London Cottage Garden

Blogging about cottage garden style in a town garden

Compromises in a town cottage garden – Six on Saturday June 23rd

Posted By: Julie Quinn - June 23rd, 2018 - climbing plants, fences, pond, pond care, Style, vertical planting, Wildlife

Six small samples of having to accept things as they are when you have a small garden

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Six on Saturday 10th March 2018

Posted By: Julie Quinn - March 10th, 2018 - pond, Shrubs, Shrubs, Wildlife, Winter

An exciting frog invasion, frogspawn, snowdrops, red berries and more

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Six on Saturday 24th February 2018

Posted By: Julie Quinn - February 24th, 2018 - Maintenance, Planting and pruning, Pots and containers, Shrubs, Wildlife, Winter

Today’s Six on Saturday looks at the changes in my cottage garden after I’ve been away for a week in coldest Norway. As I write it’s snowing though……..

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Six on Saturday 20th January

Posted By: Julie Quinn - January 20th, 2018 - Bulbs, Choosing plants, Permanent planting, Shrubs, Trees, Wildlife, Winter

Tree planting, snowdrops showing, decaying leaves, scented shrubs compost and more.

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Six on Saturday – January 6th

Posted By: Julie Quinn - January 7th, 2018 - Maintenance, Permanent planting, Pots and containers, Shrubs, Wildlife, Winter

I spent today in the garden – here’s what I did. These stumps are what’s left of salvia Amistad which flowered 5ft high from June to Christmas. The snow and storms finished it off. I suppose I could sit and look at these sticks for 6 months and see if they burst into life next

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Six delights on a Saturday

Posted By: Julie Quinn - August 12th, 2017 - Maintenance, Permanent planting, Planting and pruning, Summer, Wildlife

This baby robin kept me company the whole afternoon just inches from my hands as I gently worked in the border. Our cat slept on the car bonnet and ignored the birds (which luckily he always does.) Here I love the way the Virginia creeper is decorating the cat flap This trachelospermum has, without

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