Dried flowers projects
I had a go at drying some cornflower stems in my workshop this summer They were all a lovely intense uniform royal blue when I hung them up to dry, but the results were very mixed! Some of the dried cornflowers colour stayed true, some faded to a pretty pale blue, and some cornflower petals…
Sea lavender is hardly changed by drying This summer I hung up some sea lavender (limonium) stems to dry in our workshop. I chose them to dry because I had heard they were easy, and seen some wedding bouquets with sea lavender this year. It turns out you can hardly tell the difference between the…
Dried scented leaves make great homemade potpourri A couple of weeks ago I took my trusty basket into the garden and collected some scented leaves that I thought may be useful in potpourri making. Picking scented leaves for drying I found scented leaf pelargoniums, lemon balm and peppermint. Drying the leaves I put the basket…
Drying rose petals and geranium flowers from my garden After my previous post on drying whole roses, I thought I’d go outside and collect some more flowers to dry. I picked some stripey rosa mundi rose petals, some dark pink rose buds, and various hardy geranium flowers in shades of pink and purple. I threw…
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…