June: a month of Photography Photos of dried wedding flowers At the beginning of the month I was emailed by Tess, a happy bride who had used my dried flowers at her wedding, with a link to a lovely blog post written by her photographer Esme Ducker. A visit from a gardens photographer – potpourri…
Tag: herbs
Five uses for dried Chamomile flowers
Chamomile is a pretty daisy-like flower Chamomile is much-used in aromatherapy with properties similar to lavender. The flower is soothing to mind and body with an apple-like fragrance. Chamomile flowers growing in my garden We had a minor disaster a few months ago: flooding in our DaisyShop workshop. Of course we were insured, so it…
Lavender craft in Herbs magazine
Herbs magazine If you haven’t come across it, Herbs magazine is the quarterly journal of the Herb Society and I was very pleased to have an article on lavender craft published in the June edition. Lavender craft article If you would like to read more, the article is a combination of these three blog posts:…
Potpourri from dried flowers grown in your garden
Dried flowers article in Make and Craft magazine This month I am very pleased to have another article about dried flowers published in Make and Craft magazine. This one is about picking flowers from your garden to dry and make potpourri. They have published a little early, as the two main flowers used were roses…
Herbs de Provence roasted veg recipe
Herbs de Provence is a French dried herbs mix Herbs de Provence comprises dried rosemary, basil, thyme, savory, marjoram. I imported some from France, but it might present a fun challenge to make it from scratch! It’s a savory dried herbs mix which is lovely on pizzas, chicken, grilled food and barbeques. Herbs de Provence…