Learning how to press flowers is not as difficult as you might think. The technique makes an ephemeral beauty eternal by flattening the daisies, pansies, violets, and wildflowers that color your ...

The participants at last weekend’s flower pressing workshop at Longue Vue House and Gardens probably didn’t know they were employing a Japanese art form that dates to the 1600s. Oshibana, practiced — ...

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My compulsion to garden vividly and expressively comes from Grandma Marion, who always made room for masses of marigolds and zinnias that echoed the colors of the Fiestaware on her pantry shelves. But ...

Flowers can have sentimental value, particularly those received as gifts or those that were part of momentous occasions, like weddings. Fresh flowers have finite life spans unless measures are taken ...

We love the garden colors at this time of year; those perfectly shaped pink roses, that huge Joe Pye Weed, the colors in the ornamental grass heads, even the seed pods of our Love in A Mist. But of ...

Think back to the first time you got a very special flower delivery, maybe it was a first date with the love of your life, or a bouquet brought in on the day your baby was born? Regardless of the ...

When harvesting flowers for pressing, pick the freshest blooms and wait until the morning dew has evaporated. Then sort the flowers into ones that are fleshy or less fleshy before drying them in you..

“Anything that’s quite flat will press nicely, like buttercups and ferns,” says Helen Ahpornsiri, 32, an artist who builds intricate collages using glue, a surgical scalpel and the pressed plants she ...

Which flower press kit is best? Pressed flowers and foliage are fantastic for bringing the beauty of nature into your home or adding a delicate touch to handmade gifts and keepsakes. Flower art kits ...