What a difference two months make. Below are pictures of the cutting border just after it was planted in May and one now in July. I’ve a constant supply of flowers, for the house, as gifts and for my little honesty stall. 
The cutting border in May
The cutting border in July
Most of plants in the border have been a great success, the sunflowers, calendula, cosmos, centaurea cyans ‘black ball’, clary, antirrhinums and bells of Ireland have stood out. They are the mainstays of my flower arrangements, producing constant beautiful blooms on lovely long stems, perfect for cutting. To prevent the plants going over each flower must be picked or deadheaded preventing them from going to seed and giving up for the season. The other key to the borders success has been the watering system, now hidden under the lush foliage. We’ve had a very dry spring and summer in Kent, our lawn (football/cricket pitch) is yellow, dust clouds rise as herds of kids run over it! My ornamental borders which I don’t water are looking limp and barren. Without a watering system the cutting border would have been a disaster, carefully positioning sprinklers to water under each plant has ensured every drop is put to good use. I turn the water on for an economical 3 minutes each evening and it has worked a treat.
It’s not all been ‘rosy’ in the cutting border; we’ve had a few disasters. Zinnia ‘envy’ (lovely acid green flowers) are festering two inches from the ground, I don’t know where I’ve gone wrong, they will not be appearing again next year! Both varieties of nigella look stunted and sparse, I have been cutting from them but they’ve not taken off this year. I usually have great success with nigella, so they will be making an appearance next year. I suspect they have been too cosseted as they are one of the few plants that thrive in hot arid conditions.
The honesty stall outside our house