blooming beauties tall and small- blooming in shades of whites and pinks mingling with sages and silvers and pretty little apricots. And one of my favorite plants for a pop of color, drama and beauty is foxglove. Foxglove is an often misunderstood plant. It doesn’t bloom…
Cottage gardens are intentionally casual. Go big on color, but light on labor with this classic, informal garden style.
Feast your eyes on the English countryside, gorgeous gardens and beautiful blooms.
Whether you are in a summer home or your year-round home, check out these summer cottage garden plans. They'll have your front yard cottage-cozy in no time!
A collection of ideas, tips and inspiration.
