In the days of old England, peasants owned small homes with small gardens and acted as workers in the small villages. These gardens, despite their small size, had to be able to supply the entire family with all of their gardening needs. The kitchen garden would consist of fruits, herbs and vegetables, and sometimes even flowers would be grown. The most popular flowers that you will find in this style of country garden landscaping includes hollyhocks, herbs, daisies and delphiniums. One of the most popular herbs that you will find in an English country garden landscaping project is mint. English cottage gardens and country gardens exhibit a style that has evolved through time based on necessity, and now these garden styles are rich with mystical charm, rich color and beautiful scents.
Learning how to plant a basic English country garden is actually simple. The important thing to understand is the fact that home grown produce was vital to the survival of these peasants in the past. While you may not rely as heavily on growing your own produce as was common place in the past, your English country garden landscape will be able to provide some delicious sustenance for your family by giving you a chance to grow your own herbs, vegetables and fruits. Another option is go to with a garden style the way the landowners or gentry did it. These country gardens were usually very formal in nature with straight lines, box hedges, stone paths and beautiful, wonderful statues or fountains.
A lot of the principles behind the cottage or country garden revolve around the fact that plants and gardens emotionally affect us. The cottage garden concept was actually born of this idea. Claude Monet had an excellent example of a famous cottage garden born from this concept. His garden was full of roses and other plants covering arbors and growing over fences. This informal style of growing tall and wonderful perennials to create a profusion of substance and textures quickly became popular, offering numerous advantages including reducing the number of weeds that grow because branching out plants and trees keep the sun from reaching the ground where the weeds would most surely germinate.
Creating an English country garden should not prohibit you from planting seeds closely together. In fact, this act will help to create the exact look that you should be trying for. Plant feathery and spiky plants together, and combine delicate leaved plants with bold ones. Plant upright plants next to sprawling plants. Let the different textures and colors mingle and mix and you can create something truly wonderful. Combine flowers with fruits, vegetables and herbs and create an excellent all purpose garden, even when you only have a small amount of pace to work with.
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Originally posted 2009-01-13 05:32:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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In the older days of England, many people who worked in small villages kept small homes with tiny gardens. These gardens did not have much space, but they were required to supply the entire family with all of their needs. The kitchen garden, for example, would consist of mixed fruits and vegetables in order to give the families their nutrition. Among the array of 
