#wildromantic

I just love gardens with a wild romantic feel and this one fits the bill perfectly! It is such an art form to achieve this look and not ending up with a garden that appears overgrown and neglected. Finding the balance between formality and an informal planting style and partly allowing nature to do its thing does the trick, I believe. A restraint color palette also helps to keep the garden to stay away from looking restless and chaotic. If you analyse this garden scene you can see that there is structure in form of a neatly clipped boxwood hedge, a two tiered pedestal on with a huge container is placed and lots of hardscape but the planting style is fairly relaxed and informal and plants are allowed to grow between the paving stones. The color scheme is also kept fairly calm by using only purple in different shades and tiny bits of pink and lots of green. Light airy plants like verbena bonariensis as seen in the foreground also assist to create the look. I am curious, what you think of this garden. Please let me know in the comments! Photo was taken in England. #organicgardendreams #cottagegarden #cottagegardenstyle #wildromantic #wildromanticgarden #wildromanticgardens #gardendesign #englishgardens #engkand #britishgardens #purpleplants #cottagegardens #containergardening #containergardening #gardening #garden #gardens #courtyards (at Austin, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK1WOArAEAo/?igshid=1ifeqcftrsa54

Love this wild romantic old dry stacked stone wall overtaken by different varieties of cranesbill, bellflowers, Erigeron karvinskianus (Santa Barbara Daisy or Mexican Daisy) and others. This photo was taken in England but here in Austin, Texas we have plenty of limestone and I hope to create a similar look in my own garden. If Erigeron karvinskianus would grow here that would be wonderful since I really love this little plant! Anybody of you dear followers knows? Wishing you all a wonderful weekend! I hope I get to squeeze some gardening in. It’s always so therapeutic for me! . . . #stackedstonewall #drystackedstonewalls #drystacked #drystackedwalls #drystackedstonewall #england #gardendesign #gardendesigns #gardendesignideas #erigeronkarvinskianus #santabarbaradaisy #mexicandaisy #cranesbill #hardygeraniums #bellflower #campanula #campanulaposcharskyana #wildromantic #cottagegarden #countryside #countryliving #stackedstone #gardening (at England) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Z-YgSAk1l/?igshid=j4rynodoo5g6

This is another shot from the garden in Devon, England with the forgotten name that I published a photo of two posts ago and that many of you liked so much. How about this perspective? The incredibly beautiful octagonal greenhouse with the wild romantic cottage garden style plantings surrounded by the ancient stone walls just make me swoon. Another magical garden scene in my book. What do you think of this one? Does it let your gardener‘s heart beat a bit faster, too, or is it not so much your thing? . . . #cottagegardenstyle #cottagegarden #wild #romantic #romanticcottagegarden #romanticcottagegardens #devon #england #greenhouse #octagonal #octagonalgreenhouse #gardening #gardens #gardendesign #gardendesignideas #englishgarden #englishgardenstyle #englishgardens #wildromantic #wildromanticgarden #wildromanticgardens #walledgarden #walledgardens #walledgardensengland (at Devon, England) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAu8vwxgr1m/?igshid=i4vq0ip3u02u

The wild romantic cottage garden style is one of my absolute favorites and the Brits have cultivated it to perfection! Here the beautiful stone urns planted up with succulents bring in just the right amount of order and formality to juxtapose the happily scrambling plants in the round flower bed to their feet and the hedges and evergreens provide a calming background for the eye. I think, a perfect balance of the various elements is achieved here! How about you? Is the cottage garden style also speaking to your heart? Or do you prefer other garden styles? The photo was taken at Mill Dene Garden located in small village of Blockley in the Cotswolds, England. #cottagegarden #cottagegardens #cottagegardenstyle #gardenstyles #wildromantic #romantic #stoneurns #beautiful #succulents #milldene #milldenegarden #milldenegardens #blockley #cotswolds #england #organicgardendreams #garden #gardens #gardening #evergreens #greenbackdrop (at Blockley)

Abundance - I love gardens that are planted to the brim! That is probably why the English cottage garden style is so appealing to me. Photo taken in a private garden in Adlestrop, England. #abundance #cottagegarden #cottagegardenstyle #garden #gardens #gardendesign #privategarden #england #wild #romantic #wildromantic #love (at Adlestrop, Gloucestershire)