Midwest cottage garden

With height, bloom time and color in mind, you can create an enchanting cottage garden with ease. Your hard work will be repaid with a low maintenance masterpiece you can enjoy year after year. Plus your vegetable garden will thank you for all the added pollination it receives from the bees and butterflies that flock to your flowers.

The vivid blue flowers bloom in late spring. They’re easy to grow and thrive in full or part sun with little maintenance.

The display gardens are a living classroom; where customers and staff can observe, analyze and share feedback on mature plants and review new plants grown in trial gardens. From plant combinations and species comparisons to lighting conditions, and plant communities, the learning opportunities are unique to each garden.

From clipped boxwoods to native blooms and more, this couple’s hillside garden on Diamond Lake is a sight to behold.

Midwest Home journeys into the private garden of John Bailey, the owner and green thumb behind everything found at Bailey Nurseries.

Cottage gardens are a delightful blend of romance and practicality, a celebration of nature's beauty and bounty. With their informal, lush style, they offer

Like laundry and dirty dishes, weeds are a routine task that needs to get done. In July and August, I find that weeding is my principal garden chore. My approach tends to be proactive–I do my best to prevent problem weeds from gaining a foothold, but I have a very big garden to manage and weeds are happy to take full advantage of any opportunity. Here is a look at my overall approach to weed management. Take stock of any Issues I always begin my time in the garden with a little stroll. I…

Cottage gardens are intentionally casual. Go big on color, but light on labor with this classic, informal garden style.

Lynn Steiner talks about her love for native plants, and how beneficial they are for gardens and pollinators around the world.