How to design a cottage garden
Cottage gardening is an attitude, not a location
You can achieve a cottage effect in the heart of the city as well as the suburbs. All you need is a passion for plants and
a willingness to mix them all up.
While English-style gardens draw heavily on hardy perennials, you can accomplish the same look of artful chaos with any plants appropriate to your climate. (See the Sunset Plant Finder.)
Indeed, Mediterranean plants and succulents like agaves work quite well in coastal and desert plantings.
Click ahead for a look at how the traditional cottage garden can morph to fit your own personal gardening style.
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