Healthy and Green Living

Will someone please give me detailed, step by step instrunctions on how to preserve leaves & other flowers before matting them under glass to hang on the wall? Any information would be welcomed & greatly appreciated. Thanks

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I am from Pennsylvania, where there are some beautiful autumn days to enjoy. They are in my memory because I live in California, the land of almost perpetual daily sunshine. The beautiful leaves turning all of their magical colors just makes my heart smile. I miss the four seasons, one blending into the next. Being able to preserve some beautiful autumn leaves would be wonderful for me.

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I like to collect fall leaves and place them on top of my table cloth on my kitchen table. I then cover them with a clear piece of vinyl. It makes a nice change in the kitchen, and it has helped my kids learn their colours and the names of various trees and how to identify their leaves.

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The glycerin should preserve the foliage without having to change the mixture. Once the foliage has absorbed the mixture the water content will evaporate leaving the glycerin behind as a preservative.
try a stronger mix and use a warmer water base, leave in a sunny position so that the mixture is taken up faster and the water eventually will evaporate. Take the foliage out and leave to dry.

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I laminate autumn leaves, cut round the shapes and hang them from fishing line in front of the window to catch the breeze - I still have leaves from over 10 years ago preserved in this fashion. Slightly less colourful than in the first couple of years, but still beautiful.

Lynn

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When a friend gave me some beautiful pressed autumn leaves, I placed the leaves between a piece of clear textured Contact Paper and the inside window glass of my front door. This created a very unique privacy screen. They have been up for almost 5 years, perhaps not quite as colorful as they first were but still very beautiful.

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Thanks for all the share. I will try too.

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Will this method work on roses? i'd love to preserve a rose [planted this yr in memory of my dear pet who died this year]; it finally bloomed, one day before her birthday. i have tried silica gel, with no luck at all. i have only 2 more rosebuds left on the bush. tks! jan.

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wow...I've never heard of either of these, but I plan to try them both as soon as I can! Thanx!

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Me too, I remember that wax paper thing, we did it for a school project. Thanks!
nan

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