The Gathering Garden Magazine
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September Is Secretly Bulb-Planting Season: A Guide to Growing Next Spring's Cutting Garden
Nobody feels like thinking about spring flowers in late August. The garden is still producing, the heat hasn't broken, and bulbs feel like a chore ... -
The Herb Spiral Is the Small-Space Garden Design Trend Built for Drying Your Own Flowers
The herb spiral showed up in backyards long before anyone called it a trend. Permaculture designers were building them in the 1970s as a way to gro... -
Succession Sowing: How to Keep a Cutting Garden Blooming From June Into October
Most first-time cutting gardens make the same mistake, and it isn't a mistake of care — it's a mistake of scheduling. Everything gets sown at once ... -
From Seed to Bouquet: The Best Heirloom Zinnias for a Cutting Garden
Zinnias are one of the easiest, most rewarding flowers for a beginner cutting garden. Here's how to choose varieties and grow armfuls of blooms all summer.