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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On March 18, the UF/IFAS Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Okaloosa County will provide a lecture titled “Creating a Beautiful Florida-Friendly Cottage Garden.” This will be the first of eight ...

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.