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    Cottage Garden

    Backyards for Wildlife Garden Design Fact Sheet

    What is a Cottage Style Garden?


    The cottage garden is an old-fashioned, charming garden
    style that originated in England. Plants are usually chosen
    for their pretty flowers, colours, shapes, textures and
    perfumes, as well as different heights, from groundcovers
    to climbers, and seasonal variety.
    Traditional cottage gardens require a huge amount of
    water and lots of fertiliser, as well as regular pruning and
    trimming to look fabulous all the time. Therefore, it is one of
    the most time- and water-consuming garden styles.
    However, it is not just a dream to create your cottage
    garden in the Adelaide area, even with the intense
    pressure of water restrictions. By using water-wise local
    native plants you can develop a cottage garden which
    requires much less water and little maintenance to thrive.
    What’s more, imagine the colourful butterflies and birds
    sharing your garden drinking the nectar of your plants! 2. Prepare the garden beds well before planting. Good
    soil preparation can ensure a successful survival rate. A
    well matured compost mix applied in your garden beds
    will increase the water-holding capacity of the soil, which
    benefits both plants and your water budget.
    3. Select indigenous plants that are sourced from local
    provenance seeds. Use a variety of plants that flower
    across the seasons to provide food for fauna and colour
    for your garden.
    4. Arrange your plants informally but carefully. Mix and
    match your plants to create an informal patchwork effect.
    Examples of Adelaide native plants suitable for a cottage style
    garden: Unify your garden by using plants in groups instead of
    Top (left to right): native flax, black-anther flax-lily, beaked hakea, “one of everything”, as this will make the garden spotty.
    silver banksia
    Bottom (left to right): native lilac, white goodenia, running
    Try to plant some annual species amongst the perennial
    postman, Christmas bush plants, so that they can announce their presence when
    the perennials finish blooming.
    Create Your Cottage Garden Step by Step
    Put plants a bit closer than usually recommended, as
    You can easily develop your own cottage garden design
    cottage gardens are typically overgrown and crowded.
    by simply going into your garden and growing the local
    Plants can grow up together quicker, and the garden will
    native plants you love. However, there are a few
    become full more quickly, leaving less bare ground.
    principles you need to know to match the style:
    5. Create a meandering path about 1m wide through
    1. Strictly follow the frame you created for your cottage
    your cottage garden in a natural material like gravel or
    garden strictly. A cottage garden can easily become a
    sawdust. Border the pathways with low growing plants,
    messy hotchpotch of plantings if you are not careful with
    and allow plants to overgrow the path.
    your frame work. Remember even an apparently relaxed
    disorder of country planting is in fact quite controlled. So 6. Plants will benefit from a gentle trimming, particularly
    never forget to follow a strong underlying framework. after flowering.
    Example of a Cottage Garden using Grey Box and Blue Gum Woodland Species 15m x 10m
    This is an example of a cottage
    garden for locations which were
    once originally Grey Box and Blue
    Gum Woodlands. The plant
    species selected for this design
    are based on a plant list of this
    vegetation association. If you are
    not sure about the association of
    your area, please visit the BFW
    website to find your list.
    There are over 80 species lists for
    different vegetation associations
    in urban northern and southern
    Adelaide. There is also a Native
    Grower’s List and both are
    available on the BFW website
    www.backyards4wildlife.com.au
    Click on the interactive map or
    Nature Maps for your list. If you
    have a trouble finding your list,
    please contact the Urban
    Biodiversity Unit with your suburb.
    You can also substitute plant
    species of each plant type with
    those on your species list if the
    plant you want is unavailable.
    Then you can create your own
    local native garden which
    benefits your local environment. If
    you would like to know more
    information about your local
    native plants, such as height and
    flowering time etc, please visit our
    plant selector through the BFW
    website.
     

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    Department of Environment, Water and Natural
    Resources, with support from the Adelaide & Mount
    Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board
    and the Australian Government.

    For further Information Contact


    Urban Biodiversity Unit, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources
    Wittunga House, 328 Shepherds Hill Road, Blackwood SA 5051
    Telephone: (08) 8278 0600 Facsimile: (08) 8278 0619
    Email Address: [email protected]
    Web Site: www.backyards4wildlife.com.au

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