Barbara Hirai and her daughter (Cori) are volunteer gardeners at the Shaker Museum in Enfield, New Hampshire. They help maintain the gardens, harvest the flowers and dry them in the museum's cavernous attic. Among the purposes for drying the flowers is to create potpourri.
During DIY's visit to the museum, Barbara created a number of colorful and aromatic potpourris using the dried flowers.
"You begin with Oris Root, which is the root of the Florentine Iris," Barbara explains. "The Oris Root holds scent much longer than the dried flowers will. You may have many choices when it comes to scents. It really is a matter of taste. Some believe that Lavender scent is very relaxing."
Some of Barbara's favorite flowers for making potpourri are Globe Amaranth, Statice, Blue Salvia, Rose Petals, Rosemary, Strawflowers and Calendula Blossoms. Cori adds, "Potpourri is all a matter of taste; there's really no wrong way to make it."
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