Drying calendula is a great way to preserve the petals and flower heads. The dried flowers can be used to make calendula infused oil, as well as used in the kitchen for culinary purposes. Learn how to dry calendula, and preserve your harvest for future use. Calendula is a flowering herb, often grown in the…
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How To Dry Bachelor Buttons
Bachelor Buttons, or centaurea cyanus, are sweet little button shaped flowers that are grown in the annual cutting garden. These blooms are perfect for drying and will keep their colour well if dried using the right techniques. Learn how to dry Bachelor Buttons, and preserve these bright and cheerful blooms. Can You Dry Bachelor Buttons?…
How To Dry Rose Petals – Preserve Your Blooms
Roses bloom in perfusion in the summer months, gracing us with an amazing aromatic fragrance when in full bloom. These fabulous flowers are also easy to dry, and the rose petals can be used in many different ways once dried. Learn how to dry rose petals, and preserve some of your fresh blooms for future…
How To Dry Yarrow For Flower Arrangements
Yarrow is a wonderful disc shaped flower that can be used in both fresh and dried forms. Learn how to dry yarrow, and preserve these romantic blooms for use in dried flower arrangements and other everlasting projects. Naturally dried everlasting flowers are absolutely beautiful in bouquets. We grow many types of flowers that can be…
How To Press Pansies And Violas- Preserve Your Blooms
Pressed pansies and violas are the sweetest dried blooms. These adorable dried flower faces can be used in many projects long after the plants have finished blooming. Learn how to press pansies and violas, and preserve the blooms for future use. Pressing flowers is a fun activity during the growing season. Pressing allows you to…
How To Dry Statice Flowers For Everlasting Blooms
Statice, or Limonium sinuatum, is a tender perennial from the Mediterranean that we grow as an annual flower in the cut flower garden. These interesting blooms have strong thick stems, and tissue paper like flowers that are perfect for drying. Learn how to dry statice, and use these unique and attractive flowers in your dried…
How To Dry Flowers With Silica Gel
Drying flowers with silica gel is an easy flower project with outstanding results. For those hard to dry flowers using other methods, silica gel is an alternative method that can perfectly preserve them. Learn how to dry flowers with silica gel to preserve your precious blooms. Drying flowers is a creative form of art that…
How To Dry Hydrangea Flowers For Beautiful Displays
Drying hydrangeas is a favourite fall project as these flowers are so easy to dry with such beautiful results. Dried hydrangeas are romantic and airy, and add a perfect touch to any room. Display them on their own in a basket, or in a dried flower arrangement with other blooms. Learn how to dry hydrangea…
How To Dry Flowers ( 7 Methods To Preserve Your Blooms)
Drying flowers helps to preserve those beautiful blooms, long after their freshness has faded. Sometimes the beauty in the dried bloom far exceeds that of the fresh state. Although I have come to learn that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I am one of those people that believes dried flowers are absolutely…
How To Press Flowers – 5 Ways To Press Everlastings
Pressing flowers is an ageless and creative form of floral art. All you need are some fresh flowers or leaves, and something to press them with. Learn how to press flowers and experience this wonderful form of dried flowers in their pressed state. Many years ago I pressed my prom corsage between the pages of…