Herbarium of dried flowers

What is a herbarium?

The herbaria were at the origin of the works to preserve and analyze the sheets of the plants or the flowers. We owe this invention to Luca Ghini (1500-1556), a famous Italian botanist. The herbaries are generally composed of plant sheets and dried flowers pressed between sheets of paper. If they were first intended for the scientific community to make a state of the botanical world, the herbaria have become decorative objects and are now trendy at home.

How are our herbaries create?

Our herbaria are created by hand by Pauline in our workshop. Each flower is added one by one on a beautiful sheet of paper depending on a design chosen beforehand. We work on simple forms that remind us of certain symmetries. Circles, lines. Our flowers are carefully chosen according to their characteristics, their shape, their color and their ability to keep. We have selected them after identified in our notebook of different species of flowers and plants that make up the flora. To find out more, you can find our different publications in our Dedicated newspaper with dried flowers.

A decoration of dried flowers to offer

Herbariums are an excellent gift. They integrate perfectly into a decoration and keep themselves for a long time. They add a little nature and a very popular floral side. For urban people, herbaries are a small garden hanging on the wall. They love the poetic side of herbaries and dried flower petals. For a birthday present or for Mothers Day It is an unusual gift that will really please. Another floral desire? We also invite you to discover our dried flowers under bell, these are also very popular gifts for lovers of plants and dried flowers.

To decorate at home

At Flowrette, we love dried flowers and we decided to use them to create a real decorative object. The dried flowers add to your interior decoration a bit of originality, a bohemian side and obviously a flowery touch. They are also very trendy, you see them everywhere on social networks: Pinterest, Instagram, Tiktok dry flowers are the big decorative trend.
At Flowrette, we carry out by our workshop our dried flower creations. In addition to our tables of dried flowers under glass, we can also find our iconic on FlowretteBouquet of dried flowers  who last long month and who will inevitably find a place in your decoration. Another desire? Discover our magnificent Flower candles to different delicate perfumes.

Create a herbarium yourself

For DIY lovers, you can also make a herbarium yourself. This will allow you to achieve the shape you want. To do this, you will need dried flowers, which will allow you to avoid the drying stage! On Flowrette, you can find our huge collection of Boots of dried flowers and stabilized flowers. There is for all tastes and colors. It is a perfect activity that you can do with your children to make them discover botany.

The steps to create a herbarium like a botanist:
Step 1: The harvest: You should look for the plant or the flowers you target. For that, you will have to go looking for him during a harvest. For the biggest plants, we advise you to take only one sample. In the end, for each species you will need a sheet.
Step 2: Drying: Once the plant or flowers have been harvested, you must dry it. For that, the traditional technique is to dry the species chosen between two boards.
Step 3: Create a page for each species in a dedicated notebook or book: on a sheet of paper, glue your species (plant or flower). On all specimens, we advise to add the details (place of collection, date, name of the species ...) and information on the different varieties.
As you can see, no need for equipment. It is a very simple activity that allows you to create a collection with your children. It is ideal for urban people who do not have a garden.