preserving flowers

julie03

i have some carnations from my nans funeral that we would like to preserve, how can we go about it. if we press them do we just put them between some books, i have never done it before
thanks

Mimi_Arc_en_ciel

You could try drying them out:

Try this site: http://www.thegardener.btinternet.co.uk/preserving.html

Hope that helps x

GreenQueen

I had my bouquet pressed and a picture made out of it, but think that was quite expensive and a LOOOOOONG while ago. Can't remember the name of the company, but just googled 'preserved bouquets' and got a lot of results. Depends whether you want to get it done for you or have a go yourself.

Think for 'thick' flowers like carnations, you have to take them apart, as they wont dry out properly if the petals are all bunched together.

Sounds like a lovely thing to do as an extra memory of your nan.