Tag: Cottage
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The appeal of cottage backyard ideas are rooted in their informal charm: brimming with color, texture, fragrance, and romantic blooms, they are a sanctuary for people and wildlife alike. Cottage backyard ideas also bring with them a sense of freedom, letting you create a garden filled with your favorite flowers, plants and produce as well…
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Roses around the doorway, vintage trugs, deep borders humming with bees, the cottage garden look is a hot horticultural trend this year. Even if your idea of rural living is a trip to Vauxhall City Farm (and the honey-stoned Cotswolds retreat isn’t quite within reach) there is no reason you can’t channel the look in…
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In 2021, garden photographer Mark Bolton moved to Devon where he set about transforming a sparse back garden into his own ‘little paradise’ , echoing the cottage garden style he so admired. He tells Catherine Courtenay about his inspiring horticultural journey Mark has been photographing gardens for 25 years. (Image: Mark Bolton) Tell us a…
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While formal gardens are all about order and well-defined spaces, cottage gardens bubble in cheerful tangles of flowers that form a kaleidoscope of hue and texture. According to Darrell Trout, an avid gardener, writer, and lecturer with a passion for the easy-growing beauty of cottage gardens, their style is “relaxed, colorful, and fun.” Because nature…