Creating a cottage
garden
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Simplicity is the key. Most cottage gardens
consist of a path making a more or less straight line to the door - front or
back - with beds or borders on either side.
You can develop variations on
this simple theme, by increasing the number of paths, but most of the garden's
appeal comes not from the design, but from the planting.
Structural features or focal
points can be supplied by trees - the older and more crooked the better - old
walls, possibly a brick-sided well or perhaps a rose arch or simple
pillar.
Once you move beyond that
basic simplicity, you are straying from the cottage concept.
Does your garden have any interesting features - an old tree?
Outhouse? Even an old coal bunker? If it does, this could be incorporated into
your cottage garden design and made into a focal point.
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Helpful TIP:-
Think about your over-all
layout
Use pathways to divide the area into different sections. As well
as leading from one spot to another, the pathways are very important for sight
lines. Site them so that a pleasing view or an interesting feature appears at
their end.
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Helpful TIP:-
Divide up your garden
Use with
low hedges, low walls or even espalier fruit. But keep the design as simple as
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Helpful TIP:-
Lay subsidiary paths or stepping
stones
This will help so that you can you get right in amongst your
plants. It will also enable you to reach all parts of the borders and work the
soil more easily, as well as getting closer to enjoy the flowers.
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