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Craft Guide - Preserving Flowers

The life of cut flowers can be prolonged by putting a small quantity of sodium carbonate, ammonium chloride or potassium nitrate into the water in which they are standing.

Doing this keeps the flowers fresh by stimulating cells and slowing the growth of germs. However this is only a temporary measure.

1. Mix one part silica gel with four parts borax, having first removed any lumps from the borax using a sieve.

2. After picking the flowers, cut the stems near the base.

3. Put a layer of the preserving powder in the bottom of an air-tight jar or plastic bag and place the face of a blossom onto the powder.

4. Cover the flower with more of the powder and repeat the process until the jar is full of flowers.

5. Squeeze all of the air from the bag and tie it with string or put the lid on the jar.

6. Leave the bag or jar, for around four weeks, in a dry place.

7. After four weeks carefully open the jar or bag, remove each of the blossoms and blow off the powder.

8. Create a stem using florist's wire run through the underside of the blossoms.

Here is a list of some flower sellers that you can buy from online and have your flowers delivered to your door:

To get a list of exhbitors who preserve flowers or work with flowres Click here

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