Interesting site! Thanks for posting the article.
I have a wooden flower press and have preserved many flowers and leaves through the years. After awhile though they fade and are washed out looking because I can’t resist displaying them in frames.
I took a quick peek at the site and am amazed that many of their scans still show quite of bit of color for being so old. This year I’ll try keeping the flowers in a notebook or something out of the light. Maybe it’ll jumpstart me into starting a garden journal again.
I love nothing more than a pressed Pansy. :)
I also keep a pretty basket on the kitchen table all Summer long. When I’m dead-heading flowers or interesting seed-pods from the garden, they go in there for use later in potpourri.
But fresh herbs are the best, IMHO. Such useful and beautiful plants! I’ll be starting a flat of Basil come March for the garden. We make tons of pesto in the summer. If you want my recipe, just ask. It’s really easy and freezes well. You can have a taste of Summer all year long.
I’ve kept a big Rosemary alive all winter; it’s nearly time to take cuttings from her to make some new plants for Spring, too.
Some folks put ‘geraniums’ or ‘pelargoniums’ into the herb category as well. I LOVE scented pelargoniums. Time to make some cuttings from them, too. :)