Cottage Garden Mix Art Pack Seeds
Embrace the joyful maximalism of a true cottage garden! This mix is designed to help you create a free-flowing floral fantasy, where blooms spill over paths and mingle in a wild, welcoming, and gloriously overgrown display. It’s a carefully selected blend of cottage garden classics—including Foxglove, Rudbeckia, Daisies, Cosmos, Love in a Mist, Poppies, and Zinnias—that work together to create an ever-changing jungle of flowers. Because each seed is tuned to its own timeline, with some germinating in days and others in weeks, your garden will transform throughout the season into a delightful canopy of color.
To achieve this look of abundant informality, simply scatter the seeds liberally in a spot with partial to full sun. This blend isn't fussy, preferring average soil with fair to good drainage. For a profusion of blooms, be sure the soil is only moderately fertile; excessive nitrogen will favor leaf growth over flowers. Invite in the energy of beautiful chaos and watch as your doorstep is transformed.
Growing Instructions
To achieve the abundant, informal look of a classic cottage garden, you can direct sow this mix around your last frost date or start seeds indoors for transplanting. Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep in a prepared bed with average, well-drained soil and partial to full sun. Sow them densely to ensure a full appearance and to help suppress weeds. Once seedlings are established, you can thin them to approximately 8 inches apart. It is important to use only moderately fertile soil, as excessive nitrogen will encourage lush foliage at the expense of flowers. Be patient, as this blend is designed for a staggered, ever-changing display; some species will germinate in days, while others will take weeks or longer, creating the beautiful chaos of a true cottage garden.
| Days to Germination | Varies |
|---|---|
| Days to Maturity | 60-365 days |
| Planting Depth | 1/4" |
| Row Spacing | 12" |
| Plant Spacing | 8" |
| Height at Maturity | 1'-5' |
| Width at Maturity | Varies |
| Sun Preference | Full Sun (8+ Hours Sun) |
Art Packs
Hudson Valley Seed Co. Art Packs unite practical aspirations in the garden with the universal human desire for beauty, meaning, and joy. Each year, they release a call for art seeking artists to interpret the varieties in their collection, and hundreds of artists apply from across the United States. But there’s a lot more to an Art Pack than the beautiful exterior. Open it up, and a whole seedy world unfolds.
Meet the Makers
Hudson Valley Seed Co is the best source for heirloom and open-pollinated garden seeds and beautiful garden-themed contemporary art. They are a values-driven seed company that practices and celebrates responsible seed production and stewardship. They have our own certified organic farm in upstate New York where they produce much of what they sell.
The folks at Hudson Valley Seed Company are both farmers and storytellers who are committed to growing organically, sourcing locally and sustainably, and preserving crop diversity by selecting unique, rare, and hard-to-find varieties. Every seed in their catalog is open pollinated, many are heirloom and organic, and they are never GMO. They believe that a seed is more than meets the eye: it is a time capsule telling tales of the plants, crops, and people that came before us, and they work with a range of artists as diverse as their seeds to pass those stories down to present and future gardeners.