Dried flowers projects
Display with grasses and clover in pinks and greens As it’s the beginning of February I thought it was about time to start thinking about Spring! This isn’t a Valentines Day display but there’s a lot of love in it. The floral arrangement took me a couple of days to put together, only because on…
Dried flower stems can be pressed flat When I heard that our pressed flower supplier was retiring, I looked into ways to extend our range. In a recent post I talked about pressing garden flowers, but it also occurred to me that some dried flower stems from my shop might also be useful. Small flowers…
Red and green hand-tied bouquet I wanted to make an informal bouquet with a Christmas colour palette so settled on the soft greens of natural dried oats and wheat, and some dark but beautiful natural dried red roses. I brightened these up with some dyed green and red lagurus grass and some bleached stems of…
Potpourri fetches top prices Potpourri has become highly sought after this year, and I was contacted by Jackie McCarrick for Flora magazine to discuss the trend. She mentioned designer brands selling potpourri for £80 to £125 a pack and asked me to comment. My thoughts are that designer brands will always charge more for things,…
Many garden flowers are suitable for pressing In my previous post I mentioned that my pressed flower suppliers for daisyshop.co.uk were retiring. So I have spent the summer experimenting with pressing flowers from around the garden. I found that going out into the garden every day was a brilliant way to stay in touch with…