School is out, the garden is blooming with late spring flowers and early summer breezes carry the scent of newly cut lawns. It's time to get out and enjoy those summer days and maybe bring a little bit of summer inside with you with a simple bouquet of garden flowers.
I've made a list of a few of my favorite cutting flowers:
Cosmos- these delicate flowers are great dropped into little vases (or old bottles) lined up on a windowsill.
Shasta daisy,Snapdragons, and Tea Roses look great in old Mason Jars with Lambs ear added for soft texture.
Fennel or Dill are great in bouquets too, as well as other herbs such as rosemary, mint, and sage.
One thing I like to do is clip branches and vines (Honeysuckle!) and use them as a way of making the stems secure in the container I'm using.I put them in first, sometimes bending and submerging them under the water and then add the flowers.
I've also been known to steal interesting foliage material from the veggie garden!
I encourage you to bring in some flowers, put them in one of those containers you've saved in your back closet (You know the ones I'm talking about!) and put them where you can enjoy their beauty all day.
It will give you a lift!
I promise
