Hang dried or silica dried? A side-by-side look at the two ways I dry wedding bouquets, how each one changes your flowers, and how to choose the look you want to keep.

From the Song of Songs and myrtle crowns to Victorian orange blossoms, discover what wedding flowers have meant through history, and why couples preserve them today.

A bridal bouquet holds more flowers than one piece can. Here's exactly how many make it in, who chooses them, what happens to the rest, and why dried blooms look a little different than they did on the day.

A wedding bouquet can be more than an arrangement that matches the dresses. It can be a portrait of everyone who got you to the aisle. On choosing flowers for who they belong to, which blooms survive the day, and which ones last far beyond it.

The passionflower carries centuries of symbolism, and I grow my own here in Tennessee. Here's the story behind one of my favorite blooms to preserve.