As a garden designer, I have been asked on a number of occasions to create plans with a cottage garden feel. You don't have to live in a cottage to create one. Here are some design tips that can ...

Cottage Garden Design. Meredith gives some tips on cottage garden design. 4 of 4. Werribee Park Mansion. Jane explores the gardens at Werribee Park Mansion. Gardening Tips. Building a Wicking Bed.

Whether you want to create winding pathways, design a pretty seating area, or introduce more cottage garden plants to your space, there's plenty to inspire you in our selection. By Pippa Blenkinsop.

Don't overlook your borders. These spaces are ideal garden spots for exploring design options that can make a statement or ...

Cottage gardens break all the usual rules of garden design, which in any case are only guidelines. In a cottage garden, plants are grown very close together, and they are meant to look as if they ...

With over 700 gorgeous photographs, every one taken by Dalby on his visits to cottage gardens in England, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, and the United States, he draws in the reader and takes them on ...

Cottage gardens have a timeless appeal, and even more so in 2025 with the trend towards an informal, lived-in look. Here’s how to move away from pristine, clipped gardens to more romantic ones ...

OLDROSE30A-C-10APR03-HM-PC A "Madame Alfred Carrier" rose. Rose grower martha Acosta has written an article about heritage roses and has several types growing in her Richmond garden.

Stephen Lawrence Prize 2015 shortlist: A small and discrete studio in the garden of a cottage in a woodland hamlet This small, discreet building serves as a space to work, sew, play guitar and sleep.

Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants, based in Freefolk near Whitchurch, received the Platinum Award at BBC Gardeners' World Live for its peat-free, British-grown perennials. The display, a showcase of ...