cottage garden border plan

Mixed boarders overflowing with flowering plants seem to be everyone's ideal.

Is there a cottage garden in your past -- either a real cottage garden, perhaps tended by your grandmother or favorite aunt, or maybe just a romantic vision that has evolved over time?

How to create borders in your garden. A well-designed border is one of the most desirable of all garden features. Read our article for tips.

Cottage gardens are well known for their wide and generous borders full of attractive, flowering plants. Such broad flower beds require tall plants at the back to provide a backdrop for smaller plants. Here I list 10 tall plants for cottage garden borders

This simple yet sophisticated property line garden plan features a cool color palette that will beautify your borders.

How to achieve the prettiest contemporary cottage garden style - and why the 70/30 rule will make your planting so much more successful.

Use this summer cottage garden plan to fill your yard with flowers during the warmer months.

Learn how Heather Thomas of Cape Cottage Garden keeps her flower borders colorful from spring through fall!

In order for cottage garden borders to look their best they must have a good combination of planting types. Groundcover plants provide low growing delight to the front of borders. Here I list 10 of the best groundcover plants for cottage gardens.

A border full of tough, long-living perennials for a sunny spot