Tips for Planting a Cottage Garden! 🌸🌿// Garden Answer 

Each time I watch your videos I want to run to my local garden store to buy plants and flowers to plant lol 😂

This video was released 6-16-19 It is 5-10-23 almost 4 years later and this is my dream style cottage garden. I have watched this video so many times. I have purchased a lot of these plants and as Laura says it can take years. I don’t have the roses. All 13 of the spearmint heucheras didn’t make it.😢 I think it is due to how rocky and old tree rooty my soil is even know I tried to remove as much as I could. I am loving the development of my area. I don’t have a fence. The year before I saw this video I had put in a whole row of arborvitaes. It is pretty in a different way…I put a wagon wheel in the corner and it added a nice charm to the bed. Mother’s Day is around the corner and told my husband that I would like a Lady Gardner Rose instead of a bouquet of roses. Last year I scattered cosmos seeds in the bare areas and it looked spectacular.

To the person reading this: Even though I don’t know you, I wish you the best of what life has to offer ❤

I may have already commented a few years ago...but I had to mention. The fact that you actually SAT DOWN and had a "CONVERSATION" with the viewers in the midst of your instructional video is what makes you magic Laura. I'd like to see an update of this area, as I have several of these plants but would like to see how they perform elsewhere. Thank You

Laura, I really appreciate this type of video. I like how you sat down and talked to us about the basics of cottage gardens. I would love to see more instructional videos like this. With you as our teacher we'll all have beautiful gardens! 🌸🌿🌼❤️❤️

I just came home from a two-week vacation with limited Internet access, so I've been binge-watching Garden Answer videos ALL day. I regret nothing!

Cottage gardens are absolutely my favorite type of garden. There’s just some thing about the whimsical nature of it that makes you wanna just stay in it for some time yknow? It’s totally my dream garden when I grow up.

Cottage gardening is my favourite style. Loved this!!

Cottage gardens are my favorite. I need a little chaos in my garden. English gardens are pretty, but to me, cottage gardens are breathtaking.

I am a little late watching this video but wanted to tell you since we have a smart tv I have been addicted to you on our TV by RU-vid, of course!! We live in Aiken SC and are in a area of Sugar Sand....and we are native to Ohio; so what a difference!!....you help me so so much...right now I am fighting breast cancer and have 5 more treatments and then radiation.....we caught it in stage 2, Praise God....but OH, this changes our perspective of living....we are 70 and celebrated our 50th at the beginning of our Cancer treatment journey....so my hub buzzed my head 2 days later; as it was coming out in clumps....so when I can be in the sun again, I have so many plans for our farmhouse outisde....we also rennovated and added an addition to the house....I love how hard working you both are.....we lived in Lebaon Oregon area for a short time....LOVED SEEING MT HOOD ON A CLEAR DAY....AND THEN THE RAINBOWS!!!!!! WOW!!!!! GOD BLESS!!!

This is probably one of my favorite spaces that you've done! I love everything about this bed and I am going to try to mimic it!! Great tips too! Thank you so much for the inspiration.

Couldn’t sleep last night and stumbled upon this wonderful video and fell in love with your garden and your presentation. I do NOT have a green thumb but I SO desire a garden like this one. My husband and I turned a barn into a home four years ago and for the past four years I’ve been working on one particular area that’s visible from the road - trying to make it aesthetically pleasing. I’ve planted several different things but nothing has satisfied me, and now I know why. The cottage style theme is what I long to create. Thank you so much for these wonderful tips. I hope I can bring it all together.

I love this style very low maintenance. When I think of this style I think black eyed Susan, poppies, coneflower, daisy, then foxglove and columbine

Thanks, it's refreshing to listen to someone who knows what they're talking about. So many gardening videos on RU-vid are full of gaff.

You got a chair to sit down and I'm like whaaaaaat? Lol. You DO deserve a chair. You have an amazing amount of energy that we all wish we had.

This helped me feel a little better about how my cottage garden is coming along. This is the third season since we created our front bed (an 18'x20' triangle) and I was sitting here thinking I've really messed up. But each of your tips I'm like, "yup, done. Did that. Did that too. Oh, be patient? Okay." So patience (and shoving in more plants) it is!

I love how Russell keeps popping up in funny places in all of your videos😂

Laura you sounds like an encyclopedia of all the plants, foliage and flowers that exist. The area you created is so pretty. 🌺🌻🌷🌿🧡

I've never heard of a cottage garden... until now. 😁 I'm super excited to realize that this is what I'm doing with my front flower bed without knowing it. 💖 I feel better knowing that I'll have "empty space" until my new plants have time to expand to their fullest potential. Patience is not my virtue, but I feel better about being able to enjoy each of the stages.

Although this is about a year old, I chose to watch it for some ideas for in front of our house this year. I love the cottage idea, but I get a little insecure when it comes to combining colors and textures. I know what I like, but it doesn’t always turn out quite like I’d hoped. Thanks for this great video! Just love what you do! 💖

Really helped me. I now know what went wrong in my 'cottage' garden. ...especially, the 'soldiers ' throughout .

You make me want to plant ALL the things in my yard!! 😂😂😂😂

Laura: This is so amazing. You put together a variety of colors that makes the garden pop out. Thank you for walking us through it.

So excited to see you talk about my favorite, cottage style gardening! Your tips are just what I needed, esp the one about planting in straight lines! I LOVED your color palette and how you explained how to use it to keep it cohesive, yet let the eye drift around and also use textures. I have a bad habit of buying a bunch of different plants I like and trying to make it work, instead of buying several of the same kind and actually making it look like something! I am learning so much from you... thank you!!!

I have a cottage garden and I love how it changes from year to year. Every year there is a surprise.

This was one of my favorite videos! I love learning about the different styles of gardens (although I think Cottage is my favorite). The color palette is beautiful. I love how the garden is dainty next to the more rustic pallet walkway.

What a sweet garden. I love the soft colors in a garden. But I also love the red roses . You inspire me to want to work in our yard. We have deer so I need to research what I can plant that the deer won’t eat..but still have color in the garden.

I love how the garden looks different at various stages. All beautiful.

These Tips were soooo helpful !!! :) I've been listening to lots of gardening videos on how to do a cottage garden and you are the first one who has explained everything I need to know to get started.Great Information. Thanks for info on spacing, that helps a lot !!

This is my favorite style of garden. They just seem to meander along to me. Love the color and plant choices. Beautiful garden already.

Thank you for showing the Cottage Garden, I have been wanting one and now I am so inspired. I love that you did a little area, that was holding me up, thinking I had to do a large area. So pretty. I love the uniqueness, color and texture of your choices... you bring so much love for gardening through your videos!!!

I love the white roses, your use of purples, and the foliage on the low level, silvery green plants.

Love the cottage style gardening. It fits my gardening personality. I have had formal gardeners look at me like I'm a mess. So I taught them different styles.

Love your videos! I love how you explain the whole process and your videos are so professional! The longer they are, the happier I am! I love everything about you and your family!! So sweet!💗

Thanks for the tips, I understand the concept of a cottage garden more now. I love the quiet colour scheme, the filling of the ground, the different heights and textures, and the structures. Something to remember when I design our garden!

You've inspired me so much and your enthusiasm is contagious. I've gotten lazy about planting more flowers but not so this year. I have lots of seeds started and can hardly wait to plant. Thank you for sharing your love for gardening.

Cottage style gardens are my favorite. We’re hoping to have our house repainted in the next year or two, and then I would like to do a cottage garden bed along the front of our house. I just love the whimsy of it. ❤️

💞💞💞💞 I really loved this video not just because of the plants but the time you took to explain everything you where doing... would love to see more of this type of video!!!! Much love 😍😍😍😍

Thank you so much for this video! I've read numerous articles on how to start a cottage garden, but this is the first guide I've found that was actually helpful for a total novice gardener like me (tips like plant in clumps and no straight lines). I'm so excited to get started!

Laura your video's are always awesome to me I gain some of you idea's to add different things into my gardens. Most of what I try to plant is shrubs and things that come up year after year..Aaron you do a great job with your camera such a sweet memory to share with us all.

I love cottage gardens and all my gardens follow this style. Thanks for the tips. One my fav things you do, take a blank space and make it beautiful! So inspiring!

Absolutely loved this video! So informative especially for new Gardner’s who don’t really know how or where to start. 👍🏽👍🏽

Oh such great ideas for my coffee with Laura this morning! I am writing these ideas down for a spot at work that I think we can do this and the children will love it!

Love the way you explain the garden. Anchor plants, accent plants, structure, watch your videos all the time and learn something new. Hugs to the kiddos!

Cottage style gardens are my absolute favorites! So so pretty!

Thank you so much for the cottage garden tips! Really enjoyed this video and learned a lot in a short amount of time. Thanks for all you do! Happy Father’s Day to Aaron! Hope it’s a great one! ❤️🌸

Another fantastic video! I love cottage gardens! I have 3 long and narrow flower beds that have been working on since we bought our house 3 years ago. It’s so fun to buy all kinds of flowers and watch the garden change a little each year. I love to plant bright, loud colors that stand out against our pale yellow house. 🌺🌷🌼🌸🌻🌹

Can't wait to get started here in Missoula MT, in my new little yard! Had amazing cottage gardens w/many various vintage gates (still have), I collected over 25 years. Had a picket fence around my big side yard at my home in Frenchtown MT on wooded 5 acre property. It all evolved over a 26 yr period into charming/amazing smells/sites. Started it all when my twin boys were babies, by digging from a couple different friends gardens. Thank you for this tranquil video, as I start all over🌸🌿

We just put in a cottage garden and I so wish I had watched this video first!! You gave some great info, if we end up making any changes to ours in the upcoming years, I’ll be sure to follow some of this advice!

I liked the tips about spacing and having different heights and textures in the garden. Something for me to think about thank you.

Laura... This was so fun. I've been gardening for many years but I always learn something from your videos. Always nice to get a new perspective. I also get excited when you bring up something that I do as well. Gardening does involve patience and is a work in progress. Love from Colorado.

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I had already decided on doing a small cottage garden (mostly shade loving plants) in front of our river home. You made that process SOOOOO much easier to negotiate (color, pattern, scent and form) I've already played this twice and have made notes on your 10 tips! You could not have timed this video any better for me!! Cannot wait to see how yours looks at the end of the season and then at the height of next season for comparison! Thank you, once more!

Love Nepeta along a walkway especially with the roses, classic cottage garden, so pretty

Ok, seems I have a cottage garden! No soldiers here 😉😄! There may be hope for my garden yet! Thank you for the inspiration.

i just came across this video this am. We moved to our new home last fall and have been dying to plant some new items in our front flower bed. This helps me so much. Thank you

Im learning from you Laura! My garden looks like the garden fairy barfed every color! Time to learn some refinement and purpose. Thank you so much. I love how much you love to garden! Already has 🐝 buzzing around! 👏🏻!

Thanks for the education! I have a new cottage in northern Michigan that I will be landscaping soon. I’m so used to a formal boxwood with annuals garden in our subdivision it’s inspiring to see something different.

One of my favorite videos to date! So beautiful! Love the colors, the textures and the flower choices. So beautiful!

YESSSSS sit down and teach the kids. We need to knowwww. Great rules and love seeing it in action. Cant wait to see this garden fill out juxtapose to your more formal style!

This is my favorite video. I love seeing the planning process and the systems Laura uses for building a flower bed. I revisit this video every time I start a new project and I love seeing updates on this area (which may not happen anymore because of the new patio… boohoo!)

I found your channel a few weeks ago and have watched dozens of your videos, this one is one of my favs!!! I am new to gardening and couldn't quite piece together my style, but this NAILED it! I love the cottage style so much! So free & whimsical. I also have 3 large full sun flower beds that are almost completely empty, thanks for the wonderful inspiration! Can't wait to try some PW plants in my gardens.

You’re garden is just absolutely beautiful! You’re such an inspiration and give me sooo many ideas! This is my first year gardening and I actually plan on expanding my garden next year and so I absolutely love your videos. You’re my favorite gardener!

Hi Laura and Aaron! I love the look of a cottage garden and the colors you chose are my favorites, too. Happy Father's Day Aaron! Thank you for sharing!

I reeeaaalllyyy love this type of video. I'm new to gardening and love this type of garden. It's so helpful to see the thought process. I'd love to see a similar video and/or get suggestions on plants for a cottage *shade* garden. Happy fathers day, Aaron! ❤️

I missed seeing Russell in this video. He always makes me smile. Thanks for the tips and the lovely results of your cottage garden.

Cottage gardens are my favorite and it’s what I aim for in my garden...I love it

Thank you!! It's 2021 and I'm working on my little seaside garden that I now know is a cottage garden, thanks to you! I love a sweet, wild garden planted with thought and creativity. My spaces aren't very big, about as big as the garden in this video, and I've worked so hard on color and placement. Your 10 tips were beyond helpful, bc they answered many questions I've had about, "am I doing this right?" So thank you again Laura, I'm a cottage gardener!

I'm am learning exponentially with every video of yours that I watch. I'm one of 'those' people who loves to assimilate as much information as they can, so I'm hoping if I listen to these more than seventeen times I'll commit them to memory 🤣! It is so therapeutic to engage in any form of gardening, even if one only watches someone else do it, so you're being an immense benefit to those of us with anxiety issues, as well as folks who need gardening guidance. Thank you for all you do, and God Bless. 💜🕯🙏🏻

Laura ~ I Love That You Decided To Continue The ' Pallet Walkway ' Beyond The Chicken Coop. This Entire Area Is So Charming ! I Can't Help But To Describe It As . . . French Country Chic' . . . Well Done My Friend !

Thank you for saying it's ok to have open space in the garden / plant bed while you wait (years!) for things to grow! My front plant beds are a work in progress. I lost 80% of my plants after foundation repair and a new roof on the house and I think I have more mulch than plants right now, but trying to be patient and see how things grow in before adding more things in.

Hats off too you Laura after seeing this garden mature some, it is absolutely beautiful. 😍

Thanks for the tips I love your garden Laura!!

Thank you! I believe you hit home! I have been looking for a starting point for my garden that is in full sun and this I think is an awesome start. Thank you! 💖

I don't have time for the formal garden style. I love a cottage garden. All you tips are excellent. I have incorporated plant and purchased products you have mentioned. And your videos motivate my husband.... Lol. Thank God for that.. xoxox

I love how you explain the plants. You have a gift with gardening. Beautiful!🌸

Great video! Loved to see an explanation on how to plan a cottage style garden.🌺🌿🌸👍🏻❤️

Gorgeous! I think this is one of my favorite beds, loving the roses they are so beautiful. What a nice video to watch on Father's Day. Tell Aaron to have a great day. Thanks again, see you soon.

This is our style of gardening and we love it. The free form and evolution is really fun.

my favorite garden bed you've planted!! I'm using this exact variety and layout in my 3 new garden beds. thanks Laura!!💗

Love the introduction of the next year plants, yarrow and allium! They are so pretty. This is a beautiful garden. The roses !!! The clematis, cats pajamas!! Everything! 💕💕💕

Absolutely beautiful. I live for videos like this. You’re always so helpful. Each video is filled with good stuff, thank you! 🌷🌳🍃🌸

I love your cat. I'm sure you hear that constantly. Girl I have spent so much money on plants and seeds this year because you show us so many beauties. I'm from Wyoming zone 4. It's still snowing here. With more snow on the way. Your show keeps me sane.

That was super helpful. I inherited a cottage garden and have felt so confused by it. This was just what I needed - the tips fit what I’ve been trying to do. I’ve pulled out what I didn’t like (mostly), added a Indonesian boat bench and some stepping stones and pots, and it looks so much better. It still seems chaotic, but the structural elements help so much! I also have a trellis for a new clematis. I’m anxious to see how it does.

Pure joy in these difficult times. Thanks so much for the inspiration🤗

Laura, We need an update on this area this year. I love the cottage garden.

Thank you so very much for taking the time to explain the theory and design of a cottage garden. I am in awe of all of your flowers and plants, however I have a particular fondness for the cottage garden. You are am amazing teacher and I have learned so much from watching your videos.

How lovely! I have been watching your videos for a few weeks now..I haven't planted anything yet, just learning and taking notes. But in my mind I have a dreamy enchanting garden like your parents. 😊🌺🌿🌼🥀🌿

The cottage garden is beautiful I love the color palette

Love this style of garden, so refreshing, thank you for the inspiration. We’ve recently built our home on our farm and I’m now living in what used to be a cow pasture lol, coming from a home we had lived in for 20 years so my flower beds there were really taking shape and were well established... this blank slate I’ve been given . Is a little overwhelming and I keep reminding myself the last place took time too.. shopping the clearance racks st the garden center has helped me in stretching my Garden budget and starting plants from seeds has helped too..

Cottage gardens are the best. Yours turned out beautifully.

I’m loving this cottage garden variety so helpful to watch as well since I’m rearranging my front yard.

Laura this is one of my favorite areas in your garden. My entire garden is in English Cottage style. I just love the way the informal look of the plantings compliment one another but the colors are so perfect. You have great taste.

What a Beautiful Cottage garden. Loving the pretty colors and the different flowers. Cottage gardens are my Favorite.. Thank You for Sharing 🌼🌼🌼 Happy Fathers Day Aaron.

Its so pretty love the colors ,cottage gardens are so peaceful looking

Loved the tips and found them very helpful. I love the cottage garden style and this was one of my favorite videos. I share the love of purples, pinks and the softer colors.

Loved this one!!! I found it super helpful and very inspiring 💕🌱👍🏻👍🏻😍 and those roses with the catmint 😍

I really enjoy your videos and your style of explaining thank you Laura !

How beautiful those white roses are

Thank you for this confirmation that it takes years and that it is a process. I just started my cottage garden. Started with just roses last year. Adding plants this year...friend giving me plants and me buying my own. Then some small urns. This garden is slowly revealing itself. That's the fun...

Omg sooo nice 👍 I really want a cottage garden! They are soo neat 😆❤️🌱🌷🌹🤗🌲