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Wedding Bouquet Preservation: 4 Easy Options.
How to preserve your wedding bouquet as a beautiful momento
You did it. You said your vows, you kissed your partner (now spouse!), and you went home, probably feeling beyond exhaustion. You got married. But now what do you do with your bouquet?
Even though it’s a new day, you don’t want to forget one of the greatest days of your life so far, where your closest friends and family celebrated you and the one you love. One way to do this is to preserve your wedding flowers. There are several options available to you. Four are below.
8 Top Tips: How to Have a Sustainable Wedding Day
Weddings ravage the planet, but they don’t have to. Show you love the planet as much as you love your partner by following our easy advice.
Planning a wedding is already hard enough, from saying yes and putting on the engagement ring for the first time to finally saying “I do” there are 1001 things that need to be accomplished and sorted. Given all that, it’s completely understandable to not want to have each of those tasks mired down by having to also make sure that as much of your wedding as possible is sustainable. However, given that it has been previously estimated that British weddings annually create enough plastic waste to weigh the same as 47 blue whales, and result in over 3.6 million extra tonnes of CO2 gas created each year, some brides-to-be may be feeling the eco-anxiety building.
But fear not! There are plenty of ways to make your special day as environmentally friendly as possible!
Experience Every Moment: What is Slow Living?
In the last few decades, the slow living movement has been on the rise. Take a deep breathe, calm your mind, and let Hidden Botanics tell you all about it.
It can be a hectic world out there, what with the internet showing us everything we could ever want (all at once), with screens in our homes and in our cars and in our pockets. The speed of life is accelerating, enabled by the instantaneousness of technology, which expects us to be connected and available at all times. We are building a world passing its own speed limit, we eat fast food and drink instant coffee and count our minutes instead of savoring them. We may feel like we need to spend every second of every day of every week doing another new and different and productive thing and that if we don’t, we aren’t living to our fullest potential. A stressful outlook, to be sure. This is where “slow living” comes in.
How to Start Living Sustainably in 6 Easy Steps!
Living more sustainably doesn’t have to be difficult. With these six tips, anyone can begin living sustainably.
Despite the largest contributor to climate change being coal and oil companies, and these organisations having similarly ruinous effects on their surrounding ecosystems, this doesn’t mean we can ignore personal responsibility, and as we get scarily close and closer to the point of no return with our environment, we should all be trying to do our part to live more sustainably and in an eco-friendly way.
That task may sound quite daunting, but don’t worry! No one is expecting you to flip a switch and suddenly become a sustainable, environment-saving machine. There are plenty of smaller ways you can start to live a more eco-conscious life.
5 Common Flowers with Incredible Histories
The history of flower arranging is almost 5,000 years old. These are the stories of 5 favourite blooms.
Going back over 4,500 years, ancient Egyptians were the first recorded use of flowers as decorations as early as 2,500 BCE. As is often the case today, flowers were chosen not only for their beauty, but for their symbolism, with flowers being tied to different emotions and gods.
Given this multi-millenia-spanning history of flower arranging, many flowers - including those stocked and sold by Hidden Botanics, have accrued intriguing histories and associations.
What Flower is Associated with My Star Sign?
Your zodiac sign can represent so many things… Who knew it could even tell people what flower to give you!
As well as certain traits and characters associated with each astrological star sign within the zodiac, did you know that each also has a flower connected to it, representative of the personalities the people born under that star embody?
Depending on where you look, you may see that certain signs have a more than one flower linked to them, while others have only one. In order to not overcomplicate things, we’ll be going through the more commonly associated flowers for each sign!
Wondering How to Clean Dried Flowers? It’s Easier than you Think.
As certifiable dried flower enthusiasts, let Hidden Botanics explain the quick and easy process of how to clean dried flowers.
A familiar dilemma. You’ve got a beautiful floral arrangement made of dried flowers somewhere in your home - it’s gorgeous, maybe it was once your wedding bouquet. They’re a great choice for decoration, as they last much longer than traditional fresh flowers, all while retaining colour and fragrance. The only problem is, yours is starting to look a little dusty. What’s to be done?
What Flowers Should I Give my Spouse on our Anniversary?
Your anniversary is coming up and you want to right flower to get your spouse. Read this and you’re all set.
Here at Hidden Botanics a lot of the dried floral arrangements we do are for weddings, be they bouquets, flower crowns, or something else entirely. We cater to any needs a bride may have on her special day.
However, the wedding day is not the last opportunity to display your love for your partner with flowers! The most obvious anniversary associations are those we are all familiar with: the 1st is paper, the 10th is tin, 15th is crystal, all the way up to 50th being gold, and 60th being your diamond anniversary. However, these aren’t all there is to it. Each anniversary also has a flower (or sometimes multiple flowers) attached to it. Give your partner the romantic gift they deserve by giving them the flower that commemorates your years together.
Many of the flowers below are available as part of Hidden Botanics dried or artificial floral arrangements, browse our stop and see if anything perfect for your partner (or yourself, we won’t tell) catches your eye!
What is Boho Style? 5 Reasons You Should Choose it for Your Wedding
When you are planning a wedding, chances are that you've seen talk of a style called "boho". But what is this “boho style” everyone is talking about?
The Great British Mini-Moon: 10 Amazing Places for a Mini Honeymoon
Choosing to stay in the UK for your honeymoon? These places will ensure you still have a magical and romantic time.
You did it! You tied the knot! Now it’s time for the honeymoon.
Don't have as much time as you would like to pack, nor are you able to go abroad? No problem! These enchanting little places will help you forget that you are having to opt for a stay-cation!
Fancy a “mini-moon”? Let's go!
How Long Do Dried Flowers Last?
Dried flowers outlast their fresh equivalent significantly.
Dried flowers are everywhere lately, with their everlasting beauty taking social media by storm. Sustainability is the main attraction point, and they are a great investment for years to come, lasting significantly longer than their fresh alternatives.
But with that point in mind the real reason that you’re probably reading this is because you need to know:
How Do I Care for my Dried Flowers? (5 Top Tips!)
Flowers can make your home beautiful, and dried flowers won’t wilt and don’t need to be watered like fresh flowers, but there are still steps you need to take.
We know the story. You buy flowers, intent on loving them and turning your home into the nature wonderland you’d always dreamed it would be and becoming the plant whisperer, no, the flower queen you know you’re destined to be.
Only problem is… they keep dying.
