What is a cutting garden?

A cutting garden is a garden designed with a specific theme based on planting specific plants that can be used for fresh and dried arrangements. Many species of annuals, perennials, ornamental grasses and woody ornamentals are appropriate to use for arrangements. Different parts of plants that can be used for arranging include flowers, fruits, pods, stems and leaves. In order for the materials to withstand cutting, various treatments can be administered to fresh and drying flowers to achieve desirable results.

Dried and Fresh-Cut Flowers http://www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/alt-ag/flowers.htm includes: Types of Flowers, Site Preparation, Planting, Watering, Harvesting, Methods of Preserving Dried Flowers, Marketing Fresh-Cut and Dried Flowers, Economics, Further Information.

 The Creation of this Web Page...

I am a undergraduate student at the Ohio State University, majoring in Landscape Horticulture, the college of Agriculture. This web site is a term project from a Horticulture and Crop Science class, Computers in Horticulture Management (H&CS 560).

My goals for this project are to provide a few basic concepts for creating, establishing, maintaining and using a cutting garden. My intention of this project is to information the audiences of educated gardeners who would like to achieve quality results for their gardening efforts. I hope the given information will be presented to you in a reliable and informative way. Questions or comments can be addressed to: heist.3@osu.edu . Created by Sarah Heist, see my resume.