A cottage garden is designed to make you feel at home in the garden: it’s not too formal. In fact, there are very few rules other than filling it with a variety of colourful flowers and textured plants and sharing your plantings with a myriad of pollinators. It’s a place where self-expression comes alive and “rooms” are created using large flower borders, hedges and small flowering trees.
Sometimes referred to as a country garden, the term “cottage garden” originates in the U.K. where you can find graceful landscapes that are dominated by the use of herbaceous perennials, a veggie patch incorporated into a sunny area and herbs in containers near the kitchen door. The term “cottage” refers to a small, permanent residence, often made of local stone, vs. a typical Canadian “cottage” on a lake as
