Time's awastin'.
Dried flowers are the flower gardener's touchstone with the previous season, and we need them desperately, faint substitute though they may be, by about early to midwinter Dried flowers hold over better if picked in their prime. So if you think you might want some next winter then you'd better act NOW.
Here's how to do it, from the time-tested basics of air-drying how-to's on to the modern option of using the microwave through to the cutting edge of freeze drying.
Grab your scissors and go!
Dried flowers for arrangements and potpourri is so easy even kids can do it
Easy Recipes for Roses, Lavender and Pressed Blooms
Preserving a Wedding Bouquet (Freeze Drying)
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