Dried flowers last a long time - much longer than fresh flowers - but they don’t last forever, despite often being called everlasting flowers. Just like fresh flowers, dried flowers will eventually need to be replaced. In this post I answer the question ‘how long do dried flowers last?’

Tips for looking after your dried flowers, including choosing a location, how to clean them and what to do if they start to droop.

Strawflowers (Helichrysum bracteatum in most seed catalogues) are my favorite flowers to grow for drying because of their stunning, long-lasting colours and their cheerful daisy shapes. Overall, they’re pretty straightforward to dry but they can still be susceptible to mould so I wanted to share my tips for how to dry and store them - both full flowers and flower heads only.

A lovely day was spent decorating tables with locally-grown flowers and chatting with couples about their upcoming wedding plans at the Pauntley Court open day. Here's how I decorated my table with everlasting flowers.

Lots of perennial flowers dry really well, but here are six to get started with that will give you a variety of shapes, textures and colours.

Today I’m sharing five easy-to-dry flowers. These are great to start with if you’re new to flower drying, and they’re all annuals which means you can go from seed to dried flower in one growing season.

Last month I took my dried flowers to London to participate in the fourth annual Strawberry Hill House Flower Festival. It was a fantastic learning experience for me and really inspiring to see so much imagination on display.

I love the look of crinkly dried Rudbeckia flowers … here’s how I dry them to use in everlasting flower arrangements.