vfem
Garden Addicted
Hattie where were you while I was planning my garden last year... I rarely found a good cottage garden photo at all! 
Cottage Garden Help.... :)
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Hattie the Hen
Deeply Rooted
Hi Crunchie 
I've found you another site; this one is a blog. so you can follow it. [ I knew I had it somewhere but I couldn't remember where I had stored it -- OLD AGE!!!
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It shows a real cottage garden if you scroll down a bit
http://joanne-orangecottages.blogspot.com/
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robbobbin,
I love cottage gardens in courtyards I've always wanted one.
In my last house I had a large cottage garden with borders that were 20ft deep& 35ft long plus a vegetable parterre, a large sot fruit cage, a large pond, herb garden & about 16 apple trees & a vast collection of roses & clematis. So I had a lot of practice at propagating plants for it.
At that time I travelled a lot, designing sets & costumes for ballet companies across the world & I used to come back laden down with packets of seeds & occasionally cuttings from friends' gardens. They often took me to visit beautiful gardens & nurseries in the various countries.
When I was working in the US I used to stay over at the end of a project & go off in a hired car exploring for 2-3 weeks!
I count myself blessed for having been able to spend my work life doing something I loved & being able to see so much & meet so many kind & wonderful people!
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wifezilla,
Thank you! :rainbow-sun I hope you like this one!
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vfem,
I only bought my laptop at the end of last year after I really recovered from being sick. It was my present to myself for pulling through!
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HAPPY GARDENING EVERYONE. :tools :tools :tools
:rose Hattie :rose
I've found you another site; this one is a blog. so you can follow it. [ I knew I had it somewhere but I couldn't remember where I had stored it -- OLD AGE!!!
]It shows a real cottage garden if you scroll down a bit
http://joanne-orangecottages.blogspot.com/
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robbobbin,
I love cottage gardens in courtyards I've always wanted one.
In my last house I had a large cottage garden with borders that were 20ft deep& 35ft long plus a vegetable parterre, a large sot fruit cage, a large pond, herb garden & about 16 apple trees & a vast collection of roses & clematis. So I had a lot of practice at propagating plants for it.
At that time I travelled a lot, designing sets & costumes for ballet companies across the world & I used to come back laden down with packets of seeds & occasionally cuttings from friends' gardens. They often took me to visit beautiful gardens & nurseries in the various countries.
When I was working in the US I used to stay over at the end of a project & go off in a hired car exploring for 2-3 weeks!
I count myself blessed for having been able to spend my work life doing something I loved & being able to see so much & meet so many kind & wonderful people!
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wifezilla,
Thank you! :rainbow-sun I hope you like this one!
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vfem,
I only bought my laptop at the end of last year after I really recovered from being sick. It was my present to myself for pulling through!
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HAPPY GARDENING EVERYONE. :tools :tools :tools
:rose Hattie :rose
Hattie the Hen
Deeply Rooted
Hi Crunchie :happy_flower
It was raining all day yesterday so I was researching things for my garden when I came across this & thought about your projects. So I'm passing it on!
http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/3980/edible-flowers-enliven-a-garden
How are your plans working out?
HAPPY GARDENING :tools :tools :tools
:rose Hattie :rose
It was raining all day yesterday so I was researching things for my garden when I came across this & thought about your projects. So I'm passing it on!
http://www.vegetablegardener.com/item/3980/edible-flowers-enliven-a-garden
How are your plans working out?
HAPPY GARDENING :tools :tools :tools
:rose Hattie :rose
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Crunchie
Chillin' In The Garden
Thanks for all of those wonderful links, Hattie! So many great ideas out there...and CityChook, your gardens are beautiful!
So, I have planted a couple of things here and there, but haven't done too much yet. I do have some pictures of the area that I took the other day.
Excuse the huge mess, we had all sorts of stuff spread around as we worked!
This is the area that I'm going to fill with flowers:
And here's the other side of the walkway, which I want to be cottage garden-ish with veggies (the two wooden things are the start of a couple of trellises for limas and pole beans). Again, excuse the mess. The mess in the front is some primrose that sprang up out of nowhere (it really is a mystery--we've been here 12 years and I've never planted it!) and pumpkins that sprouted from last year's halloween decoration. I figured I'd let the pumpkins stay because there is room there and my son would enjoy it if the vines actually produced a pumpkin or two. Oh, and a couple of huge clumps of daylillies waiting to be divided....hehe.
So, I have planted a couple of things here and there, but haven't done too much yet. I do have some pictures of the area that I took the other day.
Excuse the huge mess, we had all sorts of stuff spread around as we worked!
This is the area that I'm going to fill with flowers:
And here's the other side of the walkway, which I want to be cottage garden-ish with veggies (the two wooden things are the start of a couple of trellises for limas and pole beans). Again, excuse the mess. The mess in the front is some primrose that sprang up out of nowhere (it really is a mystery--we've been here 12 years and I've never planted it!) and pumpkins that sprouted from last year's halloween decoration.
I figured I'd let the pumpkins stay because there is room there and my son would enjoy it if the vines actually produced a pumpkin or two. Oh, and a couple of huge clumps of daylillies waiting to be divided....hehe.
vfem
Garden Addicted
Wow... nature just randomly blessed you and got you started... that is so awesome!!! I think its going to be wildly wonderful!!!Crunchie said:Thanks for all of those wonderful links, Hattie! So many great ideas out there...and CityChook, your gardens are beautiful!
So, I have planted a couple of things here and there, but haven't done too much yet. I do have some pictures of the area that I took the other day.
Excuse the huge mess, we had all sorts of stuff spread around as we worked!
This is the area that I'm going to fill with flowers:
http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/uploads/5003_dsc_2051.jpg
http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/uploads/5003_dsc_2052.jpg
And here's the other side of the walkway, which I want to be cottage garden-ish with veggies (the two wooden things are the start of a couple of trellises for limas and pole beans). Again, excuse the mess. The mess in the front is some primrose that sprang up out of nowhere (it really is a mystery--we've been here 12 years and I've never planted it!) and pumpkins that sprouted from last year's halloween decoration.
http://www.theeasygarden.com/forum/uploads/5003_dsc_2050.jpg
Good work so far... I know making a mess to make things nice is actually hard work that never seems to end.
Hattie the Hen
Deeply Rooted
Hi Crunchie
Yesterday I came across this article & you came to my mind!
http://www.finegardening.com/design/articles/how-to-design-a-cottage-garden.aspx?nterms=74912
How are your plans going? How are your gardens looking? I hope you are having a great summer. :tools :coolsun
Have a great weekend!
:rose Hattie :rose
Yesterday I came across this article & you came to my mind!
http://www.finegardening.com/design/articles/how-to-design-a-cottage-garden.aspx?nterms=74912
How are your plans going? How are your gardens looking? I hope you are having a great summer. :tools :coolsun
Have a great weekend!
:rose Hattie :rose
