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Dried Flowers are currently a huge growing trend in the world of floristry, event styling, and home décor. With the ability to keep your special memento for longer and enjoy your favourite blooms all year round, its no wonder these stylish botanicals are the biggest thing to blossom into the florist industry since the flower crown. Dried flowers ever-growing popularity also comes from the fact that they combined the beauty of natural flowers with the longevity of artificial flowers.

Summary:

• What do I need to consider when choosing containers for hand-poured candle making? 
• Material: Select a container made of heat-resistant materials such as glass or coated ceramic.
• Size: Choose a container that is wide enough to accommodate a safe perimeter of wax around your wick.
• Shape: Containers with a uniform diameter or width are ideal, as this facilitates an even burn. An even burn maximises your candle’s lifespan and helps to prevent smoky burning. 
• Aesthetic: Match the container style with your candle’s intended purpose and/or branding.

Choosing containers for hand-poured candle making offers a multitude of options. With a range of materials, sizes, and shapes to choose from, read on for a 101 breakdown that can help you make the right selection for your candle making.

Dried Palm leaves, flowers, and botanicals have become a trendy feature in popular floral arrangement designs. But quite often, you need to either re-purpose or change the colour of your dried botanicals to suit a certain colour palette or to extend their lifespan.

Summary:

• Taking the time to buy healthy plants will ensure the plant lasts longer.
• Read your plants care label and become aware of what it needs as every plant is different. 
• Keep your plant away from strong draughts and artificial heat.
• Don’t overwater your plants. A ‘cup of kindness’ kills more plants than any other element.
• Putting your plant out in the rain can help dissolve the salts and other minerals found in hard tap water.
• Regularly remove any dead leaves or flowers from your plant.
• Using leaf shine sprays can help protect your plant from disease.
• Outdoor plant pots will need drainage holes and a pot plate to catch the excess water.
• Some indoor plant pots will have an internal water well step to lift the pot and prevent root rot.

Summary:

• Taking the time to buy healthy plants will ensure the plant lasts longer.
• Read your plants care label and become aware of what it needs as every plant is different. 
• Keep your plant away from strong draughts and artificial heat.
• Don’t overwater your plants. A ‘cup of kindness’ kills more plants than any other element.
• Putting your plant out in the rain can help dissolve the salts and other minerals found in hard tap water.
• Regularly remove any dead leaves or flowers from your plant.
• Using leaf shine sprays can help protect your plant from disease.
• Outdoor plant pots will need drainage holes and a pot plate to catch the excess water.
• Some indoor plant pots will have an internal water well step to lift the pot and prevent root rot.

A key part of floristry that usually flies under the radar is the subtle but technical art of bouquet wrapping. If done correctly, bouquet wrapping can help enhance the beauty and presence of the flowers it encompasses. It can help frame the arrangement and take it to a new level of extravagance. Putting effort into the wrapping of your bouquet can help elevate your floristry from that of a simple supermarket or roadside stall.

Our Koch & Co Silica Gel Flower Drying Preserving Crystals (flower drying crystals) are an Eco-friendly, nontoxic, thirsty, granular compound that offers the best method of preserving the natural beauty of fresh flowers and bouquets.

A signature addition to any household during the holiday season, a Christmas wreath or swag is so much more than a decoration. Christmas wreaths and swags are usually the first Christmas decorations that people see before they enter your home and can help set the tone for the rest of your Christmas décor theme.

Nothing is truer than the saying “from little things, big things grow”. This humble idea has been at the core of Koch & Co’s evolution throughout the years; an evolution built by hard work and family. So where did it all begin?