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 ...

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, ...

Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant covering gardening, permaculture, and sustainable living. She has also written a number of books and e-books on gardens and gardening. Haley ...

Today’s cottage garden design is a modern interpretation of a long-established practice. Colonial settlers and homesteaders relied on their gardens for survival. They tightly planted fruits, ...

If you're looking for a low-maintenance garden design that looks lovely, you may want to try a cottage garden style. Cottage gardens are all about creating a natural look and feel. You will need to do ...

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 ...

Nature is exuberant. Plants grow where seeds fall and pathways meander through the foliage. Straight lines rarely exist in nature and plants are not neatly trimmed. While a cottage garden should not ...

Larry and Wilma Rettig don't agree on how to spell all the features in their garden - she is from South Amana and he is from Middle Amana, and the 'Amana German” spellings from different villages ...