Dried flowers diaries June 2013

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June: a month of Photography

Photos of dried wedding flowers

At the beginning of the month I was emailed by Tess, a happy bride who had used my dried flowers at her wedding, with a link to a lovely blog post written by her photographer Esme Ducker.

dried flowers wedding flowers kiss — Tess and Charlie wedding kiss with dried flowers.

A visit from a gardens photographer – potpourri making

Then this week I was visited by Nicola Stocken who is writing a potpourri-making article. We made potpourri from dried flowers from my garden.

potpourri making with garden flowers — I spent an afternoon potpourri making in my garden with a photographer. This photo was taken by me.

Photographing my own flowers and drying projects

Not to mention photographing my own garden and dried flowers:

drying garden flowers — Mixed flowers ready for drying including fuchsias, roses, scented leaf pelargoniums, marigolds, geraniums and herbs.

pretty dried flowers — Pretty dried flowers including aquilegia, marigold petals, fuchsia, geranium, pelargonium flowers.

drying garden flowers — Some pressed flowers including marguerite, geranium, viburnum, carnation and Mexican orange.

drying garden flowers — A basket of whole roses and rose petals ready to dry, including the varieties Constance Spry and Margaret Merill.

drying garden flowers — Flowers ready to dry from my garden: white peonies, scented carnations, chamomile flowers, pot marigolds, cornflowers, and geranium flowers.

Pictures of herbs everywhere

In June, I received some images from GeoWear who used our dried roses at the Chelsea flower show, had an article on dried lavender published in Herbs magazine, and published a post on chamomile flowers.

chamomile flower garden — Chamomile flower growing amongst my vegetables.

All in all a busy but rewarding month!

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Hi I’m Ruth – I love writing about plants, nature, dried flowers, wildflowers and crafts. You can find out more about me here.

I have run a dried flower and lavender business in the UK since 2002. This means I am experienced in dried flower craft, but also am biased towards my own products – I can’t help but be proud of what I do! Find out more about Daisy Gifts Ltd® at our sister site daisyshop.co.uk

Thanks very much to all the lovely people who ask about buying custom handmade arrangements and bouquets – I’m afraid I don’t offer this service anymore, but we do sell the flowers you need to make your own.