English Cottage Garden Inspiration

Posted on | May 19, 2009 | 10 Comments

Miss Thrifty

I’ve been on a bit of search for cottage garden inspiration. Many of the images I’ve found are in books or magazines. My scanner is on the fritz which makes it hard to share. I discovered a group on flickr called, Cottage Gardens. Hundred of photos depicting quintessential English style gardening: wild untamed garden beds filled with layers upon layers of color. Someday I wish my gardens will be this beautiful.

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Chezmundo’s photostream

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UGArdener’s photostream

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UGArdener’s photostream

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devonpaul’s photostream

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lpbascom’s photostream

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Queen_Pigletta’s photostream

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10 Responses to “English Cottage Garden Inspiration”

Amber
May 19th, 2009 @ 10:39 am
These are soooo very beautiful! I LOVE English cottages so very much, but after living in Sweden for a year I am madly in love with their windmill houses, classic red Swedish houses and their garden allotment houses. Amazing! (Seee blog for photos of some)
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Chelsea
May 19th, 2009 @ 10:41 am
Oh I love these. I must check out that flickr group.
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Kathy Gillespie
May 19th, 2009 @ 1:57 pm
I think the bottom photo by Queen Pigletta is very reminiscent of your garden, narrow and close to the road, looks like there may be a lot of phlox in various colors…getting those different levels of blooms makes it look nice and full….so cozy!
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Waxy
May 19th, 2009 @ 4:19 pm
Wow – I would love to live in any of those homes – especially the last one – amazing!
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Joanna
May 19th, 2009 @ 4:51 pm
I could move into any of these lovely little homes.
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Laura.
May 21st, 2009 @ 7:21 am
these are absolutely beautiful–magical! i feel like british things have been all over the place lately and i'm loving it. dreaming many a trip to the countryside whilst i work the day away. . . .
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Leslie Eaton
April 24th, 2010 @ 7:36 pm
I am so glad to see this. My parents where avid Gardeners, everyting I know I owe to them.
Such beautiful finds.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
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