I recently became accustomed to having fresh flowers on my dining room table. It started off as a little treat now and then, ...

Raising cutting garden flowers to display in your home is one of the biggest joys of gardening. Whether it's a fragrant posy of sweet peas, a jug of daffodils, or a singular dahlia to marvel at, they ...

Making a dedicated outdoor space for cutting garden flowers is always a lovely idea, no matter how big or small your backyard. That way, you can decorate your home with freshly cut, seasonal blooms – ...

Every spring, I cut fragrant lilac stems from the two bushes flanking my front gate at my home on Long Island, N.Y., and set them in a vase indoors, where their fragrance perfumes the entire first ...

Until about a hundred years ago, one of the most important areas of any large garden was the cutting garden, where flowers were planted to be harvested, like a crop, and taken inside for display.

A Penstemon x ‘Dark Towers,’ a tall native hybrid Beardtongue, a perennial. Setting aside a spot in your yard to grow flowers just for cutting all summer to make into bouquets is a goal of many ...

Writing about gardening is much easier than doing the actual actions related to it. Since I am such a fanatic, most people think that I must love all aspects of gardening. Wrong! I love all aspects of ...

Fresh flowers can brighten indoor spaces as well as landscapes and gardens, and arrangements of them offer opportunities to mix colors and textures in unique ways. For gardeners and others who ...

For many avid gardeners, their plants and gardens over time become memory-keepers: living reminders of their happiest childhood or other life experiences. A plant’s presence in a garden can represent ...

The flowers in my gardens make me smile — so why not bring that joy inside? I always have a fresh flower arrangement on my kitchen table. After my holiday centerpiece is taken apart, simple grocery ...

Growing a proper cutting garden takes a bit of planning. Every spring, I cut fragrant lilac stems from the two bushes flanking my front gate and set them in a vase indoors, where their fragrance ...