Are you longing for a place to find yourself when you need to lose yourself?
Do you love gardening and want to grow your own cut flowers?
Do you love the smell of fresh flowers?
Do you want to be surrounded by flowers, birds and butterflies
as you enjoy a cup of coffee in your garden?
Friends, my garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams.
In a world full of chaos, stress and discord, there is something peaceful, grounding and gratifying about creating your own little world of brightness and beauty in your very own backyard and spreading that feeling to everyone around you.
I encourage you to give gardening a try and experience for yourself all the beauty, joy and contentment that it brings as you tend and watch the flowers grow.
These plants are very easy-to-grow and thrive well in our growing zone (6).
They will produce oodles of flowers for you to enjoy all summer long
and will continue to bloom when flowers are regularly harvested.
They will come in pots and will be ready to be planted in your own garden in mid to late spring. All they need is good soil, sunlight, food, water and plenty of love!
Nothing says summer more than a garden full of zinnias. One of the easiest cut flowers to grow, very low maintenance and a perfect backdrop anywhere in the garden. They are prolific growers and will reward you with endless flowers.
You can't have a cottage garden without this classic favorite. They are beautiful in the garden and in an arrangement.
Celosias are known for their unique textural blooms. They are prolific and thrive in hot and dry conditions.
One of the prettiest fillers for early summer and late spring bouquets that mix well with anything. Beautiful pure white flowers with an intricate lacy pattern. The more you cut, the more it blooms.
Easy to grow and one of the best flowers for drying. They produce papery blooms all summer long and a staple addition to any bouquet.
They are one of my favorite flowers to grow and one of the early bloomers in the garden. Both flowers and seedpods add texture and whimsy to an arrangement.
They bloom continuously from late spring to frost. They are best as cut flowers and add interest to a bouquet.
They are cold tolerant and one of the early bloomers, adding tall colorful spikes to any garden.
Adorable button-like blooms look great in the garden and in bouquets. They thrive in the heat and are good both fresh and dried. They stay true to their color when dried.
One of the easiest to grow and abundant summer to frost foliage in the cut flower garden. They are famous for their silvery foliage in wedding designs.
They flower for months and the perfect size for bouquet work. They are super productive and produce hundreds of tiny blue flowers in each stem that adds interest to any garden or bouquet.
Absolutely enchanting after the morning dew. They add interest in the garden and they work well as a filler in bouquets and can be dried for fall and winter arrangements.
Multiple studies have shown that gardening is so good for your physical, mental and emotional well-being as it helps build strength, reduce stress, stimulates the brain, promotes sleep...among other things.