As a garden designer, I have been asked on a number of occasions to create plans with a cottage garden feel. You don't have to live in a cottage to create one. Here are some design tips that can ...

When planning a new garden, getting the layout right pays dividends immediately and over the long term. A good garden layout makes the space more attractive and functional and can help reduce time ...

Metrick Cottage’s one-storey design helps it blend with the landscape, as does surface charring of the wood — known as Shou sugi ban — which also protects it from fire, pests and rot.

Our favorite cottage garden ideas are all about creating a beautiful space that’s packed with soft flowers and scent. A cottage-style garden is basically a very informal and traditional type of ...

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 ...

Design inspiration "The mature owners of this cottage like a garden that reflects their love of gardening. They adore plants and want borders filled with flowers, with evergreen and deciduous ...

Dan Clark incorporated salvaged finds into the cottage (bottom left), including windows he fashioned into French doors, and Erin outfitted it with vintage furnishings. The double-bowl water fountain ...

GARDENING efforts will ramp up as bring is upon us. Gardener Pollyanna Wilkinson told Express.co.uk what she'll be planting this year for create her beautiful cottage garden.