Do you want to start your own cutting garden? Or maybe you already have, and want a few tips for maintaining it. Either way, you’re in the right place.

Today we’re walking you through 3 expert tips for growing and maintaining your very own cutting garden, so you can turn your yard into a beautiful and bountiful oasis for you and your pollinators.

1: Grow What You Love

As long as it’s appropriate for your climate and zone, of course. By growing what you love, you will make your floral arrangement uniquely you. Whether it’s certain flowers that hold sentimental value or flowers of a particular palette. For me, it’s flowers or greenery with lots of texture and movement!

2: Decide on Garden Type

Your type of garden might be based on what kind of garden you want to have — or it may be based on what you have room to create. You can have a dedicated cutting garden space where you can group your varieties in easy to access rows or beds, or you can merge your cut flowers into your existing planting beds and borders.

3: Know and Feed Your Soil

Understand what kind of soil you have, i.e. sandy, clay, loamy, or a combination. Perform an initial soil test and repeat it every fall. Soil tests reveal the health of your soil with respect to pH, organic matter, and whether nutrients are present at the recommended levels.

Do not use insecticides; instead, work to improve soil health.

My garden mantra has always been to focus on nurturing a healthy soil ecosystem, and a healthy plant is the happy consequence.

Best of luck in your cutting garden journey! Do you want 12 more expert tips? Download our free guide below.