What is the best way to dry flower petals?
Hanging Method, Flat Method, Upright Method, Pressing Flowers, Drying with Silica Gel All these methods of drying flowers are covered below. Drying your own florals is not only great for decorating and floral arrangements, they look great while drying too. Find a dry place to hang a peg board and display your florals with a little raffia or jute tied around the stems while they are drying. Hanging Method: Select florals that are almost in full bloom and remove any damaged petals. Remove some of the lower leaves, and wrap a small bunch of florals together with twist ties and over the twist tie, wrap a piece of raffia or jute around and tie in a bow.. Hang your florals to dry completely and you can even just leave them hanging to look extra pretty. Flat method of drying: (See Diagram 1 below) Some florals don’t dry well with the hanging method and require some special care for this method of drying, you will need some floral wire and tape to add back stems once your florals are dry. This
