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Big DIY projects with dried flowers

Installations and XL floristry

I love a big dried flower project! There’s nothing more inspiring than seeing dried flowers used en masse. Be it window displays, cinematic creations or artistic installations, I’m a fan!

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Ads and photo shoots

Dried Lagurus for Churchill Insurance

This is such a gorgeous ad – you’d almost assume it was computer generated! But no, they used a sea of dyed Lagurus grass bunches. This is how dogs dream :) Watch the whole video

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Churchill Insurance used dyed Lagurus in a range of pretty colours for this ad

Country Living mag

Living in the country just has to embrace nature, so dried flowers are often used in styling for the magazine. On this recent book cover you can see Helichrysum (centre), Ammi (bottom right), and pink Delphinium (top right). Photo shoots might be small scale like this, or encompass whole rooms or houses.

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Dried flowers in the Country Living Vintage Home Book 5

Shop and venue dressing

Festival decor

Country Living created this refreshment marquee with a vintage feel and dried flowers on the tables.

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Country Living marquee at the Big Feastival music and food festival

Bleached Ruscus in Copenhagen

Spotted in a department store in the Danish capital, this dried foliage hoop was at least a metre across and was part of a winter themed display during Christmas market season.

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Bleached Ruscus in a Copenhagen store

Pop up shops and market stalls

Dried flowers make a fab display when grouped together. Our shop has sold to numerous high profile customers over the years including Wakehurst Place (an outpost of Kew Gardens), the Royal Yacht Britannia, Chelsea Physic Garden, Cath Kidston and the Courtauld Gallery. In the pic below are dried grasses such as Oats, Wheat and Stipa, pink Acroclinium daisies, yellow Lona and small batch botanical potpourri.

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Dried flowers shop at Wakehurst Place in Sussex

Disney and big films

Do you remember the poster for Mamma Mia 2 with all that dried bougainvillea petal confetti? Or here’s a pic from Beauty and the Beast with a whole cartload of dried lavender bunches.

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Gaston and Lefou consider a lavender bunch purchase in Disney’s live action Beauty and the Beast

Art installations

Rosebud wall

This gallery wall was decorated with dried rose buds.

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A wall of dried rose buds at Seventeen Gallery

Fresh peonies ceiling installation

I love this creation by Jo Malone. The great thing about hanging peonies is that they will naturally dry in situ to make a long lasting display. A similar effect can be created using dahlias: the top image on this page shows dahlias hanging up to dry.

 

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National Trust Cotehele

This Cornish medieval house creates a massive dried flower garland every year, on display over Christmas.

 

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Weddings

What bigger display do most people put on than a wedding? Dried flowers can play a massive part in the whole event from flower arches and photo walls, table centres and place settings. Bridal bouquets, bridesmaid flowers, buttonholes, flower crowns, hair accessories, flower girl baskets, confetti, rose petal paths, chair dressings, venue flowers, garlands and wedding favours to name but a few!

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Bridal flowers – a simple dried lavender bouquet
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Lavender stems can be used as a simple place setting

The two images above – photography by Modern Vintage Weddings and styled by Sonia Collett for Want that Wedding – Read more about this wedding photo shoot

Shopping for your XL dried flowers project

Be it a wedding, pop up shop or craft project! All the botanicals mentioned above were supplied by daisyshopUK with the exception of the Cotehele garland, the bleached ruscus hoop and the fresh flowers. Here are some bulk botanicals via my shop at daisyshop.co.uk

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Bloggers disclosure | Custom bouquets

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.

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