DIY- Drying your wedding bouquet professionally!

Whether it’s your bridal wedding bouquet, an anniversary or Valentine’s Day arrangement, or a particularly gorgeous vase of flowers gathered from your own garden, drying your flowers will preserve their beauty and sentimental value. Dry flowers make lovely home decor and can be used in a myriad of craft projects also. 

How can I air dry my flower if ever I’m unable to give my bouquet within 1 week of my wedding?

Air drying is also known simply as hanging the bouquet upside down. This method for how to dry flowers is best for entire bouquets or robust flowers such as roses, lavender, strawflower, baby’s breath, statice, celosia, gomphrena and thistle.

• Strip excess foliage from flowers.
• Cut stems to the desired length, but leave at least 6 inches.
• Use a rubber band or twine to tie the stems together (if you have a bouquet).
• Hang them upside down in a dark, dry, well-ventilated area. Keeping the flowers out of direct sunlight will help them retain their colour.
• The drying process will take about two to three weeks.
• Once dried, take down the flowers and spray with unscented hairspray for protection.