cottage garden

collocation in English

meaningsofcottageandgarden

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cottage
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒt.ɪdʒ/us
/ˈkɑː.t̬ɪdʒ/
a small house, usually in ...
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garden
noun
uk
/ˈɡɑː.dən/us
/ˈɡɑːr.dən/
UK
a piece of land next to and belonging to a house, where flowers and other plants are grown, and often containing an area ...
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(Definition ofcottageandgardenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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What would be the value of acottagegardendetached from the cottage?
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Another source of cross-pollination is the casual seed crop taken by the allotment grower and the neglected plants in thecottagegarden.
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If one likes, the voluntary sector is thecottagegardenof our country where individuality, diversity, eccentricity, indeed anarchy, flourish and should flourish.
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The point about thecottagegardenis that it is not a separate hereditament.
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But, putting that aside, if the making of thatcottagegardenwas no improvement to the farm, there would he no compensation payable when the tenant went out.
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They certainly did not have the capital to spend upwards of £1,000 on their property, and so they decided to sell a piece of thecottagegarden.
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A newcottagegardenwas added in 2000, with heath, marsh, and dune areas again reworked in 2001.
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In addition, there are modern varieties of flowers that fit into thecottagegardenlook.
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Today herbs are typically thought of as culinary plants, but in the traditionalcottagegardenthey were considered to be any plant with household uses.
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In the gardens there is a topiary lawn, herb garden, tropical garden and long herbaceouscottagegarden-styled borders.
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It can be situated under established trees or at the top of retaining walls, or used in acottagegardensetting.
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The site of this church is now acottagegarden.
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Thecottagegardenis designed to appear artless, rather than contrived or pretentious.
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Like many oldcottagegardenannuals and herbs, it freely self-sowed, making it easier to grow and share.
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English in origin, thecottagegardendepends on grace and charm rather than grandeur and formal structure.
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Informal climbing plants, whether traditional or modern hybrids, are also a commoncottagegardenplant.
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The traditionalcottagegardenwas usually enclosed, perhaps with a rose-bowered gateway.
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Today the garden contains a medicinal garden, daylily garden, arboretum, pond, rose garden,cottagegarden, and meadow.
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Modern cottage gardens frequently use local flowers and materials, rather than those of the traditionalcottagegarden.
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Robinson's source of inspiration was the simplecottagegarden, long neglected by the fashionable landscapists.
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