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.
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.
A cottage garden is an informal planting where flowers take centre stage. Get tips on creating a beautiful, long-blooming perennial garden with a list of cottage garden plants.
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.
Discover our favourite cottage garden path ideas – from winding walkways scented with lavender to playful paving and more
Mix and match a wide variety of plants with different colors, shapes, and textures to create an informal-yet-inviting cottage garden.
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…
Get inspired by this post on cottage garden planning as well as ideas on how you can get this beautiful cottage look yourself!
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.
Create a soft, romantic feel in your yard with these garden design ideas and plans.
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.
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English gardens are beautiful and fairly simple to replicate. Learn the main elements of the iconic style and get inspired by these design ideas.
Design a peaceful and zen space in your backyard. - by Charlie Albone
Cottage gardens are intentionally casual. Go big on color, but light on labor with this classic, informal garden style.
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…
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
Create an impactful outdoor space with these small yard and garden landscaping ideas.