Cottage Chic

Written by Bernadette Baczynski • Styled by Sunday Hendrickson
Photographed by Mark Lohman

Garden Profile
Location: Brentwood, California
Type of Garden: English cottage-style flower garden
Size: 1/2 acre
Site Specifics: Part-sun and shade; topsoil amended with compost
Hardiness Zone: 9A
Age: 4 yearsAn English garden surrounds the Nantucketstyle cottage in Brentwood, California, that Teri Ciarlo shares with her husband, Chuck, and twin sons, Luca and Jack. It pays homage to her grandmother, who taught her about gardening when she was a child. "She loved her garden, her fruit trees and her 40 rosebushes, and she loved to entertain," says Teri, a landscape designer. "I'd always help her cut and arrange the flowers for her parties." Her grandmother's influence directed both Teri's personal style and her career.

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