Rustic cottage garden ideas - top cottage garden plants, thrifting inspiration & making a border

🏡 The techniques used to create this rustic Cottage Garden can be applied to turning an empty lawn into a Cottage Garden.

🌿 Upcycled and thrifting tips were used to create this garden, with items such as an old hay trailer, a tin from their cottage, and pots collected over time.

🌻 The garden is anchored to a rustic Cottage Garden cabin, created out of an old hay wagon, known as the Dacha.

💦 A pond was created using an old boiling pot for fence posts, buried in the ground, and no lining was needed due to its previous use.

🌸 The garden is zoned into three sections, with an open lawn, a seating area around a mature ash tree, and borders reached through an upcycled arch.

🌺 The no dig method was used to create the borders, using poles, cardboard, and horse manure to fill the spaces before planting.

🌼 Plants that do well in the area were chosen for the garden, with the verbena, lamb's ears, tall campanula, and agastache Black Adder being recommended for an easy Cottage Garden.

🚪 Paths and arches were created to provide access to the borders and the meadow area at the bottom of the garden, which features mismatched chairs, rusting farm machinery, and a Victorian water carrier as a decorative feature.

🌍 Cottage Garden themes can be adapted to suit different regions and indigenous plants, such as in the Cottage Gardens found in Australia or classic English Cottage Gardens.