The Contemporary Cottage Garden

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Title
A01=Pamela Hubbard
A01=Rob Cardillo
Author_Pamela Hubbard
Author_Rob Cardillo
biodiversity
Category=WMD
Category=WMPC
Category=WMPF
children's
climate
cottage
drought tolerant
ecological
English
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eq_home-garden
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eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
forthcoming
garden
meadow
Modern
plants
rain
resilient
sensory
sustainable
vegetables

Product details

  • ISBN 9781643263755
  • Dimensions: 203 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Apr 2026
  • Publisher: Workman Publishing
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Paperback
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A guide to combining the classic cottage garden style with new techniques and plants that meet the needs of modern times.


In The Contemporary Cottage Garden, longtime gardener Pamela Hubbard expertly walks the gardener through what it takes to grow in the cottage garden style-where flowers and vegetables are intermingled in a casual display of colorful brilliance-while also meeting the needs of the modern world in an era of increased weather extremes. An abundance of beautiful photos by Rob Cardillo highlights Hubbard's cottage garden in Pennsylvania, where she has integrated invaluable techniques for cottage gardening in a contemporary way. Gardeners at any stage of their gardening journey will find invaluable insight on:

- Gardening for increased biodiversity and pollinators
- Creating a cottage meadow garden
- Designing a gravel garden for drought-prone areas
- Creating rain gardens for wet areas and fire-wise gardens for arid regions
- Gardening to reduce stress and promote healing
- Instilling a love for the environment in children by creating a children's garden
- Creating a sensory garden

...and more! The cottage garden style has been practiced across time, and Hubbard extends its bountiful possibilities through a modern, ecological lens.

Pamela Hubbard is a garden coach working one-on-one with home gardeners offering tips and advice on all manner of garden and plant-related issues. She is a sought-after speaker for garden clubs, garden shows, and horticultural groups throughout the Northeast and internationally. Her talks are fun, informative, and illustrated with beautiful photographs. Pam has been a garden writer, educator, and speaker for more than 16 years. She writes an award-winning blog, and her monthly newspaper articles, ‘Gardening in the Poconos’, earned a GardenComm 2019 silver medal. Pamela, a master gardener emerita, is frequently asked to train new master gardeners for Penn State Extension. Pam was born in England, where she acquired the love of gardening at her grandmother’s knee. Her gardens were featured in the Summer 2020 edition of Country Gardens magazine and have been awarded three blue ribbons by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. She can be found, endlessly pursuing her dream of recreating her grandmother’s cottage garden, at a small farm in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania.