cottage style water garden

This is perhaps the most romantic water garden, with vegetable plots, chicken runs, apple trees and compost heaps. The cottage style water garden has a lot of meandering paths and herbs and wild flowers all around. These traditional components make up the water garden.

It is essential for the design to have both water and a kitchen garden. It is up to you to decide which one of the two you would want to make the main feature in the garden. When you are making this decision you will need to decide on the balance that is suitable for you.

Is it right for my garden?

A cottage-style water garden can be shaped to be ideal for any position - but the vegetables will do well when the site is sunny and covered. You need to assess your water garden.

You could have a large pond with just a small patch of vegetables, a massive kitchen-garden area with a small water feature, a courtyard filled with vegetables and with spouting mask or lines of vegetables around a large pond - it all depends upon the size and character of your garden.