THE COTTAGE GARDEN in medieval England was a poor man’s garden. At the end of feudalism former serfs became tenant farmers and paid the landowner for a small plot of land. The garden provided their ...

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, ...

If you're hoping to transform your garden with a romantic, country aesthetic this year, you'll need a list of the best ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

If you're looking for a low-maintenance garden design that looks lovely, you may want to try a cottage garden style. Cottage gardens are all about creating a natural look and feel. You will need to do ...

The charm of a cottage core garden lies in its abundance of blooms in different pastel hues, where more truly is more. But some plants, such as the gas plant (Dictamnus albus), naturally capture the ...