edible flower bouquets

Monek Marie

I have a very small cutting garden I use for flower bouquets. It's nice to pop outdoors, cut flowers and have a fresh bouquet in every room. They also make a nice pick me up gift for family and friends.

This year I want to have some bouquets that have edibles mixed in. It will be a unique look and add one more use for the bouquets

Here's a link I found with a few different ideas: https://www.floretflowers.com/edible-favorites-for-your-cutting-garden/

Monek Marie

I also use my cutting flower patch for crafting, drying flowers and medicinal uses.

I add fillers or create a fun look by foraging for some of my plants and add what most would question or say, "What?"

Torey

Some very unique bouquet ideas, aside from the usual edible flowers!

Thanks for posting.

Monek Marie

@torey I would be thrilled to get a unique bouquet like this

dipat2005

@Denise Grant thanks for the link and the great ideas. I had never heard of an edible bouquet before. What a fun idea!

Annie Kate

Shucks, I need a cutting garden, too! We do eat flowers, but I never thought of making a bouquet of them. Between one thing and the other I seem to have no time for anything but veggies and fruits.

My mom used to have trouble with bugs on the flowers getting into the house @Denise Grant , and then they would get onto her houseplants. Do you have a solution for that?

Monek Marie

@Annie Kate Great question! I will have to look that up and if anyone has ideas we would all be happy to hear them, but I know with certain bugs I will place a stellar plant further away from the house area that bugs will all flock too.

water2world

Thanks for the link!

I'm hungry for a colorful, edible-flower salad!!

Monek Marie

I am bumping this up as this week I am looking at garden planning, setting my greenhouse up and working with flowers.

I just love having fresh flowers in a home but the value of an edible bouquet, especially or those with limited space or time appeals to me.

I have never been good with annuals that reseed so this is an area I want to work with

Linda Bittle

What a lovely idea!

marjstratton

I've never had a cutting garden but have recently started thinking about starting one. There are so many pretty medicinal flowers. The past couple of years I have sown calendula in my vegetable garden and should expand my repertoire. I was given some Mallow last year. It never reached bloom, so maybe this next year.

Monek Marie

@marjstratton Cutting gardens have so many uses. Besides beauty inside and out, there is insect control, pollination, crafting, herbal and edible uses.

I need to get better at the reseeding annuals.

marjstratton

@Monek Marie So true! I'll have to see what all has reseeded in my garden. I know that I'll have a lot of calendula. Hope that some of my veggies have reseeded too. I purposely didn't clean up my garden and should have some things that will sprout from what I left. Hopefully celery and kale, and maybe some others.

Monek Marie

@marjstratton I just love calendula! You cannot have enough.

We are having somewhat of a mild winter so I want to see it the swiss chard will survive

Monek Marie

Its that time (or almost) to think about flower cutting gardens.

What flower do you grow? I have 40 varieties and several mixed flower packets that have varieties I do not have yet so I will plant some and give some away.

I have about 5 varieites of flower to order to complete my varieties. I did up my varieties this year. I am hoping to sell plants this year - the last two that project was put on hold to to covid.

SuperC

To start a cutting garden. Now that’s an edible idea to try! I love Permaculture!