Frances Palmer on Cutting Gardens – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 16, 2025

Some of us plant a row of particular annuals with the intention to cut them for bouquets in their moment of bloom – and some of us think bigger have a whole cutting garden within our landscape. I feel like today’s guest, ceramic artist and passionate gardener Frances Palmer, thinks biggest of all – and that every plant in her extensive gardens – not just the tulips or zinnias or dahlias that you might expect, but even the herbs and her flowering vines and branches of ornamental trees and shrubs are all fair game for having their moment in a vase someday at her place. 

Expanding your interpretation of the phrase “cutting garden” is our topic today, with plant ideas and tips for success.  

Connecticut-based Frances Palmer is a well-known ceramist and gardener, author of the 2020 book “Life in the Studio: Inspiration and Lessons on Creativity” and creator of a popular Instagram account, too. Her newest book is “Life With Flowers: Inspiration and Lessons from the Garden.”     



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