Useful Plants & Botanical Projects
Pressed Scented Pelargoniums: Choose Fresh Pres...
Learn how to press scented pelargonium leaves and flowers, and choose between immediate framing and a stored collection based on your project, material and timing.
Pressed Scented Pelargoniums: Choose Fresh Pres...
Learn how to press scented pelargonium leaves and flowers, and choose between immediate framing and a stored collection based on your project, material and timing.
English Lavender: Reading Fragrance in the Plan...
Use observation to choose English lavender, judge harvest timing, dry fragrant spikes and store calyces well, while recognizing what the nose cannot tell you.
English Lavender: Reading Fragrance in the Plan...
Use observation to choose English lavender, judge harvest timing, dry fragrant spikes and store calyces well, while recognizing what the nose cannot tell you.
Grow Common Yarrow for Dried Bunches That Hold ...
Learn how to harvest and dry common yarrow so flower heads keep their shape and color, with hanging and flat-drying methods, useful tools, and craft ideas for dried stems.
Grow Common Yarrow for Dried Bunches That Hold ...
Learn how to harvest and dry common yarrow so flower heads keep their shape and color, with hanging and flat-drying methods, useful tools, and craft ideas for dried stems.
Lemon Verbena for a Seasonal Botanical Supply: ...
Plan a seasonal lemon verbena supply by choosing between growing your own plant, buying fresh cut stems, or buying pre-dried leaf. Practical selection and harvest advice for sachets and dried...
Lemon Verbena for a Seasonal Botanical Supply: ...
Plan a seasonal lemon verbena supply by choosing between growing your own plant, buying fresh cut stems, or buying pre-dried leaf. Practical selection and harvest advice for sachets and dried...
Scented Pelargoniums: Airflow, Drying and Readi...
Learn how airflow shapes scented pelargonium growth and drying, how to read leaf shape, habit and fragrance, and which drying and storage equipment pays off.
Scented Pelargoniums: Airflow, Drying and Readi...
Learn how airflow shapes scented pelargonium growth and drying, how to read leaf shape, habit and fragrance, and which drying and storage equipment pays off.
Hibiscus Flowers as a Botanical Material: How t...
Judge dried hibiscus calyces by color, aroma and condition, then match the batch to drinks, color work, sachets or display. Practical checks, storage and useful tools.
Hibiscus Flowers as a Botanical Material: How t...
Judge dried hibiscus calyces by color, aroma and condition, then match the batch to drinks, color work, sachets or display. Practical checks, storage and useful tools.