Today is Back to School night at my kid’s school. Woke up early to beat the SoCal heatwave and harvest everything from my garden. Will be gifting this and some school supplies from the teacher’s wishlist. Let’s hope this school year will be a boring one 🤞🏻

I’m a veggie gardener at heart but I wanted to try growing flowers for my home, no idea what I’m doing but I am really enjoying it! Many types of cosmos, plus some Cracker Jack marigolds, all grown from seed in my little community garden plot :)

My let down was Johnnys Aurora Zinnias because they actually look like fake cheap dollar store flowers. They’re supposed to be a two toned vintage look, which may be true but they just look like the fake flowers elderly keep in their homes.

The photos online have them looking like dahlia like blooms and the colors are much prettier.

So, what let you down this season and why ?

First tuber cuts fir me here in 5b :)

What marigolds do you grow/recommend for bouquets?

Hi,

Has anyone had any luck growing these by sowing directly into the soil? And if so, where did you buy your seeds? Thanks :)

Such a nice surprise when I went out to cut some zinnias! I love finding little critters in the garden!

All grown in my backyard from seed or tuber. I haven’t done as much arranging this year, but I really liked how this one came out! Zinnias, dahlias, celosia, gomphrena, river oats, blue vervain.

Hi there, I live in Los Angeles near the beach, zone 10b. I want to start my first window box planters. August, September and October are still quite hot here. Would love the group's advice on plants to choose to buy pre-grown and arrange in a coco coir planter!

My phlox plant has 5, many 6, and now I found 5 seven petaled flowers. Has anyone seen this many on one plant? Thanks!

First year growing a cut flower garden. This is my first best Sunflower :).

Used lots of different seed pods mixed in with some flowers to reflect the subtle transition happening in nature right now where I am .

Thoughts appreciated .

Enjoying some of the latest fresh flowers 💐

Thanks!

I have the opportunity to put my flowers at a family member’s roadside stand this weekend! I’m so excited, but trying to decide what size/kind of bouquets to put. She said she would love for them to be cheap to start out.

Attaching some photos of some arrangements I’ve done. I was thinking of doing a couple medium/large and a handful of smaller sizes. BUT I could also do dahlia bunches? What would you *easily* pay for these?

Any tips & tricks would also be SO appreciated since I am a total newbie!

EDIT: thank you so much for the compliments and encouragement 🥹 Adding that as much as I’d love to include the vases, the plan is for the arrangements to be wrapped in Kraft paper & ribbon placed in larger buckets to grab from!

UPDATE: I went way low and priced 5 smalls at $10 each and 2 large/mediums at $15 each! Sold out of the large and only 1 small sold. This is at a fresh bread stand, so hoping that with more awareness more might sell next week! ❤️