To those of you who gaze with envy at glossy pictures of English cottage gardens, longing to turn your front lawn into a riot of flowers but wary of their watering needs, I say, "Pine no more." By ...

If you follow trends, you’ve probably noticed photos of cottage gardens floating around the internet in recent years. Characterized by abundant, mixed plantings that burst with color and texture, this ...

A few summers ago, when the culture was moving through micro trends as fast as they could be Instagrammed, Cottage Core was born. The trend, which came out of a Covid-influenced romanticism for living ...

Background planting commonly includes delphiniums, hollyhocks, phlox and other tall plants. If your planned cottage garden will include a hybrid tea rose, you’d better put it where you can easily get ...

Cottage gardens are charming, quaint, and lush with greenery. They are dominated by flowers and foliage, and—unlike their formal English garden cousins—cottage gardens are meant to be a compact, ...

Even if you can't explain why, cottage gardens are one of those things (like poetry, personal coaches, and obscenity) that you know when you see. They're marked by a certain density and informality.

A 50-year-old classic estate, a riverside rose garden and a gentleman's farm featuring 600 guinea pigs are among the 11 private gardens at eight stops open to the public 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday ...