Signed Copy of the Book: The 15-Plant Backyard Cut Flower Garden

Grow a useful cut flower garden in one simple backyard bed.

The 15-Plant Backyard Cut Flower Garden is a practical guide for gardeners who want beautiful home bouquets without turning their yard into a flower farm.

Built around one manageable 4 x 20-foot bed, this book shows how fifteen carefully chosen plants can work together across the season to provide focal flowers, fillers, foliage, line, texture, fragrance, and late-season interest. Instead of growing every flower that looks pretty in a catalog, this plan teaches you to grow plants that earn their space in the vase.

Inside, you’ll learn how to use:

Hellebore, ranunculus, snapdragon, Bells of Ireland, zinnia, dahlia, sunflower, celosia, Dara Daucus, gomphrena, ageratum, Salvia Black and Blue, eucalyptus, heirloom mums, and ninebark

to create a small but productive cutting garden for weekend bouquets.

This book includes guidance on:

• Planning a 4 x 20-foot backyard cutting bed
• Using Zone 1 as a perennial/anchor zone and Zones 2–5 as flexible relay zones
• Choosing plants by bouquet role, not just by beauty
• Starting seeds with simple home-scale methods
• Harvesting and conditioning stems for better vase life
• Making minimalist arrangements, spiral bouquets, and fuller garden-style designs
• Using seasonal bouquet recipes from spring through fall
• Troubleshooting common problems in a small cutting bed
• Deciding what to save, rebuy, overwinter, divide, or replace in year two

Written for home gardeners, not commercial flower farmers, this book keeps the scale realistic and the systems repeatable. It is for anyone who wants to step outside, cut a few stems, and bring something beautiful into the house.

A simple garden. Fifteen useful plants. Bouquets for real life.