What is cottage garden style - and how to achieve it

Flowers and colour for a perfect cottage garden. It's an easy and relaxed style, and perfect for small gardens - but are there hidden secrets or rules? Find out here.
0:00 Welcome
0:18 What is cottage garden style?
1:07 The purple climber is wisteria
1:47 Grow robust, common plants for cottage garden style
2:54 Exclude one colour from your cottage garden?
3:11 Where did cottage garden style come from?
3:51 Use plants that are easy to grow, divide or propagate and share them!
4:50 What are the key elements of a cottage garden?
5:50 Do you have a lawn in a cottage garden?
6:12 What are the best cottage garden plants?
8:52 What furniture and garden ornaments are good for cottage gardens?

Tony Wagstaff garden design

Whether you love English garden style, cottage gardens or contemporary urban gardening, The Middlesized Garden has gardening advice and garden ideas for you.

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