Contemporary Cottage Garden: Climate-Friendly, Mindful Methods for Growing Flowers and Food

Pamela Hubbard

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Book cover for Contemporary Cottage Garden: Climate-Friendly, Mindful Methods for Growing Flowers and Food
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Contemporary Cottage Garden: Climate-Friendly, Mindful Methods for Growing Flowers and Food

Contemporary Cottage Garden: Climate-Friendly, Mindful Methods for Growing Flowers and Food

Pamela Hubbard

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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.

About the Author

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.

Critical Reviews

"Bee balm, gillyflowers, and rocket larkspur are some of the vibrant plants featured in gardener Hubbard's prudent debut guide to creating an English-style cottage garden...she supports her shrewd guidance with her personal experiences growing up around her grandmother's cottage garden in England and eventually building her own in Pennsylvania. The result is a definitive resource for cultivating a thriving cottage garden."--Publishers Weekly

"Whether you're just beginning your gardening journey or have years of experience under your belt, this book offers fresh inspiration and practical ideas for creating a cottage garden that feels both classic and current."--Pond and Garden

"Hubbard effectively frames the cottage garden as a way to address climate change and the ensuing loss of pollinators, to grow food, to grow flowers, to entice kids to become lifelong gardeners, and overall, to ease stress through fragrance, color, sound, and touch."--Booklist

Publishing Information

Publisher: Timber Press (OR)
Pub date: 2026-02-10
Length: 256 pages

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