Plant an entire Summer’s worth of glorious flowers!  After using The Lifestyle Diva Shoppe’s 2022 CUTTING GARDEN PLANNER, you’ll be spending your Summer creating amazing floral bouquets. 

2022 CUTTING GARDEN PLANNER

Can you see your perfectly planned Cutting Garden in your mind? I bet it’s filled with a glorious array of blooms just waiting to be clipped and arranged in a beautiful vase.  But a really successful cutting garden requires careful planning, and that’s why using The Lifestyle Diva Shoppe’s 2022 Cutting Garden Planner can be so important. 

 

 FIRST, WHAT GARDEN DESIGN IS BEST FOR YOUR PROPERTY?

The Cutting Garden Planner contains three different garden plan designs from which to choose.  

You’ll want to walk your property to decide what location would be best suited for your cutting garden. Choose an area that receives plenty of sunshine and with lots of space for your plantings.

CHOOSING YOUR CUTTING GARDEN PLAN DESIGN

• Raised-Bed Plan (45 plot design)
• Horseshoe Plan ( 56 plot design)
• Triple-Aisle Plan (60 plot design)

 

Each of our three Garden Plan Designs comes with a numbered plan diagram which will be the “key” to your planted cutting garden design.  Using the blank design sheet, you’ll enter each plant’s name in the amount of plots you’ll be planting. (Example: Triple Aisle Plan –  Zinneas will be planted in Section C/Plots 21-27)

I like to color-code my plans with colored pencils when planning my cutting garden.  This practice ensures that I have a good array of colors and the right amount of each type of flower I’m planting.

NAN’S TIP:  Don’t forget to plant some bouquet greenery like Baby’s Breath, ferns, myrtle or dusty miller to help fill out your arrangements and bouquets. 

 

SET YOURSELF UP FOR GARDENING SUCCESS – PRE-PLANTING PLANNING PAGES

Cutting Garden Planner Budgeting, Purchasing & Planting Journal Sheets

 

When planning to create an amazing Flower Cutting Garden we know that it takes some careful planning.  Once you’ve decided on your Garden Plan Design, you’ll have an idea of how many flowers you’ll be planting. And that’s exactly where you’ll start.

 

Now it’s time to begin using your Cutting Garden Planner:

• Cutting Garden Material & Supplies Budget (building materials & supplies)
• Garden Flower Budget (explore the world of seeds, bulbs and plant starts, here’s where you dream it!)
• Cutting Garden Purchase Log (list and track all purchases of flowers, seeds, bulbs, etc.) 
• Your Garden Plan Design of Choice (filled in with the flowers you purchased and entered in your Purchase Log)
• Cutting Garden Planting Journal (enter all your flowers in the journal as they are planted)

 

 

WHAT FLOWERS WILL YOU PLANT IN YOUR CUTTING GARDEN?

There are so many varieties of Summer flowers from which to choose when deciding what to plant in your cutting garden.

I’ve gathered a selection of 10 Popular Cutting Garden Flowers that provide plenty of blooms throughout the season to help you get started.  You’ll want lots of colors to choose from, and don’t forget to think about shapes and form when making your final selections.   

This Plant Profile Collection of 10 Popular Cutting Flowers is a component of The Lifestyle Diva Shoppe’s at Etsy Cutting Garden Planner.

 

I’ve compiled the Plant Profiles for these 10 beautiful cutting garden flowers:

• Chrysanthemum
• Zinnia
• Sweet Peas
• Sunflower
• Carnations
• Bleeding Hearts
• Peony
• Baby’s Breath
• Coneflowers
• Daisies

 

I want my IFAFL Subscribers to be able to access this valuable garden planning resource TODAY.  Downloading your PDF will get excited about beginning your journey in planning your very own Summer Cutting Garden. 

To that end, I’ve made my 10 Popular Cutting Flowers PDF available in the IFAFL Subscriber Resource Library.  If you’re not already an IFAFL subscriber, just fill out the form at the end of this post to download your copy of the PDF.  It’s just that easy!

Now it’s time to start planning and scheduling your flower planting!

 

PLANTING SCHEDULER AND BLOOMING TRACKERS

You’ve decided what kinds of flowers and greenery you’ll be planting, that a great start.  Now it’s time to schedule the proper planting times for the different varieties you’ll be including in your garden plan.

The Lifestyle Diva Shoppe’s 2022 Cutting Garden Planner includes monthly calendars for April through August.  You won’t want to forget to plant a patch of Fall mums and sunflowers late in the season!

NAN’S TIP:  I like to make a note on my monthly calendars when my different flowers begin to bloom.  It gives me an idea of when to schedule cutting them during the growing season.  I then plug that info into my Weekly Cutting Scheduler.

 

BEAUTIFUL GARDENS NEED SOME “TLC” TO FLOURISH

After all the hard work you did planning, building and planting your fabulous Cutting Garden, you’ll want to maintain it too.  

Your Cutting Garden Planner contains all the maintenance pages you’ll need to keep your flowers blooming and your garden in peak condition.  

• Flower Bed Maintenance Schedule
• Cutting Garden Master To-Do List
• Weekly Cutting Schedule (undated)
• Garden Journal Pages for notes, planning, thoughts, etc.

 

You’ll want to print out several copies of each page in this section to last the whole growing season.  I actually print out 20 Garden Journal Pages so I have one page for each week.  That how the planner works best for me!

 

NOW YOU CAN START REAPING WHAT YOU SOWED

It’s time to celebrate your green thumb! Your cutting garden is burgeoning with a glorious array of blossoms and greenery fit for the finest Waterford vase.

 

Your Cutting Garden Planner comes with all the tips and info you’ll need to cut and arrange fabulous bouquets and vases.  

• Lifestyle Diva Floral Arranging Tips
• Steps to Creating Floral Arranagements
• Cutting Garden Bouquet Worksheet

 

One of the tools I especially love to use is the CUTTING GARDEN BOUQUET WORKSHEET.  I’ll get out my Weekly Cutting Schedule and check what flowers I’ll have available for that week’s bouquets. 

Armed with this information I’m able to decide which flowers and greenery I’ll use to build my floral arrangements. 

Are you ready to get started planning your own fabulous Flower Cutting Garden?  You bet you are!

CLICK HERE TO GO TO: THE LIFESTYLE DIVA SHOPPE AT ETSY – 2022 Cutting Garden Planner

 

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