46 Cottage Gardens We Love

The perfect partner for a charming cottage is a colorful and oh-so-delightful landscape.

August 24, 2021

By: Julie Martens Forney

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Cottage Garden Pond Framed by Wisteria

A naturalistic pond is planted with aquatic plants to give the property an authentic cottage garden feel.

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From: Andrew Grossman

Lush Green Outdoor Garden with Bronze Statues

A trio of bronze girl statues stand in an idyllic garden where trees, ornamental shrubs, grasses, and white flowering plants are abundantly growing.

Front Yard Perennial Garden

Visitors to HGTV fan Sunny777's home are greeted with this beautiful garden near the front porch.

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String Lights and Lanterns Illuminate Garden

String up lights and lanterns around your outdoor space to give an enchanting twinkle to any garden party. The soft glow will invite everyone to linger outside in the nighttime summer air. Line lanterns and smaller string lights around your seating area, and hang a few off tree branches for a touch of ambiance.

Cottage Garden With Flagstone Walkway

For her own front yard, designer Margie Grace of Grace Design Associates Inc. matched the hardscape to her home's architectural syle for a cozy cottage garden. To keep the yard low maintenance she laid a large patio using Arizona flagstones, then filled the rest of the space with lush flower beds. A reclaimed concrete bowl is transformed into a water feature that brings the sound of rain to the garden.

A Cottage Garden is a Study in Green Textures

Purple hyssop provides a frame for this cottage garden filled with shrubs and grasses in a range of green shades and textures.

From: Donald Pell Gardens

Rainbow Rose Garden

HGTV fan SpackleMuddPalin conserves water in her southern California garden. The roses get drip irrigation, she says, and "surrounding plants survive only on winter rain and waste water from the koi pond."

Cozy Cottage Garden

There wasn't much of a garden when the homeowners bought this cottage with the idea in mind to create flower beds that would soften the edges of an organic raised-bed garden. Their ultimate goal is to create a landscape where they can "graze throughout the yard on fruits, herbs and berries." Says HGTV fan Craighead, "We still have a long way to go, but we've at least started to establish a country-cottage feeling to our little bungalow in the city."

Cottage Garden at Entryway

This charming cottage garden is a showcase for shade-loving plants. HGTV fan wlaker used stain to transform the plain concrete patio and walkway into faux flagstone.

Container Garden

A beautiful container composition can bring the cottage-garden look to a deck or patio. Here, foxgloves, petunias, and sweet potato vine combine to create a beautiful vignette. Posted by HGTV fan countrygrl125

Planted Cottage Garden Surrounding Concrete Patio With Staircase Leading to Covered Pavilion

Patchwork concrete tile creates a decorative flooring for the open patio. The stain on the wood patio furniture makes a beautiful statement against the surroundings. Concrete stairs travel through planted sections with natural rock retainers to the outdoor living pavilion.

From: Mom's Design Build

Cottage-Garden Greeting

HGTV fan SilvesterII's cottage-style plantings lead from the street up to her front door and include perennials, herbs, grasses and more.

Tranquil Garden With Flagstone Pathway

Lovely hydrangeas and other flowering shrubs line the flagstone pathway of this peaceful garden.

Backyard River Rock Waterfall With Blue Hydrangea

A river rock water feature is surrounded by pockets of plantings, including stunning hydrangea, in this cottage-style backyard.

From: Katrina Fairchild

Organic Flower Garden

This organic flower garden was carefully planned to display the radiant colors of the flowers within. Foliage plants add to the lushness of the beautiful display.

Patio Planter

HGTV fan Chris Major packed the cottage-garden aesthetic into one planter. Several varieties of coleus, Mexican feather grass and other plants give the container garden a soft, free-form look.

Stepping Stone Walk Near Flower bed

This stepping stone walk along a bed edge provides a path in the Valenta garden in Cashiers, North Carolina.

Formal Cottage Garden with Metal Gazebo

A vibrant purple-flowering vine spills over an antique metal gazebo nestled amongst the verdant plants of a formal cottage-style garden. Planting the garden up against the gazebo helps to soften the structure's edges and creates a cohesive design. The gazebo offers a comfortable vantage point from which to view the wetland-like pond and the rest of the lush cottage garden.

From: Andrew Grossman

Rustic Cottage With Natural Stone Walkway

This comfy cottage has a fantastic front porch with natural branches for spindles and a natural stone walkway that leads around the garden and up the hill to the driveway. The lush forest surrounding the cottage accents the gorgeous stonework and matches the green painted shutters.

Front Cottage Garden

We often say that homeowners shouldn't feel limited by a lack of space. HGTV fan Richaro's front yard literally billows with beautiful flowers.

Cottage Garden

Busts can bring a sense of elegance to a garden. Consider adding one to a potting table, as seen in designer Susanne Hudson's Georgia garden. She's the co-founder of the annual Penny McHenry Hydrangea Festival, Garden Tour and Flower Show in Douglasville, Ga.

Abundant Backyard Flower Garden With Pergolas

Everywhere you look, HGTV fan Dotsgarden's outdoor space is a riot of color. She says her roses and clematis are "like old friends who come to visit every spring and often during the summer."

Stream With Boulders and Purple Flowers

Hundreds of feet of boulder-lined streams are the centerpiece of these resort gardens and accompanied by lush plantings like the tumble of purple petunias seen here.

From: Clinton & Associates Landscape

Kids at Crystal Mountain Resort

The shallow stream and surrounding garden is a natural wonderland for kids visiting this resort.

From: Clinton & Associates Landscape

Bright and Airy Flower Garden With White Fence

Purple coneflower, daisies, foxglove, black-eyed susans, astilbe and hollyhocks fill this garden. "More than half the plants were split from perennials in other areas of my garden," says HGTV fan jndesign, "and this turned out to be my favorite bed."

Cottage Garden and Adirondack Chairs

Part of the charm of this resort's landscape design is how the residences are incorporated seamlessly into the gardens. Here, Adirondack chairs are nestled next to large blooms of flowers and ornamental grass.

From: Clinton & Associates Landscape

Black Fence Design

A black fence allows the lush greenery in this cottage garden to stand out. Design by Virginia Rockwell

White Pergola Shines in Cottage Garden

A beautiful arbor anchors HGTV fan molly_dog's garden, which is rampant with lilies, Shasta daisies, roses and much more. "This is where I spend almost all my free time," she says.

Landscaped Backyard With Spring Flowers

This sloped landscape is speckled with flower beds and leads to a garden gate. Pinks, purples and deep reds are represented throughout.

A Cottage Garden With Blooming Bulbs

A garden of yellow tulips and daffodils blossom in this cottage style garden. Planting bulbs separately from other blooming shrubs allows the tulips and daffodils' beautiful blooms to be the focus and so they don't compete with other flowers.

From: Andrew Grossman

Cottage-Style Garden Bed

In HGTV fan triciaf's front yard, a glorious combination of phlox, liatris, monarda, rudbeckia and joepye weed mix with blue spruce and birch.

Herbs And Veggies In Pots

Pots in this Grace Design Associates garden host annual food crops — vegetables and annual herbs. In a typical vegetable garden, when the growing season ends, the veggies die back and create empty spaces in the garden composition. To avoid that in a highly visible front yard garden, all annual crops are grown in containers. In the garden’s quiet season, the pots take center stage and act as attractive placeholders. During the holidays the expanding bamboo trellis is wrapped with twinkle lights.

A Formal Cottage Garden with Gazebo

Climbing pink roses spill over a wood gazebo in this formal cottage garden, framing the entryway towards the shingled home. A simple rope fence intersects the garden and defines the entry garden from the large expanse of lawn framed by silvery lavender Russian sage.

From: Andrew Grossman

A Gravel Pathway Through a Formal Cottage Garden

A casual gravel pathway leads visitors to the home's front door, passing through layered plants in the cottage garden. The soft color palette creates a soothing garden and a welcome entry to the home.

From: Andrew Grossman

Backyard Brick Arbor

Set in the Sierra Foothills, the landscape is made equally interesting with flagstone and Irish moss, Potato vines, and a diverse selection of lime and grey colored low perennials.

Sempervivum With Cherubs

A pot of hens and chicks (Sempervivum) sits on the coffee table, complete with a pair of angelic cherubs tucked among the greenery. Fresh from the chips-and-dings pile, one cherub is missing a wing, which is deftly disguised by the succulents. Choose decorative items for your garden to express your own style says Grace Design Associates.

White Cape Cod Exterior and Cottage Garden

Lush herbs and flowers mix and mingle in this home's charming cottage garden. Meander along the stepping stone path and on up to the front door.

From: James Bertrand

Wooden Bench in Cottage Garden

Easily maintained landscaping and hardscaping creates a serene green space within this cottage garden. A wooden bench is tucked beside a stone accent wall, while a pair of Adirondack chairs are perched on the raised patio.

Perennial Cottage Garden

A pretty picket fence helps provide the structure for the this gorgeous cottage-style garden. Another perennial garden surrounds the gazebo, which is illuminated at night. Posted by HGTV fan retired editor

Cottage Garden Nook with White Arbor

A brick walkway winds through a cottage-style garden with a crisp white lattice fence and arbor.

Details Make the Difference

Heirloom pink ‘Ballerina’ musk rose and white ‘Iceberg’ Floribunda rose fill this outdoor room with fragrance through the growing season. Bright turquoise Adirondack chairs cozy up to a native flagstone table supported by stone chunks. Ten-gauge concrete reinforcing wire forms the room’s entry arch, which frames a visual focal point of a tall terra-cotta jar on the far end of the room. Garden design: Grace Design Associates.

English Cottage Garden With Covered Dining Area

This beautifully landscaped courtyard includes an arched arbor and stone pathway that leads to a covered patio and outdoor dining area surrounded by container plants and tall topiaries. Traditional chandeliers are covered in leafy vines to continue the garden look.

A Cottage Garden's Colorful Planting Palette

The flowering plants are primarily pink, white, yellow and blue, a soft palette that complements the natural shingles of the home. Flowering shrubs, roses, perennials, annuals and spring bulbs ensure that the garden is in bloom from March until late fall. Plants like iris, alliums, echinacea, roses and foxglove emphasize the cottage style of this colorful garden.

From: Andrew Grossman

Front Yard Vegetable Garden

The 1948 bungalow sits on a typical urban quarter-acre lot with heavy clay soil. A blended garden dresses the front yard with a mix of flowers, herbs and vegetables. Scattering large, eye-catching pots throughout the space, allows for space for garden-fresh veggies. Pots transform the sunny streetside area into a beauty spot filled with flavors that headline on the family dinner table. Garden design: Grace Design Associates.

Charming Cottage Garden With Flagstone Pavers

This outdoor space features a flagstone paver patio with groundcover plants growing between the stones, blooming perennials and rounded, low bushes.

Colorful Backyard Garden

HGTV fan KeithC's cottage garden features a sweeping mix of roses, grasses, annuals, perennials and decorative garden art.

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46 Cottage Gardens We Love

Related To:

Cottage Garden Pond Framed by Wisteria

Lush Green Outdoor Garden with Bronze Statues

Front Yard Perennial Garden

String Lights and Lanterns Illuminate Garden

Cottage Garden With Flagstone Walkway

A Cottage Garden is a Study in Green Textures

Rainbow Rose Garden

Cozy Cottage Garden

Cottage Garden at Entryway

Container Garden

Planted Cottage Garden Surrounding Concrete Patio With Staircase Leading to Covered Pavilion

Cottage-Garden Greeting

Tranquil Garden With Flagstone Pathway

Backyard River Rock Waterfall With Blue Hydrangea

Organic Flower Garden

Patio Planter

Stepping Stone Walk Near Flower bed

Formal Cottage Garden with Metal Gazebo

Rustic Cottage With Natural Stone Walkway

Front Cottage Garden

Cottage Garden

Abundant Backyard Flower Garden With Pergolas

Stream With Boulders and Purple Flowers

Kids at Crystal Mountain Resort

Bright and Airy Flower Garden With White Fence

Cottage Garden and Adirondack Chairs

Black Fence Design

White Pergola Shines in Cottage Garden

Landscaped Backyard With Spring Flowers

A Cottage Garden With Blooming Bulbs

Cottage-Style Garden Bed

Herbs And Veggies In Pots

A Formal Cottage Garden with Gazebo

A Gravel Pathway Through a Formal Cottage Garden

Backyard Brick Arbor

Sempervivum With Cherubs

White Cape Cod Exterior and Cottage Garden

Wooden Bench in Cottage Garden

Perennial Cottage Garden

Cottage Garden Nook with White Arbor

Details Make the Difference

English Cottage Garden With Covered Dining Area

A Cottage Garden's Colorful Planting Palette

Front Yard Vegetable Garden

Charming Cottage Garden With Flagstone Pavers

Colorful Backyard Garden

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