The cottage border in its second spring
A garden in Farnham, designed for a client whose children had grown up and left home, now ready to make the garden entirely her own.
The brief was a densely planted cottage border that would feel truly immersive, somewhere to step into and be surrounded by flowers. The challenge was that the sandy soil ruled out many classic cottage garden plants, roses among them. Getting it right took careful thought and a good knowledge of what would grow in these conditions.
The answer was a border built around Echinacea, Phlox, and Lupins, plants that create the same cottage feel with a typical pink and purple colour palette. A Lutyens bench and wooden obelisks give the border a quietly traditional feel, and somewhere beautiful to sit and enjoy it all.
