How Do You Create A Cottage Tea Garden?
Cottage gardens evolved from the small cottage yards of working class people in England who had very little real estate but needed herbs, vegetables, flowers and fruits to sustain their families. You can easily achieve this timeless look by using your garden space in a practical way. Choose how much of your yard you’d like to utilize for your cottage tea garden if you have a large yard. Traditional cottage gardens had limited space as a small yard attached to a cottage. Enclose your cottage garden using short, decorative fences, stone walls or hedges to define the space. People traditionally bragged about the bounty of their cottage garden, so lower hedges or fences allowed people to peak in and envy the pristine, colorful garden. Provide an entryway to your garden such as a trellis or arbor with a latching gate. Plant honeysuckle, clematis, climbing rose buses or wisteria to climb up and bloom up the sides and over the top of the trellis or arbor. Divide your entire garden down the mi
