Dark cottage core garden

Read about 10 great picks for the Goth garden. These plants with black foliage and dark burgundy leaves will go along way towards helping you create the Goth garden of your dreams. Get inspired before your next trip to the plant nursery!

Not all landscapes need to be bright and cheery—we gardeners, in fact, crave more complexity, even a note of gravitas, in our gardens. Deep, richly colored foliage brings drama to a garden like nothing else, and few flowers have the stop-and-look-at-me impact that black flowers do. Adding a few moody hues to your plant palette is often a slick design move, but there are a few tricks to doing it well.

It's time to rethink your assumptions about goth gardens. This deliciously dark theme offers a wealth of design inspiration that all gardeners can learn from.

A lush shady container garden with black plants - Black flowering plants - best outdoor plants for adding darkness and depth to your planting design. Black plants will brighten other colors and create sophistication. Learn more about how to pair dark leaved plants and black flowers with other colors to create more texture and garden design interest in your landscape.

The best goth gardens provide interest throughout the seasons, so choose plants and hardscape that keep your goth garden looking great—in a spooky way—throughout the year.

Incorporating Victorian style garden ideas into your outdoor space can create a timeless and enchanting retreat. From shaped beds to ornate ornaments, each element contributes to the overall charm. Why not start planning your Victorian-inspired garden today? With a little effort, you can create a beautiful outdoor oasis that stands the test of time.

In the beginning, the cottage as I first saw it, May 2004. Autumn 2015…over 1,000 trees and hundreds of shrubs later. The back of the cottage fences off with barbed wire and ridden with rushe…

Here are some Halloween gardening ideas. Creating a gothic garden is all about embracing deep, dark colors, dramatic textures.