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Cottage Garden Ideas

On this page you'll find thoughts, advice and photos all about cottage garden ideas. Everything you find here comes from real gardens and gardeners who are part of the Grows on You community.

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Latest photos of cottage garden ideas

  • A bit of a mixture… (Anemone hupehensis (Japanese anemone))
    Homebird2
  • my garden
    Rocky1969
  • DSC00447
    Lindak
  • Rustic cottage, pretty climbing plant
    Kate123

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We have 250 photos of cottage garden ideas

These photos are from real gardens by real gardeners! Just click on one to start exploring in slideshow format, or you can browse 16 at a time.

  • A garden flower photo
    Heron
  • My garden in July, 2008.
    Muddywellies
  • Back of the cottage
    Janey
  • gate to the patio and back garden
    Sarah65
  • Now
    Heron
  • Early Autumn garden
    Janey
  • Front garden 2 - 26th June 2007
    Andrewr
  • Mid summer perennials at their best
    Janey

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Gardeners' thoughts

Wet Wednesday, but burst of brightness late in the day.

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Making my way back from Lincoln via some villages on Wednesday, I stopped off to take some pics once I’d finished my visits....

20 comments

kate123

27 May, 2021
Kate123

Looking and finding new plants

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My garden

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shahida

27 Jul, 2020
Shahida

Monthly favourites.

General_monk

I've been trying to sort out my old photos on my computer, and as you can imagine there are more photos of plants than of...

31 comments

hywel

9 Dec, 2019
Hywel

END OF JULY, PLENTY OF COLOUR.

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My computer/Fuji Film picture file has been playing up since a friend got rid of Norton for me so I can't access Finepix...

43 comments

bornagain

28 Jul, 2012
Bornagain

A day in my garden

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I wanted to share with you a view of my garden in June, some photos were taken this month last year, but I so love this time...

11 comments

andrea

13 Jun, 2008
Andrea

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Questions & advice on cottage garden ideas

If you can't find the answer to your gardening question here, feel free to ask our friendly community. Just ask in the form on this page


hi i would like to plant a cotage garden this year what plants can i use thnks

9 replies

sunshines

17 Feb, 2010
Sunshines

Lambsear

lamb's ears with pretty purple flowers???

10 replies

artgruppe

17 Jul, 2008
Artgruppe

Old fashioned varieties of Sweet Peas?

4 replies

mattsimmonds

22 Oct, 2007
Mattsimmonds

When can I plant Foxgloves outside?

6 replies

andrea

10 Sep, 2007
Andrea

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