Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “For centuries, we have pressed flowers as a way to hold a moment, a loved one, a memory,” offers Linda Ruel Flynn, owner and ...

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 ...

Turn your blooms into brushstrokes.

Press flowers with an iron, book, microwave, or by making your own flower press. Pressing flowers yourself is an easy and rewarding craft. They can act as a keepsake, framed artwork, a meaningful gift ...

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 — ...

Pressed flower art has a way of making time feel a little softer. A bloom that would normally last a week or two gets a ...

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 ...

Bring the outside indoors by creating pressed flower art with your child while discussing the properties and appearance of different blossoms. Flowers (Note: Press the flowers soon after picking or ...

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 ...