Dried flowers projects
Spring is coming! Floral craft ideas for February It’s the first week in February and as I look out the window at 3pm I can’t tell if it’s overcast or starting to get dark. But there are some hints that spring is just around the corner. Garden flowers already in bloom here are daffodils, early…
Hanging up fresh flowers to dry I love this time of year when there is so much floral abundance! I’m really lucky to be able to rent a large workshop with a really high ceiling to hang flowers from. It has a metal roll door which is great for drying flowers as it acts like…
Dahlias on TV A little while ago I saw Philippa Stewart on BBC Gardeners’ World – she’s a Dahlia grower that has also discovered drying them. I was aware they could be dried but I’d never been inspired to try these myself until now. Dahlia inspiration The pics above and below are of some fabulous…
Preserving flowers in Sussex Our Sussex workshop is not glamorous, being an old mechanics workshop, but it has character, being part of an old Victorian stable block. It has a hayloft, and even the original drainage channels in the floor. But best of all for us, it has plenty of beams for hanging up bunches…
Experiments with drying flowers Looking back on a colourful summer: Drying flowers at home All these flowers were dried using one of two methods: Air-dried flat: just cut the flower heads off and lay the flowers face down on kitchen roll in a warm, dark, dry place for a week or so until crisp. Hanging…