Choosing and Pressing Flowers
The art of pressing flowers is a satisfying hobby that can be enjoyed by adults and children alike. Pressing flowers is easy and rewarding and, by giving a little time to the choosing, picking, drying, pressing and care in arrangement of the flowers, lasting joy is yours. It’s a wonderful way of preserving and enjoying the beauty of flowers, the colour, the wonderful shapes and the thoughts provoked by each flower. Far better than to have them fade and dispatched to the rubbish bin or even to the more noble final resting place of the compost heap. Once pressed, the flowers can be arranged artistically and glued onto various materials to make attractive pictures or designs on greeting cards, bookmarks or calendars, or used as decorations…
