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 ...

You don't need to move to the countryside to get a picture-perfect yard. YolaW/Getty Images Would you like to know how to create an English cottage garden? Imagine walking into your yard and being ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Jean and Michael Jefferies purchased their Tamalpais Park home in Mill Valley in 1987, it was a simple one-story “cabin” perched on post-and-pier blocks 5 feet off the ground and deprived of ...

Not only are all types of cosmos easy and inexpensive to grow, they produce an abundance of pretty, daisy-like flowers that can be cut for the vase during summer and early fall. They are native to ...