Kathy Pickering’s rustic cottage garden, newly created out of a strip of field is a masterclass in creating a garden from scratch without spending lots of money. Creative upcycling ideas, long-flowering cottage garden plants and how to create a border without having to dig up the grass.
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00:00 Rustic cottage garden welcome
00:23 Garden dimensions.
00:59 Cottage garden cabin – Kathy’s ‘dacha’ – upcycled ideas
01:57 Second-hand, vintage and recycled garden pots
02:25 Garden trellis made from a sofa seat
02:50 View of garden from the verandah
02:54 My very rough plan of the garden
03:33 Old farm equipment turned into a wildlife pond
04:15 Corrugated iron re-used as garden edging
04:40 Central cottage garden borders including recycled garden arch
05:47 Creating a new border on a field or lawn
06:19 No Dig for Flower Borders video: https://youtu.be/MqfFOdup8Wc
06:29 Kathy’s top long-flowering cottage garden plants
09:52 How to access very full borders of flowers to dead-head or weed
10:29 DIY hazel arches
11:18 Meadow area of garden
12:09 Videos on how to create your own cottage garden wherever you live:
Cottage garden mashup video: https://youtu.be/dZoaPY86hnY
How to create a cottage garden video: https://youtu.be/u0Me96RiM5c
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47 Comments
Very enjoyable, tfs!
If Alex you fancy a flight over to see my gardens it may prove Edwardian art and craft lives on outside my native England
Thanks for naming the plants!!! There's so much inspiration
🌼🌸🌾ENJOYED🌺🪻🎋
Loved this video. Picked up several tips & ideas.
Great inspiration!
The vast majority of the world would garden on this scale — little to no financial investment, incremental changes, growing and propagating our own things. Thank you for featuring this type of garden that is accessible to so many of us.
Wonderful!!
I love her garden, full of great ideas that are beautifully implemented. Thank you!
A creosote covered pot for a pond?? That's like making bread with risen-laden flour. 🤦
Perfect video, Alexandra! Just what I needed to keep me motivated in this heat and humidity. Thank you.
I love her creativity with all the recycled items. Great inspiration for those of us with limited creative ability.
I loved that garden and of course Kathy the gardener! Lovely to see Kathy getting so much pleasure from her garden without spending a fortune. Lessons for us all there I think. 💚
Good afternoon Alexander, when I opened the video there was this beautiful pink stargazer lily sight. No wonder they look so spectacular, as Kathy mentioned 15 year old horse manure!! I find the more lilies are fed the better they perform. The white lilies are also spectacular. Kathy's garden is such a treat to wander through. I could get lost there. It was such a pleasure to visit there, thank you for taking us with. Do take care, many blessings. Much love, Elize.
It’s beautiful – and so rustic! I like the way she lays the bed s so she has acces from all sides.
This was lovely. Truly enjoyed it and very good tips, indeed.
Her flower garden's are absolutely beautiful. I love that she brings stuff in, to put in the garden's. I love it so much. Ans alot of her stuff is from seed, that's what I do sometimes
My zinnias have went crazy and I love it.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I love your garden tours of gardens in places I will never be able to visit (Australia) and the discussion with the professional gardeners. I really love the smaller private garden tours with gardeners who enjoy their own gardens. I learn a lot from each one. And you fabulous in blue!
Very creative, …love it.
What an absolute delight! Absolutely love everything about this garden. Thanks as always Alexandra.
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I like the dried flowers wound in the arbor so much!
So good to see you again🥰
I enjoy your videos and sharing your knowledge with your viewers. Marvelous video.
Hello, I've been watching your videos for about seven years,first from Ireland then from Tennessee in US.I want you to know how much I have enjoyed them. I have had a lot of stress these last few years and I can watch one of your videos and feel that everything will get better,thank you. I have two questions 1 what happened to your lovely white dog? 2 are you posting fewer videos?Thank you for all you do
Lovely garden and such a beautiful example of using repurposed items. Thank you for the new ideas 💚
Absolutely inspirational Alexandra. Thank you for taking us along.
Just love the cottage garden style.
I'd love to see a video that focuses on how to design and create a garden focal point or small vignette; a beginner gardener can spruce up a small corner or seating area for much less money and effort than a whole border or larger area. I've just been noticing how many of my neighbors have enhanced their front gardens by this method, even though the rest of the area may be just lawn or minimal landscaping. Just an idea 😅 really enjoy your videos and blog!
Charming,absolutely charming. I may begin knocking on doors whenever I spot what appears to be unwanted items 😂
Truly enchanting and my type of garden.
Splendid! It is impressive that the garden is only 2 years old. Gives me some hope. I like her style!!!!
Lovely garden
I wished we could have seen inside the lovely summer house xx❤️❤️❤️❤️
What a wonderful garden. Thanks for sharing it with us!
What is the name of your other channel that has behind the scenes??
That's such a beautiful garden 🌸👍
I loved this Alexandra! Some great plants in Kathy's garden. Thank you
Oh my goodness sakes this garden was heavenly 💓 l live in Memphis Tennessee…many great ideas… hopefully my garden will be happy like her's….😅
Really love this garden, loose and beautiful ❤. Thank you for sharing.
Gorgeous garden, some excellent ideas and not too expensive.
I think this is one of the best gardens you have featured, just lovely ❤
Really great presentation, Alexandra! Gardener's can't be shy when it comes to asking for cuttings, seeds, and 'old junk' that catches your eye. I need to redo the sheet mulching in a large area that went crazy with weeds due to our California rain this year. I spotted a two-foot pile of heavy duty cardboard about the size of a small car beside the driveway of a lady I've met while out on walks. Sure enough, her daughter had just bought a lot of furniture and was bemoaning the need to cut down the cardboard to fit in their bin. Husband and I came by with our truck and took it away. Win-win. We had steady rain for twelve hours and some strong wind, but we were lucky that Hurricane Hilary jogged to the east of San Diego, after down-grading to a tropical storm. Still some flooding, but our coastal waters are too cold to maintain the strength of the storms that hit Mexico and the Gulf Coast. Lots of leaves to rake, but grateful none of our trees came down.
I so appreciate someone with a unique style and personality to their design. Plus, it feels right at home in her landscape.
The garden is so beautiful. I love all the stories of how she found the materials. She's so bold.
Fab💚✨👍
Another cracking video from you!
Love your tours! Thank you for all your hard work! Cheers!
How inspirational – so much beauty without a huge price tag!