How Do You Design An English Herb Garden?
Go with a friendly cottage garden style or plan a more formal design to create an English herb garden. Combine perennial and annual herbs with flowers and small shrubs for a design that pleases year round. Design for your tastes and site – plan for herbs you’ll actually use and pick a spot with at least half a day of sun for your herb garden. Measure your available space and make a drawing of it on graph paper for a working design. Take a page from traditional English herb gardens – give the bed a focal point for year round interest. Plan for a sundial, bird feeding station, wire obelisk, tall sculpture or trellis at the center of your herb garden. Choose cottage garden ambiance for a friendly herb garden that overflows its borders with flowers. Use any shape – circles and ellipses are popular – for a cottage style bed and define it with a path that circles and bisects it for maintenance. Consider a more formal garden style to make the most of small spaces or to complement traditional
