Whether you live in the city or the suburbs, look to this idyllic, sustainable landscaping trend if you want to bring romance and drama to your yard. meldayus / GETTY IMAGES A perfectly manicured lawn ...

Cottage gardens can be achieved on a budget by planting perennial clusters and sourcing decor from garage sales. Reach out to local gardening communities or your neighbors for plant divisions to save ...

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 ...

The cottage garden as we know it today became popular in the Victorian era, when famous gardeners Gertrude Jekyll and William Robinson translated the idea of the simple cottager's garden into the ...

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 ...

You don't need to move to the countryside to get a picture-perfect yard. Imagine walking into your yard and being surrounded by picturesque flowers, plants, bushes, herbs, and fruit trees. Butterflies ...

You don't have to be from England to have an English cottage garden, but it helps. Master gardener Pamela Hubbard grew up in England helping her mother and grandmother in their cottage garden. With a ...

Carefree and flowing, the English cottage garden boasts an informal design and a plethora of flowers. Exuding grace and charm, it’s the antithesis of the formal French garden. “Gertrude Jekyll ...

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 ...

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A medieval English cottage with an extraordinary garden created by a renowned horticulturist is on the market for £2.25 million (US$2.87 million). The cottage, within the pretty village of East ...