A Cottage Garden to Obsess Over

A Cottage Garden to Obsess Over

Michigan gardener Lucy Ortiz creates a feeling of lush abundance in the small yard around her cottage. 

Text by Vicki Ingham

When Lucy Ortiz and her husband moved to Michigan from Nashville, Tennessee, they downsized from a house on 3½ acres to a home with a tiny yard. It was supposed to be temporary until they could build, but Lucy began a garden anyway.