BOUQUET PRESERVATION

Keep reading to learn more about our preservation process and what to expect.

STEPS FROM FRESH TO PRESSED

1. Reserve Your Date

Begin the process by reaching out to us with your event date to confirm availability. A preservation guide and contract will be provided to you to help you select your frame style, colour, and size, and any add-ons you wish to include in your order.

2. Provide Us Your Flowers

We ask that once your event has happened, that you make arrangements to provide your flowers to us within 3 days of the event. We accept local drop offs in Peterborough, ON or can provide detailed instructions if you would like to ship your bouquet to us.

3. Preserving Your Flowers

Once your blooms are in our care, we carefully deconstruct and press the flowers as quickly as possible. Flowers stay in the press for approximately 6 - 8 weeks before moving into our design queue.

4. Reconstruction and Designing

We begin working on your bouquet, reconstructing many flowers petal by petal, colour enhancing as needed, and artfully designing your piece. Once your mockup is ready, we provide you with photos and the chance to request any changes before we move to framing your flowers.

5. Framing and Pick Up

When your artwork is ready to head home with you, we will arrange local pick up or shipping of your frame to your home.

Timeline

While Redwood Floral Press works as diligently as possible to get your frames home to you, the craft of preserving flowers can be a slow process. Our general timeline is a minimum of 6 months.

Colour Enhancement

We offer complimentary colour correction for pressed frames containing blooms that may need a little boost after being in the press. It is typical for white and pink flowers to be colour corrected. Our style is subtle and natural colour enhancement.

What To Expect

We strive to create a piece of artwork that closely resembles your bouquet. It is important to understand that flowers often change colour during the preservation process and over time once framed. This is a standard part of working with natural materials like flowers.

FRAME OPTIONS

Redwood Floral Press is proud to offer a range of framing options for your blooms. We offer a thoughtful collection of options in an effort to ensure everyone can enjoy their flowers forever.

Floating Glass Frames

We offer floating glass frames, which have your flowers pressed between two panes of glass. Floating glass frames offer an airy and open style and compliment so many bouquets.

We offer floating glass frames as a main frame selection in 11x14”, 12x16”, and 16x20” sizes.

Floating glass frames are our most popular choice!

Classic Frames

Classic frames include a mat board background, offered in white or black, for your flowers to be adhered to. Classic frames allow your frame to be hung anywhere in your home without having to worry about seeing the wall colour behind it (such a bonus!).

We offer classic frames as a main frame selection in 11x14”, 12x16”, 16x20”, and 18x24” sizes.
You can also include 8x10” and 11x14” add-on frames in your order.

Looking for a larger, custom piece? Classic is the style to go with.

Shadowbox Frames

Shadowbox frames display your blooms in 3D. We use a different preservation technique to dry your flowers and keep their shape before framing them in a deeper-style shadowbox frame.

We offer main selection shadowbox frames in 11x14” and 12x16”.
You can also include a 9x9” or boutonniere shadowbox add-on in your order.

Looking for something a little different for your preservation? Try a shadowbox!

DESIGN PROCESS & COLOUR
CHANGES

This is a colour guide for some of the most common flowers used in bouquets and their colour difference between fresh and pressed. Many flowers do change colour when pressed, however if you are set on maintaining the fresh colour in your piece, we can discuss colour enhancing your flowers.

Certain flowers, such as delphinium, sunflowers, peonies (with the exception of coral charm peonies!), poppies, and dahlias often retain their colour very well, with very little change noticeable.

The biggest takeaways for colour change in flowers include the following:

  • White flowers of all varieties are likely to dry an antique, beige colour

  • Light pink flowers tend to fade quite quickly or turn purple

  • Red flowers generally preserve into a darker shade of red

  • Bright, colourful flowers keep their colours the best through the process of drying as well as over time.