Planting shrub roses with lavender is a classic combination which will guarantee a relaxed cottage feel and will bring color and fragrance throughout the summer. According to the rose experts at David ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

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, ...

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, ...

“If you don’t know where you are going, you are going to end up somewhere else.” This sage adage, credited to Yogi Berra, pinpoints the importance of planning. If you are a novice gardener and you ...

A few summers ago, when the culture was moving through micro trends as fast as they could be Instagrammed, Cottage Core was born. The trend, which came out of a Covid-influenced romanticism for living ...

When you think of a cottage garden, you picture a medley of colors, blossom shapes, foliage shapes and colors, butterflies flitting, hummingbirds visiting and bees buzzing. Plants are all squeezed in, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the 1930s and ’40s, inspired by the British fairy tales of their youth and the natural beauty around them, Harriett, Brenda, Mildred and Wilma Moody designed and built a series of fanciful ...