Drying Flower Petals Naturally

3 Materials
$10
2 Days
Easy

I first started saving rose petals years ago when they would fall from a bouquet. I'd place them is a pretty dish. Then it wasn't just roses, but all different flower petals set in dishes throughout the house. They still looked sentimentally pretty to me. I started adding beads, old jewelry, pearls in with them.All those bowls and then apothecary jars made me smile.

Jump forward a couple of decades and I now have my gardens.I now go out in the morning to see what's blooming.


Roses are still my favorite to dry

I pull off all the petals, and then the hip. I don't want it to waste it's energy to turn into fruit.


I drop the petals into my ''collection box''.

Feverfew looks like little daisies, the flowers are easy to pop off.

I have paths through my back gardens that all need to be checked for flowers, the same in the front.

Picken's for the day get placed from my collection box onto parchment paper which lines the lid of a tote. I spread them out into the thinnest layer possible.


It always amazes me how much the petals shrink. They then go into a large tote that gets stored in my dark garage.Each time it's opened, the scent is amazing!






Wedding Toss in a cone from a friends wedding

Dried Petals are great for Soaps, Bath Bombs, Sachets, Table Decor, Candles, Dream Pillows, Eye Pillows, Wedding Toss, Flower Girl Baskets and more.

The flowers change as the Seasons do. Drying time depends on the weather. As far as cost goes, it's just a one time purchase of a tote and parchment paper. You can reuse the same sheet of parchment as long as it's kept clean.


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