Cutting Garden Design Kits

Cutting garden common name garden design and plants bring a bit of beauty indoors.

Cutting garden design kits. Welcome friends with fresh flowers in foyers on dinner tables gracing kitchen counters or perched on coffee tables. This perennial cutting garden fills a corner bed that s approximately 390 square feet. My cutting garden is divided into five 2 5 ft.

We first introduced our gardens in a box over a decade ago and despite our efforts we sell out every season. This small raised bed cutting garden edged with low picket fencing will provide cut flowers for many weeks and can be tailored to your color preferences. In my cutting garden i can walk through the rows picking anything in sight.

It s such a delight to see flowers blooming in the garden it s often hard to cut them to bring indoors that s the beauty of a designated cutting garden. The cutting garden in mid july. You ll also need to assemble a cutting kit that includes sharp pointed scissors.

Our pre planned gardens have been professionally designed by some of the biggest names in horticulture. Store it all by the door closest to the cutting garden with a supply of three foot bamboo stakes and a roll of garden twine for supporting top heavy stems and propping up. When i began planting my own gardens as an adult i found that generous bouquets in my home meant a spare show in my garden so before i had even heard the term i planted a cutting garden for more than 10 years my husband and i have hosted weddings in our gardens and grown thousands of cut flowers for these events.

Some even draw butterflies and birds while others deter pests. Our cutting garden will provide a multitude of flowers to use in bouquets and arrangements. This garden design example includes only perennials but you could easily tuck in some zinnias gomphrena cosmos and nigella in between.

When i m done i invariably have an instant no fuss bouquet. Nothing dresses up a home like fresh flowers and growing them yourself is an added bonus. Get the garden plan.