Fresh flowers—whether picked directly from your yard or garden, or coming via a professional bouquet or arrangement—have a relatively short shelf life. No matter how clean you keep the water, or how ...

It's best to dry flowers in bunches of one kind, then mix them into arrangements. (THE OREGONIAN) Preparing flowers for natural drying takes five to 10 minutes. And if you pick the flowers from your ...

If you’ve ever grown a flower garden, you know just how lovely summer blooms can be. If you're looking to keep that beauty a little longer into the fall or winter season, you can dry your own flowers.

Many people grow flowers just for the sheer pleasure of enjoying them in the garden while they're in bloom. However, it's entirely possible to prolong the pleasure of your plants into the next season ...

DRIED flowers can give all the joy of a fresh bouquet – and they do not wilt away after a few days. So you save a bunch on fresh blooms and preserve them to enjoy for months longer. Follow this ...

If you want to keep those gorgeous Valentine’s blooms gifted to you by someone special, you can dry them to give you happy memories in the months to come. The options are to dry them to place ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “It’s the art of possibility,” says Lucy Philips. “As you don’t need water and the flowers are almost ...

Every gardener knows the pleasure of the season’s first blooms. Plan ahead, and you can surround yourself with your favorite flowers year-round with little effort. It all starts with picking the ...