"How to Add the Perfect Finishing Touches to Your Small Cottage Garden with a Beautiful Fence!"

A few years ago, I created the cottage garden of my dreams and absolutely loved it.

In that garden, I planted boxwood shrubs to give the illusion of separation. It worked, but it was not giving me the cottage feel I was looking for. So, I have decided to add a fence.

Let's see how we created the cottage garden to begin with:

We rototilled, added pavers, and architectural details. Then planted perennials and the boxwood shrubs for definition. Again, I loved the garden but wanted a more cottagey look.

We found these lengths of fencing at Home Depot, which were perfect for the small space. Choosing a paint color was made easy thanks to Linda Vater and her YouTube gardening series. Her Potager Garden has a fence painted with a beautiful brown-bronze color that would complement my rusty wrought iron trellis that I found on Facebook Marketplace. Linda very generously shared her paint color in a post along with the formula. All I had to do was go to the paint store and have it made up!

First, we dug all the holes, then added the posts, put rocks all around, and backfilled with dirt.

Before starting to build the fence, we measured, then dug out trenches with a shovel and spade, using a level to ensure everything was even. To erect the fence, we used clamps to hold it together while we attached it with screws.

While the garden fence was already in place and looking good, the entrance lacked a finishing touch. I immediately thought of two salvaged pillars we had bought a couple of years ago. It took a significant amount of modification, including sawing, gluing, and adding wood to the base to increase their height to fit the space. When they were ready, we dug holes, positioned the pillars, filled them with rocks, then backfilled with soil. Although the result was pleasing, we felt it needed something extra at the top. After searching through my house, I came across two resin candle holders that I thought would work. I painted them to match the color of the fence, sealed them, and placed them on the posts using heavy-duty adhesive. It was the perfect finish!

It was a lot of work, but the end result was worth it!

Next up, a glass of wine on the patio looking at our cottage enclosed with our beautiful new garden fence!

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