The idea of French country design may conjure images of rustic-chic farmhouses, but the landscape outside may be a bit more of a blur. The gardens outside of French country houses incorporate elements ...

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 ...

Cottage gardens break all the usual rules of garden design, which in any case are only guidelines. In a cottage garden, plants are grown very close together, and they are meant to look as if they were ...

Heather Benbow grew up with plenty of space to garden on a farm in New Zealand. But creating a cottage garden within the restrictions imposed by the lack of space of an inner city Sydney block posed ...