Layering the Garden

 

I have always looked at garden design books and been completely underwhelmed. I see amazing borders with all of these flowers, shrubs, and trees that fill in with each season and make a full landscape around the garden. I often look at these and wonder how it is to be achieved without owning a garden center. So, I decided it was okay to start layering and filling in my garden with just what I have: a few spring bulbs from the grocery store. 

It is okay to start small and add a little every year. This has been the way I have approached this. 

A cottage is small and not ostentatious. The cottage garden should be too. 

The cottage garden should be practical and full of things you can use or you enjoy to looking at. I have never had many spring bulbs. So, I have finally added just a few to brighten the spring landscape and give some color to a season that will pass all too fast.

In Victory,

Sherry