Elements of Cottage Garden Style
Cottage style may be the most loved gardening style, and creating your own cottage garden might be easier than you think. Learn about the elements of cottage garden style in this video by Better Homes and Gardens:
Certain iconic elements instantly bring cottage charm to a garden. Some of the essentials are:
- Picket fences
- Brick or gravel paths
- Structures such as an obelisk or arched gate
- Ornaments like sun dials or armillary spheres
The plants themselves consist of traditional favorites like roses and blooming perennials such as foxglove, delphinium, iris and peony.
Edibles are right at home in a cottage garden, so feel free to mix in herbs like sage and rosemary and vegetables too.
Cottage plantings are informal in nature, so arrange plants in a naturally looking way, not in orderly rows or block. Cottage gardens, however, often have an overall geometry that is highly symmetrical.
Put all of these elements together, and you’ll get the romance and charm so loved in cottage gardens.
