Flower Preservative Recipes & Instructions

Interested in preserving flowers from your garden? Here are two different recipes & methods you can try.

How To Preserve Flowers

Materials Needed

Fresh Flowers
Floral Wire
Airtight Container
Plastic Bag
Borax
Soft Brush

Flower suggestions: daisies, mums, pansies, roses, sweet peas

Instructions:

• Remove the stems from the flowers with wire by running it through the throat of the flower and twisting it.
• Take the plastic bag and line the container with it (open side up).
• Pour the borax into the bag, cover the bottom about 1 inch deep.
• Place the blossom of the flower face down in the borax; add as many flowers as the container can hold–do not crowd.
• Cover the flowers with another layer of borax.
• Twist the plastic bag closed as tightly as possible.
• Seal the container and let the flowers sit for at least 5 weeks.
• Remove the flowers, and carefully brush away the borax.

You can now use these dried florals for crafts.

Cornmeal/Borax Floral Preservative

2 parts cornmeal
1 part borax (powdered)
Cardboard box with lid or tin with lid

Directions:

• Start with combining the cornmeal/borax mix to fill half the box or tin you will be using.
• Mix thoroughly.
• Take the freshly cut flowers and place face down in the mix. Partly cover the flowers with the mixture.
• Keep the lid on the container. Dry for approximately 3 weeks.

After use save the mixture as it can be reused over and over again.

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