We send flowers to celebrate a birth, apologize after an argument, or acknowledge a loss we don't know how to talk about. A bouquet can say something we struggle to put into words. But why do flowers ...

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 ...

Learn how flower frogs guide individual stems and use a jar-top grid to arrange a small bouquet.

“April showers bring May flowers” is a phrase I heard my grandmother say all too often. She was obsessed with flowers and had a green thumb to match. My childhood was filled with days helping granny ...

Below, find tutorials for different methods of drying flowers, whether you opt to use silica gel or press flowers with heavy books. This popular drying technique involves hanging flowers upside down ...

Many weddings, funerals, graduations and gestures of congratulations have one thing in common: flowers. From our perfumes to home decor, modern humans live in a floral world—but we haven’t always.

Wilting flowers might not signal poor flower or plant health, but rather the effects of a sophisticated resource management strategy in plants, millions of years in the making. A study in the journal ...

Last week, I cleaned out many of my flowerpots. Although a few marigolds are hanging in there, even they are looking like they are ready to give up. Most of the flowers were straggly and tired. The ...