COTTAGE gardens
The origins of the word ‘cottage’ date back to medieval times, and such dwellings have had gardens for many centuries, but the cottage garden reached the height of its popularity in the romantic minds of the Victorians and Edwardians. Historically, they featured a combination of produce and flowers, but by the early 20th century, vegetables were disappearing from paintings and images to be replaced by flower borders, accompanied by happy children and animals, increasingly reflecting the romantic idyll of country living. Over time, the term has come to represent a garden which looks as if it has not had a great deal of planning, with a loose style of planting with traditional flowers
