Well, here are my new beds all filled out... not sure if they qualify as cottage gardens, other that the fact that I make a plan and then improvise so much that I might as well throw it out the window! Something important always dies before I get it in the ground, or doesn't germinate, so I start improvising and just fill in spaces. Still learning the habits of many of these plants that are new to me also, so that makes for some crazy combinations...