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    Home » DIY Projects

    DIY Potpourri Made from the Garden

    July 18, 2021 by Patti Estep 3 Comments

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    Dried flowers in a wooden bowl
    Bowl of potpourri over cut flowers on a screen.
    Large wooden bowl with dried flower potpourri.

    This DIY potpourri craft is super easy using flowers from your garden or a fading flower arrangement. It's a great way to extend the enjoyment of your flowers. Perfect for gift giving and pretty home decor.

    Large bowl of dried flower potpourri

    Have you ever made garden potpourri from flowers that grow in your garden? If you are growing flowers and herbs you might want to try this age-old craft. After all, it's so easy to make and can be adapted to all kinds of preferences and tastes.

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    Wooden bowl with dried flowers and a large ornate spoon.

    Three Main Parts to Potpourri Making

    1. Plants for color, plants for scent, and plants for texture.
    2. The other traditional main ingredient is essential or fragrance oil
    3. The third ingredient is a fixative. Fixatives are materials that hold the fragrance or essential oil for long periods of time. Here I'm using cellulose fiber which is affordable and readily available. Other options are orris root, calamus root, and oakmoss.
    Basket of fresh picked garden flowers

    How to Make Dried Flower Potpourri

    Gather some flowers, herbs, and seed pods.

    Garden flowers on a window screen lying across a chair.

    Spread them out on an old screen in a warm place to dry out.

    Dried flowers on a  window screen on chair arms.

    Here's what they look like after one week.

    Bottle of lavender essential oil and a bowl of cellouse fiber.

    In a small bowl add several drops of fragrance or essential oil to the fixative and stir well.

    Large wooden bowl of dried flower potpourri

    In a large bowl mix together the dried flower heads, petals, scented leaves, and seed pods, discarding the stems. Then add in the fixative and any other materials you have on hand, such as whole spices or other dried materials. In this mixture, I added a few leftover tea rosebuds, small pine cones, and whole cloves.

    Gently stir together and place in bags or jars for gifts or simply set it out to enjoy.

    Plant Choices for Color

    • Bachelor's Button
    • Black Eyed Susan
    • Calendula
    • Coneflower
    • Delphinium
    • Globe Thistle
    • Globe Amaranth
    • Ornamental Salvias
    • Peony
    • Strawflowers
    • Yarrow

    Plant Choices for Scent

    • Beebalm
    • Citrus Peels 
    • Lavender
    • Roses
    • Lemon Balm
    • Lemon Verbena
    • Mint
    • Rosemary
    • Scented Geranium Leaves

    Plant Choices for Texture

    • Dried Berries
    • Pine Cones
    • Rose Hips
    • Seed pods

    Spices for Scent and Texture

    • Allspice
    • Cinnamon chips
    • Cloves
    • Coriander Seed
    • Star Anise
    Bowl of DIY potpourri.

    This homemade garden flower potpourri smells as good as it looks.

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    More Dried Flower Crafts

    • Simmering Potpourri
    • Herbal Bath Salts
    • Test Tube Herbal Gifts
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    DIY Potpourri from the Garden

    Garden potpourri is so easy to make and can be adapted to all kinds of flowers.
    Prep Time30 mins
    Active Time30 mins
    Additional Time7 d
    Total Time7 d 1 hr
    Course: DIY Projects
    Yield: 1 Bowl
    Author: Patti Estep
    Cost: $10

    Equipment

    • Frontier Co-op Orris Root, Cut & Sifted | 1 lb. Bulk Bag | Iris germanica L.
    • NOW Essential Oils, Lavender Oil, Soothing Aromatherapy Scent, Steam Distilled, 100% Pure, Vegan, Child Resistant Cap, 1-Ounce

    Materials

    • Plants
    • Fixative
    • Essential oil

    Instructions

    • Gather some flowers, herbs, and seed pods.
    • Spread them out on an old screen in a warm place to dry out.
    • In a small bowl add several drops of fragrance or essential oil to the fixative and stir well.
    • In a large bowl mix together the dried flower heads, petals, scented leaves, and seed pods, discarding the stems. 
    • Add in the fixative and any other materials you have on hand, such as whole spices or other dried materials.
    • Gently stir together and place in bags or jars for gifts, or simply set it out to enjoy.
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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Heather @ new house new home

      July 15, 2015 at 7:47 am

      Gorgeous! I used to make potpourri with a group of friends every year - we had an arrangement with a local garden to trim their rose garden every week and gather the blooms. We had garbage bags full by the end of the season and gave it away for gifts. This brought back those fond memories. Will give it a try.

      Reply
      • Patti

        July 15, 2015 at 1:35 pm

        Hi Heather,
        You know what they say. Everything old is new again, right? What a great idea regarding trading service for rose petals. They, of course, are one of the best for potpourri.

        Reply

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