Learning how to press flowers is not as difficult as you might think. The technique makes an ephemeral beauty eternal by flattening the daisies, pansies, violets, and wildflowers that color your ...

When my garden is at its peak, I wish it could stay that way forever. But gardens are ephemeral — one morning a flower opens, and by dusk, it has faded. One way to seize the moment is to press flowers ...

Flowers mark some of the best days of our lives (Mother’s Days, our wedding day, special Valentine’s Days, birthdays) and are gorgeous keepsakes—for at least a day or two. Then, inevitably, they start ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Collecting and saving leaves in scrapbooks and nature journals is a fun ...