With Valentines Day fast approaching, there can never be too many roses! Here are a few less obvious ideas for ways of using them. Five ways of using roses …Apart from presenting a bunch of flowers that is! 1. Sprinkle rose petals on a path, on your bed, or across a table cloth. [Fresh or…
Category: Dried rose petals
Crafts using dried rose petals.
Dried Roses at the Chelsea Flower Show 2013
Innovative use for dried flowers Although I was unable to attend the Chelsea Flower Show this year, I was pleased to see some of our dried roses in attendance! We were very pleased to be contacted by Ernest George who was needing a decorative top dressing for two large planters for the GeoWear GardenGirl exhibit….
Winter potpourri recipe with dried rose petals and cloves
Winter rose potpourri recipe using dried rose flowers Here is a quick potpourri recipe to bring a warm spicy rose fragrance to your home. For this potpourri recipe you will need (makes about a litre of potpourri) Cloves 2 to 3 handfuls Rose buds and petals (dried) about 10 handfuls Rose fragrance oil 6 drops…
Roses from my garden as dried flowers & petals
Dried flowers from roses and rose petals Rose season is in full bloom in my garden. This is my favourite time of year when everything looks blousy and verdant, before the untidy phase starts (or is that just my garden?). These rosa mundi roses must be just about my favourite plant because they are so…
Mothers Day Makes
Mothers Day Heralds the Start of Spring I always love late winter/early spring because it is full of promise. If we have an afternoon or two of golden sunlight, we treasure the small taster of things to come. For me, Mothers Day represents the start of spring when I love to see daffodils and primroses…