How to Make Lavender Bottles

Nothing can compare to the fresh, clean smell of lavender. The blooms in the summer gardens fill the air with the lovely fragrance. When used in the home, it will add the clean scent to any room. Here are some instructions to help you make lavender bottles to use in your home or give as gifts.

A lavender bottle is really a bouquet of fragrant lavender flowers encaged in their own stems. They are easy to make and have so many uses. You can use them in your dressing room or tuck them into closets and dressers. When pressure is put on the cage, you will release the scent of the flowers.

You will need about 40 stalks of freshly cut lavender. If you cut them yourself, be sure to leave extra-long stems. If you are buying them, be sure the stems are long enough. Tie the stems together with a string just below the flower heads. Knot the string tightly enough to hold them together without breaking the stems.

Holding the stems, upward, carefully bend them back over the heads to make a cage for the buds. Be sure to arrange them as evenly as possible. You may need to get someone to help you by holding the stems in the center. You can then fold them back easily as the fall down around the flower heads.

Using twine or a pretty ribbon, tie the bent stems together just below the flower heads to encase them. Gently knot and tie into a bow. Now clip the bottoms of the stems so they are all even.

Sent the finished lavender bottls flat in a basket and place in a cool, dark closet to dry for a period of several days. After they have dried, take a small, fine pointed pair of scissors and cut the string which you tied around the stems in the first step. Pull this out and discard it.

It is best to use a variety of lavender that is strongly scented and long stemmed. Choose a color you like or you can choose multiple colors. Hidcote lavender will grow to about fifteen inches. It is a very deep purple color. Munstead is also purple, but only grows to about twelve inches. Grappen Hall is another taller variety of lavender. No matter what variety you choose, they will all make lovely lavender bottles.

The scent of lavender is a lovely addition to any linen closet or dresser drawer. Hopefully, these instruction will help you make all the lavender bottles you desire to use in your own home or give as gifts.