For an amateur gardener like myself, the natural cottage garden surrounding our home in the countryside is, quite simply, a paradise. The combination of romantic, old-fashioned flowers - that many of you may "remember from Grandma's garden", fruit and wildlife, an informal, restful character and the relative ease of upkeep make a cottage garden the perfect answer if you are looking for your own private and personal space, in close harmony with nature. Step by step, we explain how we designed and built our own cottage garden from scratch.
No big team here, just Judy and John Aarsen, both very enthusiastic about cottage gardening. We hope that you, our visitor, will enjoy our cottage garden as much as we do too. Minnie - and Micky - a.k.a. By providing a practical guide to cottage gardening, we hope to persuade many more people to become cottage gardeners.