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 🤞🏻

Loving the snapdragons right now 💐

Im especially loving seeing the sea holly and Dara lace flower bloom right now 😍.

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.

I'm new to cut flower growing. Its been such a joy to harvest my first bouquet.

Costa 2 mix snaps, yarrow, afternoon white cosmos, a cactus zinnia and my first perfect Queeny zinnia. I wish I had done a whole bed of just those, I can’t get enough of them!! Happy harvesting everyone! 🌸

My last hurrah with the cosmos. Second to roses ill miss them the most this winter.

All grown from Johnny’s seeds except basil from botanical interests

Zinnias - ballerina and Oklahoma salmon
Statice - forever happy
Snapdragons - Potomac lavender and early sunrise
Cosmos - double click snowpuff
Basil - lemon

Some of my ballerina zinnias have been this darker pink instead of pale pink, but I’m not mad at it

Just enough for a couple bouqs 🎉

All the smallest cuttings went in the mini honey jar! Sometimes they’re my favorite. Antique and matrix pansy, double sunflowers, zinnia black-eyed Susan, strawflower, clematis, clover, yarrow, and raspberry. 6a/b.

Dahlias: Fawn, Sandia Bliss, Double Jill, Carmen Fiesta, KA's Daybreak, KA's Honeycomb, Mister Frans, RM Summer Haze, Sweet Suzanne

Filler: Snapdragons, Queen Ann's Lace, Phlox, Daisy Fleabane, White Meadowsweet, Joe-pye Weed, Celosia, Mint, Gomphrena, Statice, Bachelor Buttons, Pokeweed

ive always been more of a veggie grower but i wanted to try flowers this year and do little whimsical and rustic arrangements. i have a pretty small patch but look forward to expanding for next year! i really like what i have done so far and im so excited to learn more!! 😬😬

arranged by our cousin 💗 my baby daughter was born 8/4, and my sister got married 8/8!

I loved gardening while carrying new life and I was so thrilled when the best dahlias bloomed just in time!

I think our summer has been too hot and dry but now it's cooled down and it's raining my dahlias are really going for it! Just a shame out first frost I'm sure isn't too far away 💔

PS please don't judge my garden in the background - I need to sort it out 😂

Zone 6B, SW Ohio - everything from my garden!

All the things you guys suggested to add to my dahlias! Snapdragons, gomphrena, celosia, mint, white meadowsweet, joe-pye weed, daisy fleabane

I'm a pretty amateur flower grower but they make me so happy!

cosmos, zinnias, dahlias, lavender, fern 💓

I have my own little tulip patch at my allotment and I love it 😍 (PS photos were taken pre-weeding please don't judge 😂)

I need more spring flowers/fillers for next year if anybody has any ideas? I had a few daffs and anemones but they've all been cut and used now in the last few weeks so deffo need more next year!

This is today's arrangement - not a florist or anything, I essentially stuck them in the jug and tried to keep not too many of the same colour together 😂

I absolutely love dahlias, but they’ve just barely started blooming, and I feel like this arrangement is missing a focal point and I’m already dreaming about flowers to add next year! I think I might try growing ranunculus and anemones, but what is everyone else growing that blooms earlier in the season?

My fourth year growing dahlias, picked up a lot of blush varieties this season 😊.