Cottage Garden or Traditional Gardens have very a distinct style and there uniqueness lies in the kind of plants, design and features used in the garden. They are truly native and many people love them for their sheer beauty and rawness. Cottage Gardens are generally known for their dense and voluminous plants and shrubs.
You can easily design a beautiful cottage garden in your own backyard or front yard using some specific native and exotic plant varieties that can transform the entire garden. The first thing that you need to concentrate on is the garden design. Most of the native plants and ornamental grasses are clump forming and they have dense growth so it is important to keep these things in mind while planning the design.
You will have to prepare spacious flower beds so that the plants get enough space to spread freely. You can create more volume and make the beds look dense by planting herbaceous plants that have amazing foliage. Mass planting of wildflowers and other perennial flowering plants can also help in achieving the desired effect.
Apart from this, to get a more natural and spontaneous effect, you can use filler plants that are dainty and pretty. You can use plants that produce tiny flowers or attractive ferns and grasses for this purpose. Filler plants can create a beautiful background and compliment the other flowering plants. Growing ornamental grasses and sedges in the garden can help in adding a vertical presence to the landscape making it more interesting.
While planning the landscape it is also crucial to ensure that you include different varieties of wildflowers and other flowering plants to create seasonal interest. Plant varieties blooming at different times of the year can make sure that your garden does not remain bare and dull in a particular season.
Different features and elements also contribute towards a well designed landscape. There are specific features like wooden fences, wooden bird houses, stone pathways, artistically carved rocks and other antique materials that can be used to achieve the maximum results. All such rugged and antique features add to the overall look.