2025 Garden Get-Together
DIY Pressed Flowers and Cut Bouquets
So, your flowers bloomed. You harvested your favorites. And now? It’s time to get a little creative with what your garden gave you. In this episode of Ferry-Morse’s 2025 Garden Get-Together, host Rebecca shares two simple ways to bring those blooms indoors: pressed flower art and handmade bouquets. Both are easy, thoughtful projects that let you enjoy your harvest well beyond the growing season.
It’s something that you grew yourself. It’s gorgeous. It’s from the heart.
1 | Making Pressed Flower Art
To start, select a mix of flowers — cosmos, calendula, and bachelor buttons work beautifully. Carefully place them between two sheets of parchment paper, arrange them how you'd like them to press, and then cover with a stack of heavy books. Leave them untouched for at least two weeks (longer if you can) in a spot where they won’t be disturbed. Once pressed, you can frame your flowers face-down on the glass for a clean finish — no glue needed. The pressure from the frame will hold them in place, and the best part? You can swap them out any time you want a fresh look.
2 | Wrapping a Cut Flower Bouquet
If you want to share your garden with others, try making a bouquet. Use floral tissue paper to create a cone, secure it with tape, and wrap it with any ribbon you have on hand. Then, choose your blooms — start with a bold focal point and build out with contrasting shapes and colors, twisting the bouquet in your hand as you go for an even, full look from all angles.It’s an easy, heartfelt way to turn your harvest into something meaningful for someone else — or to brighten up your own home.
Wrapping a Cut Flower Bouquet
If you want to share your garden with others, try making a bouquet. Use floral tissue paper to create a cone, secure it with tape, and wrap it with any ribbon you have on hand. Then, choose your blooms — start with a bold focal point and build out with contrasting shapes and colors, twisting the bouquet in your hand as you go for an even, full look from all angles.It’s an easy, heartfelt way to turn your harvest into something meaningful for someone else — or to brighten up your own home.
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