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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today’s cottage garden design is a modern interpretation of a long-established practice. Colonial settlers and homesteaders relied on their gardens for survival. They tightly planted fruits, ...

In the 1930s and ’40s, inspired by the British fairy tales of their youth and the natural beauty around them, Harriett, Brenda, Mildred and Wilma Moody designed and built a series of fanciful ...

They’re usually sited on a sunny side of a house, behind a tidy fence. The original purpose was to keep livestock and other animals out, although none of the fences I’ve seen pictured near cottage ...

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 ...

If you’re on the hunt for cottage garden plants for shade, you’ve picked the right garden aesthetic. As luck would have it, many of the best cottage garden plants thrive in shaded spots. A lot of the ...

Brent and Debbie Ross were house-hunting decades ago when a chance encounter changed their lives. At one house, Brent noticed the homeowner digging up an eye-catching flower. It was a bright orange ...

Three years ago, when Ray Rubin and Jeff Shelton downsized and bought a century-old bungalow in Ansley Park, it came with plenty of hardscape—as in a walled parking pad out front, a crumbling brick ...

When Northern Home & Cottage last checked in with David and Ann Levy back in 2005, the couple and their three daughters were just settling into their freshly renovated Mackinac Island cottage, Craig ...

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 ...