Learning how to press flowers is not as difficult as you might think. The technique makes an ephemeral beauty eternal by flattening the daisies, pansies, violets, and wildflowers that color your ...

Which flower press kit is best? Pressed flowers and foliage are fantastic for bringing the beauty of nature into your home or adding a delicate touch to handmade gifts and keepsakes. Flower art kits ...

Nature-themed crafts never go out of style, and the classic technique of pressing flowers is something that anyone can have a go at. Flower pressing is a way of preserving flowers by flattening them ...

Watching the garden fill with flowers is great fun, but how disappointing when the blooms fade. Some crafty gardeners know how to extend the season indefinitely, though, by pressing flowers. The art ...

I love preserving memories (whether in scrapbooks or in general!) by pressing or drying flowers and leaves. Pressed flowers are wonderful additions to scrapbooks, too! I still have pressed white rose ...

Lynn Pitts credits childhood days spent in Golden Gate Park for her becoming a botanical artist. There as a Girl Scout, she collected, identified and pressed more than 200 tree leaves. Today, Pitts ...

The participants at last weekend’s flower pressing workshop at Longue Vue House and Gardens probably didn’t know they were employing a Japanese art form that dates to the 1600s. Oshibana, practiced — ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Which flower press kits are best? Dried flowers and leaves make beautiful works of art. Today’s flower press kits have come a long way from placing a flower between the pages of a heavy book and ...