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 ...

Cottage gardens are budget conscious and perfect for small areas, and there is plenty of room for creativity and ...

Cottage gardens in England are thrifty, charming and filled with gorgeous and useful plants. What more could we want? A whole generation of gardeners in the Northwest rediscovered what gardening could ...

These gardens champion the spirit of individualism; no two are alike. Every flower, shrub, and ornament reflects the owner's personality. Modest in size but huge in appeal, cottage gardens evoke ...

Cottage gardens are charming, quaint, and lush with greenery. They are dominated by flowers and foliage, and—unlike their formal English garden cousins—cottage gardens are meant to be a compact, ...

If you are looking for cottage garden ideas to create a charming, characterful plot, then start with your own vision of what the space could be. Is it tumbling climbers creeping up walls, romantic ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

If you're looking for a low-maintenance garden design that looks lovely, you may want to try a cottage garden style. Cottage gardens are all about creating a natural look and feel. You will need to do ...

Every neighborhood has a few gardens that are impossible to pass by without stopping to admire a dense tapestry of beautiful plants. These are the gardens that really make you go ‘wow!’ because they ...

What better place could there possibly be for a lantern-lit dinner or reading area than near a vast medieval cottage garden with a beautiful array of flowers, antique items, ornamental and edible ...

Cottage gardens break all the usual rules of garden design, which in any case are only guidelines. In a cottage garden, plants are grown very close together, and they are meant to look as if they were ...