Cottage Garden Design

Cottage Garden Design Functional garden fence designs are those that are not merely ornamental but serve a definite purpose. A mesh garden fence design which is made out of plastic or wire is a very good garden fencing design option if you have a fairly large garden and want to keep out stray animals from entering your garden. It can be used to demarcate the external perimeter of the garden and also as support for some types of plants and creepers. 

It is quite strong and long lasting and does not require any maintenance. The height of the fence should be such that it should keep out animals and pets and ideally should come up to your chest level. More on how to build a fence.

Cottage Garden Design

Cottage gardens are traditionally thought of as English gardens, lushly planted with colorful jumbles of flowers and shrubs, and grown in areas with mild winters and cool summers. Unfortunately, most places in the U.S. outside of the Pacific Northwest do not have the proper climate for an English garden.

Luckily, American cottage gardens are just as beautiful and better adapted to our climate. Still based on the lovely informal array of flowers and shrubs, they are perfectly suited to most informal suburban homes or country lots without the need for a huge English manor garden space that few of us have.

American cottage gardening encompasses using more drought tolerant and native plants, plants that are hardier for cold winter climates, and plants that tolerate and even thrive on the sunshine. The style tends to look natural and free flowing without any plan or design, however does indeed usually have a backbone plan to bring out the best in plant color combinations and textures that compliment each other. That being said, cottage gardens are also places where self seeded plants may be allowed to pop up as they will, and the garden is always a surprise from one season to the next! Flowers, shrubs, vegetables and herbs may share the same beds, and roses abound! Vines soften fences and walls, and furniture and decor is simple and comfortable.