Growing dried flowers in my garden I’ve been reading a fabulous book by Nick Weston called Tree House Diaries in which he builds a tree house in the Sussex countryside and lives in it self-sufficiently for six months. The way it was written made me think that perhaps my dried flower blog would benefit from…
Month: June 2012
Growing my own dried flowers – Nigella seed heads
Nigella growing in my garden is gorgeous – their seed heads will make lovely dried flowers too The nigella (Love-in-a-mist) is another flower in my garden that grows without me having to plant it. My flowers come in a range of blues from indigo to sky. The formation of the flowers looks so exotic, you…
Growing my own dried flowers – Poppy seed heads
Poppy seed heads growing in my garden will make lovely dried flowers I love the Oriental poppies in my June garden. I never planted them, they must have seeded themselves in from somewhere. Sometimes I pull them up if they germinate somewhere inconvenient – but usually I don’t have the heart. I love the way…
More dried flower bouquets with lavender
Dried flower bouquets – variations on my previous post In my last post, I talked about how I make a small dried flower bunch (like the one in the picture below) with dried lavender, wheat and delphiniums. Here are some simple variations on a theme. Firstly, this small lavender bunch is what you will end…
Making a small dried flower bunch with lavender
How to make a dried flower bunch with lavender, wheat and delphinium This pretty little dried flower bunch is only 18cm long. To make this dried flower bunch you will need Scissors About 50cm ribbon 30-50 dried lavender stems One dried delphinium spike to break down into florets 3 dried wheat stems First make a…