Dried flowers projects
Social media aficionado Hazel trawls Instagram My daughter Hazel has just finished her Business degree and spent a lot of it studying social media. Anyone following my Instagram account @daisyshopuk will have heard all about her! Here is her guest post about UK makers. Dried flowers are b(l)ooming For my third-year extended project at university,…
Flower presses, posies and petals During lockdown over the summer I avoided social media because I was finding it a bit much. But I’ve been busy in my workshop and garden! Sussex garden I’ve been getting back on top of my garden, which had been neglected due to work and kids. One of the first…
I love fragrant flowers I have fitted as many scented plants as I can in to my small Sussex garden. Roses and honeysuckle bloom in the front garden Out the front, our garden is a bit overgrown, but I love the combination of this pink honeysuckle with the rose Constance Spry. The rose only flowers…
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…
Celebrate British Flowers Week this June British Flowers Week was initially intended for the fresh flowers industry, but I think British dried flowers have something to celebrate too! The British Flowers Week website says: “British Flowers Week is the ground-breaking campaign from New Covent Garden Flower Market to promote British flowers and foliage and the…