Tips on how to grow a cut flower garden including how to layout your garden, amending soil, and flowers to choose for scented bouquets
Get ahead of the game and prepare your garden now for a vibrant spring by finding the right seeds to sow in August. Our informative guide will walk you through the top 5 seeds to sow in August for a bloom-filled spring. Discover tips on planting and nurturing, and learn about the ecological benefits these plants bring to your garden
Seed-saving annual flowers is easier than you might think. Here are 5 easy plants to collect seeds from this fall for a frugal flower garden next spring.
Collecting petunia seeds from the spent flowers is an easy way to propagate new plants for your garden.
Sow these flower seeds in fall for beautiful blooms the following spring and summer.
Collecting geranium seeds can be a bit tricky because geranium seed pods have a habit of opening and catapulting seeds away from the plant once they're ripe.
Harvesting Purple Coneflower (Echinacea) seeds are easy when you understand how they are formed. See what Coneflower seeds look like, how to remove them
Learn how to seed-save from annual flowers like zinnia, calendula, sunflowers, marigolds, and more. Saving seed from flowers is rewarding - and easy to do!
Looking to add some colorful and vibrant flowers to your garden quickly? Check out our guide on Flowers that Grow Quickly from Seeds.
Gardening is fantastic, but saving seeds is even better, and it's easy. Here are 11 flowers to start with in this step-by-step guide.
Saving zinnia seeds at seasons end is fun and easy to do Learn how to save zinnia seeds, to grow them year after year in the garden.
Read our complete guide to Foxglove flowers for everything you will ever need to know! Tips for planting and caring for "Digitalis purpurea"
Stop buying seeds each year and instead learn how easy it is to save zinnia seeds from your dried flowers! Have beautiful zinnias in the garden every year for free!
Learn how to grow Iceland Poppies, Shirley Poppies, Breadseed Poppies and California poppies in this complete poppy primer from Floret.
Growing dahlias from seed is different from growing dahlias from tubers. When you grow dahlia from seed, no two plants will ever be the same!
Add this beautiful, moving flower garden yoga activity to your Spring lesson plans and add some peace and calm to your busy preschool day.
Growing beautiful cut flowers doesn't have to be hard. These are 10 of the easiest cut flowers for beginners you can grow from seed. Flower farmer vibes!
Zinnia seeds are incredible easy to harvest! Here's how to save zinnia seeds so you'll never need to buy them again!
10 Beautiful Flowers to Start Growing from Seeds
From her Ivanhoe home Petrina Burrill has created sustainable micro flower farm.
Wildflowers are a wonderful addition to yards because they are easy to grow, improve the soil, and look lovely. But, if you think all you have to do is toss
Many gardeners love rose campion plants as their flowers brighten up any space. This flower’s blooms can be pink, white, or magenta... Here's everything you need to know...
Jolanthe from Homeschool Creations created this fantastic interdisciplinary, multi-skill printable gardening unit that would be perfect for spring and learning about the Earth. Featuring twelve colorful activities, here are a few of the highlights {as always, you'll have to visit Jolanthe's site for the full scoop}! Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Scissor Skills. In this exercise, students help 'water the flowers' by cutting on the line in order to connect the watering can to the colorful blooms. Jolanthe provides two scissor skill worksheets that can be printed onto different weights of paper to provide exercise variations. For additional fine motor practice, you might also consider laminating a copy of each worksheet, or sliding them into a plastic document sleeve, and placing a copy in the writing center along with a dry erase marker or crayon to use for tracing. Along with building hand strength, coordination, and learning how to properly hold a writing tool, the activity also provides pre-writing practice. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Writing Patterns. While similar to the activity extension above, this pattern writing worksheet offers much more complex pre-writing practice - helping students practice directional movement, apply proper hand position, recognize the difference between drawing and writing, etc. Print onto the back of recycled worksheets or laminate for use with dry erase crayons. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Colors & Shapes in Bloom. This activity is great because it requires your students to practice several concepts/skills at once - shapes, colors, color word recognition, and shape word recognition. Cut the descriptions from the flowers, inviting students to match the pieces, or have your students paste the blooms into a booklet, highlighting the color words and circling the shape words {or both!}. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Parts of a Flower. With this fun puzzle worksheet, students will learn new vocabulary words and about the basic parts of a plant. First, invite students to construct the flower, placing the cards in the correct order, then match the appropriate vocabulary words to each part. Once they've had exposure to the words, have them play memory/matching games with the flower and vocabulary cards. Photo Source: homeschoolcreations.com Story Sequencing. This activity goes along with the book, Jack's Garden, by Henry Cole. After reading the story, invite your students to take these story event strips and put them in the correct order. This can be done as a class, in small groups, or as an individual assignment. These are just a few of the incredible activities Jolanthe has in store for your kiddos in her gardening unit. Be sure to visit her blog for more information and for the free download! Happy Learning!
Learn how to harvest and save your own favorite zinnia seeds to plant again next season.
Saving zinnia seeds at seasons end is fun and easy to do Learn how to save zinnia seeds, to grow them year after year in the garden.
Plant these perennial seeds in fall for a gorgeous garden next spring!
Sow these flower seeds in fall for beautiful blooms the following spring and summer.
While you need plenty of sun to grow many of the better-known flowers for cutting, there are several excellent cut flowers that thrive in the shade.
Collecting nasturtium seeds is easy, and even inexperienced gardeners can achieve great success saving and growing collected seeds the following season.
Want to grow a backyard cut flower garden? Thinking of turning your love of growing flowers into a business? Here are 10 easy to grow annual cut flowers from seed.
Saving zinnia seeds at seasons end is fun and easy to do Learn how to save zinnia seeds, to grow them year after year in the garden.
After your zinnias bloom, as the flowers brown and dry, follow these tips to harvest and store seeds for next year's garden.
Learn how to grow nasturtium from seed with this guide. I'll show you how to sow your seeds and care for your plants as they grow.
Are you bored of traditional roses and peonies in your flower arrangements? Look beyond the obvious and plant these showstopping blooms in your cutting garden.
Come check out my lazy girls guide to growing colorful zinnias from seeds. Tips and tricks in one spot to help you create a cut flower garden!
Planting perennials in the fall is a simple way to enjoy a larger, more stunning garden for longer. Benefit from a colorful and vibrant garden all year.
These tips can help you to know if you have the right kind of seeds for seed saving as well as give you information about the steps you need to follow to make sure you save your seeds properly.
How to grow statice from seed, how and when to plant outside, plus tips for harvesting and using for cut flowers.
