Everything is coming up Flowers

The wedding I was part of was held at my best friend's backyard. She has grown some amazing dahlias. They were so beautiful and added so much to the wedding decor. It was amazing to be able to cut in her garden. She did a wonderful job of growing so many beautiful ones.  I know she poured so much time and energy into this project. The one below is one of my favorites from her garden.

We used the majority of them in vases on the tables for the reception.

Putting the Garden to Bed

Here in New Mexico, it has been still warm, but the lows are going to be in the high 30s. The time has come to put the garden to bed. Most of my cut flowers are in pots.  

Most of my plants are in containers. I plan to overwinter my geranium on my back enclosed porch along with some succulents. The oasis is about to get planty.

I am collecting dahlia seeds. I do plan to save my current dahlia tubers.  I grew some of them from seed.  There isn't anything super special, but I thought I would save the tubers. I collected the seeds too. 

I made kinda of a mess, but I have some seeds to try. I like experimenting. A paper plate is better for this than just a paper towel as the petals really do blow away easily.