Garden Plans for Cottage Style
Create a soft, romantic feel in your yard with these garden plans.
Front Yard Cottage Garden
Majestic delphiniums, charming foxgloves, fragrant lavender, and more combine to create a delightful show in your front yard. Garden size: 7x12 feet.
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English-Style Garden
This mix of annuals and perennials is an ideal way to soften a fence and provide months of color and cut flowers. Garden size: 6x22 feet.
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Cheery Front Yard Garden
Fill your front yard with color from spring to fall with this flower-filled garden plan. It looks great in winter, too, thanks to structural shrubs such as yew and barberry. Garden size: 18x10 feet.
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Tiny Corner Garden
Add elegance to the corner of your property or the spot where your driveway meets the sidewalk. Butterfly bush, cleome, and other favorites look great and attract butterflies to boot! Garden size: 11 by 11 feet.
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A Side-Yard Cottage Garden
Don't waste the space along the side of your house—even if it's long and narrow. Use this spot to create a colorful cottage garden that will bloom all summer long. Garden size: 26x10 feet.
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A Colorful Side-Yard Garden
This garden looks great all year thanks to evergreen rhododendron and the structure of a smokebush, plus plenty of flowers all spring, summer, and fall. Garden size: 15x17 feet.
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A Bold Cottage Garden
Add interest and drama to your yard with this eye-catching, long-blooming garden plan. Garden size: 20 by 10 feet.
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Summer-Show Cottage Garden
This low-maintenance, high-color cottage garden plan laughs off heat and drought and still looks lovely. Garden size: 12 by 13 feet.
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Bright Front-Yard Cottage Garden
Punch up the color in your front yard with this cottage-style garden plan. Garden size: 9 by 11 feet.
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Low-Maintenance Cottage Garden
Soften a walkway with colorful blooms using this garden plan. Garden size: 6x10 feet.
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All-Red Cottage Garden
Red makes a bold statement in the landscape. Add drama to your yard with this plan. Garden size: 8x10 feet.
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All-Blue Cottage Garden
Give your yard a peaceful feeling with this floriferous garden plan. Garden size: 7x10 feet.
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Create Cottage Style in the Shade
You can enjoy a lush cottage garden, even if you don't have full sun. This combo mixes long-blooming perennials and shrubs like Endless Summer hydrangea for interest from spring to fall. Garden size: 18x9 feet.
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Large, Lush Cottage Garden
This flower-filled cottage garden packs in old-fashioned favorites for color through the seasons. Garden size: 24x24 feet.
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Old-Fashioned Favorites Garden
Bring about a touch of yesteryear with this beautiful garden plan. Garden size: 29x16 feet.
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Traditional English Cottage Garden
This garden plan uses soft pinks, yellows, blues, purples, and whites to create an old-fashioned English cottage garden. Garden size: 20x16 feet.
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Victorian-Theme Cottage Garden
Full of English charm, this cottage garden plan provides lots of color over a long period. Garden size: 17x25 feet.
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Cottage Garden Plants and Ideas
See the best plants, tips, and tricks for creating your own cottage garden.