To those of you who gaze with envy at glossy pictures of English cottage gardens, longing to turn your front lawn into a riot of flowers but wary of their watering needs, I say, "Pine no more." By ...

Cottage gardens can be achieved on a budget by planting perennial clusters and sourcing decor from garage sales. Reach out to local gardening communities or your neighbors for plant divisions to save ...

By adding a few distinctive elements, you can recreate the garden styles of Europe, North Africa, the Far East and beyond. If ...

Luscious, romantic and inviting, English gardens are all the rage in garden design. You’ll find English-style gardens all over the world, across many climate zones and landscape types. As it happens, ...

The first garden I actually designed was inspired by a book: “English Cottage Gardening for American Gardeners” by Margaret Hensel. Hobbled by a leg cast for six months, I spent the winter of 1992-93 ...

If Sandy Mangel is an artist, as the neighbors who stop by her yard often tell her, then her canvas is soil and her medium flowers. Following the principles of art and design, she paints her garden ...

When Jean and Michael Jefferies purchased their Tamalpais Park home in Mill Valley in 1987, it was a simple one-story “cabin” perched on post-and-pier blocks 5 feet off the ground and deprived of ...