Cottage gardens have a timeless appeal, and even more so in 2025 with the trend towards an informal, lived-in look. Here’s how to move away from pristine, clipped gardens to more romantic ones ...

But don’t get ahead of yourself. Glance forward at what we’ll be facing next week and it’s all going to come to a sudden halt as winter returns. Let’s chat about things that do need to be done soon, ...

If you have beds that are still empty or where cool-season annuals didn’t fare so well, you can plant frost-hardy annuals such as petunias, wallflowers, sweet alyssum, cyclamen, larkspurs ...

They grow well in both sun and shade but need protection from afternoon sun. The tall spires of foxgloves, delphinium, larkspurs, penstemon and snapdragons add height to a cottage garden and were ...