Cottage gardens are our favorite theme when it comes to ideas, planting and design. Why? You can’t make mistakes when designing a cottage garden. There are some simple design principles and overarching themes, but other than that, creating controlled chaos is fun and rewarding. We have sections of the site devoted to these cottage garden areas:
You can also browse below through any of our tagged articles or pages on the cottage garden topic.
This is the second post in a series on raised bed gardens (First post here: Benefits of Raised Garden Beds). The best thing about raised beds is that you can use just about anything for walls. So how do you build garden box walls? Here is a list of the typical materials you can use.
Creating a wooden raised bed is quite simple, and … Read the rest
As we build out our picket fence cottage garden and put in a new cottage-themed shed, we have been doing a ton of research on cottage design, cottage ideas and themes. Below are some of the best links we have found for your cottage garden research efforts.
This is a compilation of our information on Cottage Gardens, focusing on design, plants, themes and elements.
Continuing this series on the Cottage Garden, and this post on annuals follows Perennials for the Cottage Garden, and Just What is a Cottage Garden? Annuals provide beauty, texture and amazing color to the cottage garden layout, and there are sooooo many to choose from. Here are some of our favorites, with a list to follow:
This is the second post in a series on Cottage Gardens, mostly focused on the English Cottage Garden style. If you haven’t read the first post, Just What is a Cottage Garden?, take a minute to read about the definition of a cottage garden, and basic design principles for making your own. The cottage garden requires a mix of plants, and we will start with … Read the rest