Posts Tagged ‘Cottage Gardening’

How to Review the Site in Cottage Gardening

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by by Gardening

There is no such thing as a standard cottage garden. Every person’s idea of what one should be has been tempered or enhanced by the experiences of life. Some may have been fortunate enough to have grown up in a cottage with a traditional garden, or maybe in a village where cottage gardens were a [...]

Cottage Gardening – Evergreens

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by by Gardening

Many gardeners consider broad leaved evergreens to be rather dull. While this might be said about dusty laurels and aucubas in shady town gardens, it is not a very fair assessment of the myriad other species that are available. It is not fair to attribute this unfortunate reputation to laurels or aucubas either, for their [...]

Cottage Gardening – Conifers

Posted on December 30th, 2009 by by Gardening

It cannot be said that conifers played a vital role in the cottage gardens of the past, except for perhaps yew and pine. However, that is not to say that they cannot be in­cluded now if chosen with care. We must not exclude plants merely because they were not widely cultivated when the cottage gar­den [...]