The English Cottage Garden Author:Jane Taylor, Andrew Lawson An intricate mix of beauty, utility, wildness, and domestication: that's the quintessential British garden. From its medieval beginnings as a yard for livestock and vegetables, the cottage garden became a retreat for the gentry of the 17th century, and then took on a new dimension of sophistication-without relinquishing its original functional r... more »oots. Take a tour through rows of medicinal herbs, topiary, woodland, meadow flowers, and even exotic species. A lasting tribute to a classic form of planting.« less