8 English Garden Design Ideas for Cottage-Style Charm A design expert tells you how to create charming, wild borders and other elements of a cottage-style landscape.

DENVER — The herbaceous border is an English concept. And it's a good one. A border is a way of grouping perennial plants so they make sense. It's like a picture frame around a painting ...

DENVER — The English invented the perennial border, but it has nothing to do with climate. It's just a way of grouping plants, including perennials, bulbs and shrubs. While my borders are in ...

Define Borders with Low Hedges Hedges are an iconic element of English gardens, as seen here at Sissinghurst Castle. Low hedges of evergreens such as boxwood are classic, but you also can imitate ...

Use a taller upright form to add height to mixed borders and cottage-style gardens, alongside digitalis, thalictrum, nepeta, and loosestrife for a heady, blousy, cottage garden border.

Curving borders all around, edged with wide limestone pieces, blended with the existing wall and led to the walk-in garden. 2. The Bovard-Toureav residence in Hyde Park.

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 ...

2. Verbena bonariensis Another one of those drought-tolerant plants we love, verbena bonariensis make for beautiful garden borders, requiring only the lightest of deadheading sessions come the autumn.

And whether it’s a rose garden, a kitchen garden, or a grand garden, the English style strives to achieve what Ms. Bradley-Hole calls “a semi-natural look.” ...

There are so many modern garden edging materials available it can be hard to choose—here are 24 stylish ways to edge your garden for a modern finished look.

Define Borders with Low Hedges Hedges are an iconic element of English gardens, as seen here at Sissinghurst Castle. Low hedges of evergreens such as boxwood are classic, but you also can imitate ...