This point of the calendar often feels bittersweet – not least because the transition to fall means the end of our favorite summer blooms. However, as Joanna Gaines reminds us, there is a way to ...

For 500 years, we’ve documented the science and beauty of the natural world by pressing plants. It’s a tradition that anyone can join. By Margaret Roach My compulsion to garden vividly and ...

Adding pressed flowers to your candles is the perfect DIY craft for holidays and parties. Learn how to make aesthetic, homemade, soy-based candles with pressed flowers straight from your backyard.

Pumpkin-picking season has arrived, and with it a DIY trend that doubles as affordable fall decor and a thoughtful tribute to summer. Pressed-flower pumpkins, also referred to as botanical pumpkins, ...

The skilled gardener and ceramist Frances Palmer offers a primer on how to decorate a card with dried botanicals. By Alexa Brazilian Flower pressing began in the West in earnest during the late 1800s, ...

Oshibana is the Japanese art of preserving and arranging flowers and foliage to form beautiful compositions. While the traditional method involves waiting days for the botanicals to naturally dry, ...

Learning how to press flowers is not as difficult as you might think. The technique makes an ephemeral beauty eternal by flattening the daisies, pansies, violets, and wildflowers that color your ...

Florilegium is the latest installation by artist Rebecca Louise Law -- an abundance of blooms in a baroque chapel in Parma. For Law, flowers represent "youth, happiness, and freedom, an infinite life" ...

Below, find tutorials for different methods of drying flowers, whether you opt to use silica gel or press flowers with heavy books. Air-drying This popular drying technique involves hanging flowers ...

These enchanting pumpkins are totally compostable, too. Instead of carving up the traditional spooky jack-o'-lanterns this year, give your front porch a whimsical touch with floral pumpkins. This ...