Cottage Garden Containers

There's something undeniably romantic about cottage gardens, harking back to a time when life was simpler, the pace slower and nature was an integral part of everyday life.

Season:
Through The Year

Credits:
GAP Photos/Nicola Stocken

Feature No: 3177

Qty of Images: 71

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Synopsis
It was a time when householders gardened to eat as well as for pleasure, and developed an informal approach to growing edible plants alongside the purely decorative. Nowadays, this tradition gives a spontaneous feel to planting, and modern cottage gardens are a melange of productive and ornamental plants, unrestricted by rules of colour-theming. If a plant is healthy and happy, albeit self-seeded rather than carefully positioned, it is welcomed as a free spirit, and left well alone.