Epoke Flora Preserve Flower Drying Silica 100g

Preserve fresh flowers with their shape and colour intact using Epoke Flora Preserve Flower Drying Silica.

• 100g pack of fine silica gel crystals made for flower and botanical drying
• Draws moisture out of petals gradually to reduce shrinkage and colour loss
• Fine-grain silica formula suited to small drying batches
• Part of Epoke's Flora Preserve range, also sold in a larger 750g pack
• Useful for resin art, pressed flower crafts, keepsakes and botanical decor

Air drying flowers often leaves them flattened, faded or brittle, which is a letdown when you are trying to preserve a bouquet or a special bloom. Silica gel drying works differently: the fine crystals pull moisture out of the petals evenly, so flowers keep more of their original shape, texture and colour instead of just shrivelling.

This 100g pack is a convenient size for trying the technique on a few stems or small clusters before scaling up, and it fits neatly alongside resin art and pressed flower craft supplies.

Once your flowers are dried, they hold up well for framed botanical art, resin pendants and coasters, keepsake bouquets from weddings or special occasions, and craft projects where fresh flowers simply are not practical. Because the silica works gradually rather than instantly, thicker blooms with more petal layers, such as roses, generally take longer than flat, single-layer flowers.

If you are new to flower preservation, this 100g pack is a low-risk way to test the process on a handful of stems, note how long your particular flowers take, and decide from there whether the larger 750g pack makes sense for bigger batches.