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 ...

The cottage garden as we know it today became popular in the Victorian era, when famous gardeners Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson translated the idea of the simple cottager's garden into the ...

Carefree and flowing, the English cottage garden boasts an informal design and a plethora of flowers. Exuding grace and charm, it’s the antithesis of the formal French garden. “Gertrude Jekyll ...

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 ...

Some plants just sort of arrive. Open the trunk and out they pop, innocent reminders of the last garden center on the errand tour. Despite worried looks and the eternal query ”Where are you going to ...

The first garden I actually designed was inspired by a book: “English Cottage Gardening for American Gardeners” by Margaret Hensel. Hobbled by a leg cast for six months, I spent the winter of 1992-93 ...

You don't need to move to the countryside to get a picture-perfect yard. Imagine walking into your yard and being surrounded by picturesque flowers, plants, bushes, herbs, and fruit trees. Butterflies ...

If Sandy Mangel is an artist, as the neighbors who stop by her yard often tell her, then her canvas is soil and her medium flowers. Following the principles of art and design, she paints her garden ...

N estled in a wildflower meadow in the English countryside, Sienna Miller’s thatched cottage looks straight out of a ...

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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 ...