Heather Benbow grew up with plenty of space to garden on a farm in New Zealand. But creating a cottage garden within the restrictions imposed by the lack of space of an inner city Sydney block posed ...
It can take years for a cottage garden to reach maturity - particularly if you are training a climbing rose against the house or waiting for a boxwood hedge to grow - but your patience will be ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 were ...
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 ...
Foodscaping is a nifty word for creating gardens that are beautiful to look at and are tasty as they make their way to the table. Landscaping with edible plants is a charming way to grow your own ...
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 ...
TIME FOR SUNDAY GARDENER. AND WE’RE ON A ROAD TRIP TODAY. WE’RE HERE AT THE LADUE TOPIARY GARDENS. I’M TALKING HERE WITH EMILY EMERICK, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND CARRIE ANGEL. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR ...
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.