It is important that garden designs must accentuate the style of your house. In the popular English cottage garden, the house serves as the biggest feature in the garden and it has to be seen in as much angle as possible. Being the focus of the garden, the house should stand out and the flowers and plants must be placed in such manner that they highlight the house. If you are successful with this, you will surely gain a cottage style of gardening that synchronizes with your house. So, how are we going to synchronize our garden to our house? The first thing that you must be reminded of is the fact that this English garden is not for ultra-modern houses. For instance, it would look very odd if you set an ultra modern contemporary house in a cottage garden with its old-fashioned flowers and garden features. While you are planning for your garden, you also have to think about your house because you will fit your designs to your house. Basically, a cottage garden should have climbing plants...