Joanna Gaines’ Stunning Waco Flower Garden Is Proof You Don’t Need a Massive Backyard to Grow Your Own Beautiful, Professional-Style Bouquets

We love taking inspiration from Joanna Gaines' floral arrangements, and they add such a beautifully natural touch to her interior schemes. But what makes them even more special is the fact that most of them come from her own home-grown, seasonal cut-flower garden.

The great news is that you don't need tonnes of space or to be an expert grower to plan a cut flower garden like Joanna. A small yard, some slightly raised beds, and keeping on top of a seasonal sowing calendar are enough to provide plentiful and colorful fresh-from-the-garden flowers to decorate your home with (and keep your garden looking beautiful year-round, too).

I've asked our expert gardens team for their advice and rounded up some of the things you might need from fertilizer (at Amazon) to fencing (at Wayfair).

Cut Flower Garden Essentials

Creating your own cutting garden is one of the best raised bed garden ideas, and whilst Joanna's beds aren't particularly high, she has raised them off the ground with some sturdy wooden timbers to create linear borders of flowers in her space. It's important to choose pressure-treated timber to ensure longevity, as the last thing you want is for your wooden borders to rot after just one or two harsh winters.

If your garden receives unwanted visitors, like rabbits or deer, who might nibble away at your young blooms, you may also want to install some critter-proof fencing to avoid your planting becoming snack food for the local wildlife.

On a practical note, raised beds are a great choice, too, advises Drew Swainston, Homes & Gardens' Gardens Content Editor: 'Raised beds are an attractive and efficient way to grow flowers in the garden. If you have poorer soil, such as heavy or nutrient-poor ground, raised beds allow you to fill them with fertile, well-draining soil that plants will thrive in. Cut flowers will be happiest in free-draining soil, rather than sitting in heavy, saturated soil.'

When it comes to the best cutting garden flowers to grow, it will, of course, depend on the zone you live in and the season. Right now, Joanna's Texan garden is full of colorful foxgloves, tall delphiniums, and delicate white Queen Anne's lace (or ammi majus), whilst there are vibrant blue plumbago in the pots by her shed.

'Raised beds also warm earlier in the year than regular borders, meaning you can plant flowers a little bit sooner than when planting in the ground,' adds Drew. 'You can sow or plant annual cut flowers (such as the ammi majus) around a month earlier in raised beds than in the ground, depending on your climate, and it can be even sooner if you cover them with fleece or cloches to warm the soil.'

We love the way that Joanna's garden isn't purely functional, too. She's placed a pretty outdoor furniture set and parasol in the perfect spot to sit and admire her handiwork (when it's not raining, perhaps!). You, too, can really make a feature of a space like this, and it might even make you rethink a terrace or patio area – instead of slabs, lay gravel for a more rustic look and set your raised beds in rows, like Joanna Gaines.

You might also want to add some trellis or wooden pergola-style structures for trailing plants to grow up for a more wild and country-inspired look, and place a collection of pots, or wooden garden decorations in unused corners for varied height and interest.

A final tip from Drew for the best Spring show: 'If you have biennial or perennial flowers in raised beds, such as delphiniums and foxgloves, you should feed the soil in spring to create the best display. Adding a fresh layer of compost in spring or sprinkling some balanced, slow-release fertilizer will provide a dose of essential nutrients to help plants grow strongly and bloom profusely.'

Now you've got your inspiration for growing your own Joanna Gaines inspired cutting garden, you'll need to know how to arrange flowers like a professional for making the most of your beautiful blooms.