little cottage garden

We visited my husband's grandparents who live in a countryside. They have the most charming little cottage garden full of beautiful flowers and delicious vegetables. (They are 88 and 90-year-old and they take care of the garden by themselves.) I made lots of pictures and when I told them that I would publish the pictures on my blog they were surprised. They told me that they were ashamed of the state of the house and the garden, they think it looks old and shabby. They would be surprised if they knew that last year's Toast a/w catalog which was shot in Hungary and Romania was styled in a very similar setting. And no one would think it looked old and shabby, only in a good way...