Dried flowers projects
May: My garden in flower | Holidays | Drying my flowers A busy month – so much so that I haven’t had time to write this until the first week in June! But busy in a good way, because May was filled with gardening and holidays. As soon as the weather picked up, I was…
Where is all the lavender? I was in Paris at the weekend as a visitor to the Courson flower show. This is one of the biggest French flower shows, with hundreds of nurseries exhibiting. It is held in the grounds of a 17th century chateau. Plenty of rose flowers The show was awash with roses,…
Modern dried flowers in Make & Craft magazine I was pleased to see my article on dried flowers in the June edition (issue 8) of Make and Craft magazine. It explains why dried flowers are becoming popular once again. I have reproduced a copy below. Dried flowers these days are glorious, vibrant and true to…
Dried flowers from Barcelona Shortly after Easter my lovely husband took me to Barcelona for a long weekend. I couldn’t help but notice these dried flowers in the flower markets – so pretty and only a Euro a bunch. These bright little dried flowers are each only about 1cm across. Dried flowers projects from my…
Make use of the relaxing properties of dried flowers Dried lavender and dried hops These dried flowers are well known for their relaxing and sleep inducing aromatherapy properties. It’s as simple as putting some of each in a bag and reaping the benefits. Dried lavender & hops Dried hops were extensively grown in the UK,…