5 EASY Ways to Dry Hydrangeas ~ Free Home Decor

[@RuralRefurb]

Thank you for being here! It’s hydrangea drying season so please share your ways of drying these gorgeous blooms! 🌸🌸🌸

[@carolannverhagen3356]

Hi Tracey, in Canada we call those white flowers, Sneezewort, it is a yarrow. It is used sometimes as a "baby breathe" type filler in arrangements. Love your show

[@RuralRefurb]

What a brilliant word!! Sneezewort! Love it!😀

[@connietowler3725]

Had to watch again. I cut some of the hydrangeas yesterday, now to dry them. Here in the States the white flowers you had are called Cotton Tail plants, I have several plants. I think you called one plant Bull Rushes, we call them Cat Tails, and YESSSS, they cause quite a mess, had some open in the house 🤦‍♀I hear now you can put Mod Podge to prevent this, maybe matted, unless you want glossy. So pretty. I always learn something new with your posts, I thoroughly enjoy them. Gets me up and moving at 75 🐝🌾🍂🦋 Hugs to your Supervisor Bertie

[@RuralRefurb]

Awww thanks for watching again Connie and great tip with the glue! 🥰

[@starlenematchett2026]

I need your pink dress I my life. It is perfect! Suits you to a tee and it suits my, shall we say, vibe, very well, too.

[@RuralRefurb]

Yes! Thank you! It’s quite an old one but keeps coming out every year 😁🌸😊

[@robertareilly4847]

Thank you for these inspiring ideas. I used to put copious amounts of hair lacquer on bull rushes but now find Mod Podge or PVA glue helps.

[@RuralRefurb]

Great tip! Thanks for sharing!😊♥️

[@Victoria20997]

Wow Tracy. I’m SO impressed how you find the time and energy to look after your huge garden and property and your home.And of course the wonderful videos you share with us. ❤

[@RuralRefurb]

Thank you so much! Yes it is all a full time job! 😃

[@Rebelhomeland]

The rectangle lamp & shade is show stopping!

[@RuralRefurb]

Thank you! There’s a video on how I did that if you haven’t seen it😊

[@lechat8533]

Dear Lord, you`re like a fairy living in a fairyland. Bless you! I adore hydrangeas. This year (2024) the heat waves destroyed mine very early on. It`s a pity. No dried hydrangeas for me this year. Thanks for this lovely video.💚🤎💖 Greetings from Slovenia.

[@ginamaria2579]

Love hydrangeas, remind me of my grandma ☺️💕

[@RuralRefurb]

Ah what a lovely memory 😊🌸🩷

[@theresapatterson7069]

I just found your channel a couple weeks ago, you have become one of my favorites!! Look forward to every new video! Thanks!!😊

[@RuralRefurb]

Yay! Thank you! Hello and welcome! 😊🤗🥰

[@brendanbang6636]

Your hydrangeas are stunning. I like drying them upside down the best.

[@RuralRefurb]

Thanks so much 😊 Good luck with the drying🤍🩷💙💜

[@REBEC65]

I enjoyed every moment of your sharing and now I know for one how I intend spending my Retraite in France Thanks to your lovely video.❤

[@RuralRefurb]

Wonderful! Thanks for watching!🌸

[@maggieferguson6870]

Hydrangea bushes in full bloom put on such a gorgeous show in the gardens up and down my neighbourhood. Thank you for your helpful tips. You’ve inspired me to bring in a bouquet today!

[@RuralRefurb]

Oh that’s lovely! Enjoy! 🤍🩷💜💙

[@kathleenjohnson8940]

High ranges are my most favorite flower, they're beautiful and your garden is beautiful❤

[@RuralRefurb]

Thank you so much 😊

[@dianefontaine8918]

Well I don’t own my place but the country is free. I’ll be drying up flowers soon. Love this video. Thanks 🙏 ❤ ❤

[@RuralRefurb]

So true and wonderful to get out and about, exploring and foraging. Enjoy! 🍂🍁

[@SorayaZiziArtist]

Enjoyed watching Tracy. Well done 😀👍

[@RuralRefurb]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much 🙏🏻😊🤗

[@mags8014]

Thank you; I had been wondering how to dry my hydrangeas when up popped your video - perfect timing and now I know it all!

[@RuralRefurb]

Glad it was helpful!🤗

[@lianeabeyta4515]

MY goodness! How lovely to have such a beautiful property to forage. I can only imagine all the gorgeous arrangements you will be making for fall. Looking forward to seeing how you use them.

[@RuralRefurb]

Thank you so much lovely 😊 yes autumnal styling is not far away now🍁🍂

[@maggiefoers2038]

Hi can’t wait to see what you get up to today 😊

[@RuralRefurb]

Hi Maggie! Thanks for being here 🙏🏻😊

[@630sunshine]

Wow, the heads on your hydrangeas are amazing!

[@RuralRefurb]

They are! So lovely and big!🌸😁

[@dalialauzan9159]

Que precioso video, como todos los que haces pero este en particular a sido como poner colirio a mis ojos, que belleza de flores, plantas, helechos a mi me encantan las flores y las hortensias son una de mis favoritas, también me gustan las orquídeas , este canal se a convertido en mi favorito, le pones alma, corazón y vida a tus videos y eso cautiva a toda la audiencia que te ve

[@RuralRefurb]

Oh that’s so lovely of you, thanks so much for sharing 🙏🏻🌸🌿🤗

[@delia.cotarella]

Love everything you do and I am a big fan of hydrangeas and tulips myself. Big thank you for all the hydrangea tips. I have just created a wreath with faux hydrangeas for our main entrance, looking forward to drying my own 💚

[@RuralRefurb]

So nice of you to say, thank you🤗your wreath sounds beautiful, they are such a great flower to work with both real and faux. Thank you for being here🥰🥰🥰

[@valeriefourie3209]

Thank you so much for this video. You are really an inspiration. Your garden is beautiful. 💐

[@RuralRefurb]

So nice of you, most welcome 🙏🏻😊🤎

[@annetteberg8924]

Thank you fabulous information wonderful tips xx

[@RuralRefurb]

You are so welcome!🤎

[@luzrohrman9358]

Wow, so happy I found you ! I love your style of decor , reusing … I also plant and love hydrangeas… can’t stop watching your videos.. 5 years ago I moved back to my home and looking for inspiration for decor

[@RuralRefurb]

Hello and welcome! Delighted you found me! Hope I can give you some ideas and inspiration 🙏🏻😊

[@yolandaperezvelez5988]

Thanks for sharing so great ideas❤can wait for Fall decorations count me in beautiful outdoor goodies 🥰

[@RuralRefurb]

Oh me too Yolanda! I’m quite excited for Autumn decorations 😃🤎🤍🍂🍁

[@lisarichards156]

Absolutely fabulous video, so inspiring especially as they're so expensive in the shops! Thank you Tracey you're by far my favourite channel now 🤗👏. Lx

[@RuralRefurb]

Wow, thank you! That’s so kind of you to say! Thank you for watching 😊🤗🥰

[@isabellederisbourg5570]

So beautiful! Thanks❤

[@RuralRefurb]

My pleasure 🙏🏻😊🤗

[@ЛюдмилаБеднова-ц2ъ]

Восхищаюсь вами!!!Вы такая классная!!!!Как здорово у вас всё получается!Я сделала очень много декора по вашим примерам!!!Спасибо вам огромное!!!

[@RuralRefurb]

I’m so delighted to be inspiring you! Thanks so much for tuning in! 🙏🏻😊

[@edithgreen4195]

Absolutely love watching your videos. You have given me more inspiration than anyone I have ever watched thank you

[@RuralRefurb]

I'm so glad! So lovely to know! Thank you 🙏🏻😊♥️

[@sharonhopkins9982]

Hi Tracey, I'm new to your channel and I love your style. You have beautiful home and grounds. Thank you for tutorial on drying my favorite flower, by the way beautiful dress!

[@RuralRefurb]

Welcome!! 🤗Thank you so much for being here🙏🏻😊The dress is one I’ve had for ages, comes out each summer 😁

[@slfawcett9598]

Great tips … thanks! I was fascinated to see that here in western Canada we have some of the similar wild plants that I dried last fall as you have just picked. 🌾🍁🍂

[@RuralRefurb]

Oooh that’s interesting! Don’t suppose you know the names of them? 🤗🤎

[@carlametcalfe4342]

Thanks ❤

[@RuralRefurb]

You're welcome 😊

[@nerinawegener5609]

I wish I had giant size Hydrangeas to dry. I have one in a pot so I get small ones but they are still pretty. Love your natural garden. I would never be inside !

[@RuralRefurb]

They are Annabelle that I cut down each year so the heads come back large! Thanks so much for watching 🙏🏻😊

[@lisaconnelly7731]

Great tutorial.❤

[@RuralRefurb]

Hope that’s given you inspiration Lisa! 🤗

[@Np-vq9mo]

Love your content! Look forward to seeing your new videos!

[@RuralRefurb]

Glad you like them!🤗

[@linashomecreations1696]

Another inspiring video Tracy. Loved all the flowers 💐 🌺 the hydrangeas and the broom broom 😅 I can’t wait to purchase our new home in Uk as soon as we’ve sold one of our houses in Portugal 🇵🇹 I do love the different weather’s you have especially Autumn and winter snow, which is something we don’t have here in south of Portugal 🇵🇹. Love your beautiful pink dress by the way.❤

[@RuralRefurb]

How exciting Lina! Will you divide your time between the 2 countries? It’s not been a great summer here this year, wish I could have spent it out there! 😎Thanks for watching lovely 😊🥰

[@linashomecreations1696]

@RuralRefurb your welcome 🙏 i love your home and grounds, and it's so beautiful that it reminds me of a step back in time. Yes, we have 2 homes here a townhouse and a villa, and both have been put up for sale. Looking into buying around hampshire area and living in uk and Portugal 🇵🇹 xx

[@RuralRefurb]

@@linashomecreations1696 oh you’ll be near me then! 👏🏼

[@viewfrommylensjane]

Thanks for the great tips! I did not know you can strike! YAY!

[@whalepsychologist]

You’re my favorite KZbinr right now. ❤️ Love from Texas

[@RuralRefurb]

Ah bless you!🙏🏻Much appreciated 😊

[@resaglennon7029]

LOVE your home and your videos! Going out to shop for my hallway credenza and dry some of my hydrangeas! Thank you!

[@RuralRefurb]

Have fun!😀♥️

[@Lizzies-mom]

If you let a few parsnips run to seed not only do they make an amazing show in the early summer( an idea nicked from a Cleve West Chelsea garden) they dry easily by the hanging method & make lovely large decor in huge vases. See

[@RuralRefurb]

What a brilliant suggestion! Thanks so much for sharing 🤗🥰

[@katarzynajuszkiewicz2779]

Hi, my name is Kasia, I live in Poland and I love your vlog. You have amazing garden with beautiful white Home. Congratulation!!! :-)

[@RuralRefurb]

Thank you so much Kasia! I’m delighted you are enjoying the channel lovely😊😊♥️

[@lolasalesmoore236]

I love this video Tracey!!

[@RuralRefurb]

Lola! Hello lovely! Did you have a lay in this morning, I was waiting for you on chat! 😀

[@lolasalesmoore236]

@@RuralRefurb my daughter home this weekend, I’m so sorry!!!

[@RuralRefurb]

@@lolasalesmoore236 you are forgiven 😂 have a wonderful time with your daughter 🥰🥰🥰

[@kathyhelmold7358]

I have dried a lot of hydrangeas. Never tried foraging though. Great tips!! Love your beautiful pink hydrangeas. Mine are mostly blue and purple

[@RuralRefurb]

Thanks for watching! Happy foraging! 🤎🍂🤗

[@danachats8944]

Thank you for sharing these tips.

[@RuralRefurb]

You are so welcome!🌸

[@lanclincunningham12]

😅i was so excited to see your arrangements.I have collected thrifted21 mirrors since I found ur channel I white wash a few.Placiing them is interesting i love to change them around.

[@RuralRefurb]

Oh wow! That’s a great collection! Delighted to have inspired you 🤍🤍🤍

[@anastasiarn7781]

I’m going to try this this year! Thank you. 🙏

[@RuralRefurb]

Yes! Good luck!🌸

[@Euphrodyne]

I love your video and your personality!! Keep blooming ❤

[@RuralRefurb]

🥰🌸

[@cbb_creationsceciliabaca775]

Thank you for the great ideas!..my favorite as always are the hydrangeas but can’t grow them here, I live in the desert (Southwest Texas) maybe I can get on Etsy and buy them!

[@RuralRefurb]

You are so welcome! I wonder if you could grow them indoors, out of the sun and heat? 😊🌸

[@Frugalpleasuresinretirement]

Thank you Tracey for tutorial. Don’t have a garden but will walk around Wimbledon common see what I can find. Love your home and your videos❤❤❤

[@RuralRefurb]

Now you know I’m dying to make a Wombles reference here don’t you?? 😂You have to be from the UK and a certain age to know what I mean! Thanks so much for watching and happy foraging! 🤗

[@lorrainedilks4053]

My hydrangeas are just coming out in New Zealand. Going to try to dry some.

[@RuralRefurb]

Yaaay!!!🌸 Always best to wait until they are just about to go over so enjoy them on the bush first😊

[@WendyMiddleton-y3j]

I am member of a local flower club in sussex and was wondering if you would be interested in coming to give a talk on home drying and styling to our members. Love your drying and styling tips.🎉

[@RuralRefurb]

Ah thank you so much Wendy! I’m super busy right now so maybe in the future😊🌸

[@dulcerush735]

Beautiful ❤ I love hydrangeas, but here in north Florida I’ve never seen anything like that before, they are incredible in color and size. Mine bloom in May and they don’t last but a few weeks. I’m wondering also do you have snakes, poisonous ones? You must not the way you’re walking through all the high grasses. It’s truly beautiful there. You are very blessed.😊

[@RuralRefurb]

We only have 1 poisonous snake in the UK and that’s the Adder… only 14 people have died from Adder bites in the last 145 years in this country!!!! So I think I’m ok 😃Thanks for your question though 🤗🥰

[@dulcerush735]

@@RuralRefurb well, God knows we have them in north Florida. One week ago my son killed a rattlesnake. We have a farm and we need to be very careful all the time, we have many different types:( so we keep the area around us mowed.I Enjoy watching your channel. And watching , escape to rural France. That’s an amazing young man. I don’t guess I’ll live long enough to see him finish his château.

[@RuralRefurb]

@@dulcerush735 gosh that must be a constant worry for you, no wonder you keep the grass short! 🐍😱🥰

[@jeanrae2171]

The little white flower looks like Achillea 'The Pearl' or Achillea 'Noblessa White' perhaps.

[@RuralRefurb]

Ooooh thanks for that! 🙏🏻😊

[@jeanrae2171]

you're welcome @@RuralRefurb

[@bettietuck8770]

I love to dry hydrangeas also......do you have cattails where you live? You offer such great suggestions...

[@RuralRefurb]

Ah so pleased you enjoyed the video. Cattails?? Oooh I’ll have to Google that as I’m useless with the names of plants 🤪

[@debiegordon3787]

TQ 4 sharing ur simple tips & beautiful kitchen courtyard💚🩵🤍. I luv shopping Mother Nature 🌼🌿🌾too. Where did ur pink dress come from? So breezy🩷

[@RuralRefurb]

Thank you for watching! The dress is quite old and I cut the label out, sorry 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@danielasuri1579]

❤ this! How do you prevent spiders from coming with the plants? I dried some a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been finding the biggest spiders since around my house. Thank you!!

[@RuralRefurb]

I never really have any problems here in Sussex. Maybe try leaving them outside for 24 hours so anything in them can crawl away??😊

[@debm2057]

I enjoy your videos. I moved in a house that has several Hydrangea bushes. I tried to dry some but they fall apart after drying. Would you know what I am doing wrong? Thank You

[@RuralRefurb]

How lovely that you’ve got well established bushes there, just be careful to pick them at the right time and when dry maybe try hairspray. I often spray paint mine which helps with the shedding. Also I think it depends on the type, Annabelles shed quite a lot whereas mopheads don’t tend to IMO 😊🤗

[@jacquiwhitehouse2924]

Hi Tracy, I messaged you a few weeks ago about magnolia leaves in your winter display, you told me that you wax them , what wax do you recommend & would I be able to spray them silver etc & wax after , Love your channel from jacqui, Staffordshire 🫶🫶 Ps we live on the edge of a forest, so will be hunting down pine cones & twigs Love ❤️ Light 🕯️& Angel 😇 Blessing 🙏🙏

[@RuralRefurb]

Hi Jacqui! Definitely colour first then wax. Here is the link to the wax I use😊Annie Sloan White Wax: US & Others amzn.to/45vZaBC UK amzn.to/3x3sTVC Have fun xx

[@RuralRefurb]

Sorry Jacqui that was the link to the white wax, for the leaves I use the clear!! My bad🤦🏼‍♀️

[@jacquiwhitehouse2924]

@@RuralRefurb That’s ok thank you very much , hope your enjoying garden & being out in the sunshine 🌞 I definitely am xxx

[@RuralRefurb]

@@jacquiwhitehouse2924 😎🙏🏻🥰

[@viviennebarrow9912]

Hi, I live down the road from you & I love your posts, I don't know what I am doing wrong, after cutting the hydrangeas, I have tried Hanging and putting them in a vase, but they just wilt, where I'm I going wrong? Help please. Viv

[@RuralRefurb]

Hellooo!🙌🏼You are probably cutting them too early when they have too much moisture in them. Best to cut when they feel papery, starting to dry on the bush😊🌸

[@margielynch7196]

I can’t grow hydrangeas where I live. Can you dry the ones from the florist?💗

[@RuralRefurb]

You could try but they may be too fresh. I’d put them somewhere cool and dark to try. It’s best to pick them for drying when they are just going over on the bush 🥰

[@arlenewatt5225]

Beautiful. Looking forward to how you use the dried florals.

[@RuralRefurb]

Thank you! Not long now for autumnal styling🍂🍁🤎

[@yvonneharalson7672]

Get the APP on your phone, the one that you take a pic and it gives you the name of the flower s😅😊I see my self in you!❤

[@RuralRefurb]

Great idea!! Thanks so much! 😊

[@suecardwell442]

I used glycerine for holly leaves and it kept them very subtle but darkens the leaves

[@RuralRefurb]

Ooooh never tried it with holly! Thanks for sharing 😁

[@cindymaceves]

dear Tracey, how do you properly dry bulrushes or cattails? I have tried but they all explode on me :(

[@RuralRefurb]

you are probably picking them too late, they need to be picked as soon as they turn brown, just after pollination, then remove any foliage, hang upside down somewhere dark and cool with little humidity then after a few weeks spray with hairspray and display. It’s the same with hydrangeas, when you pick them is key! Hope that helps 🤗

[@conniecarter4250]

I used step1.. How do you to them from crumble and shedding

[@RuralRefurb]

I think it’s down to picking them at the right time, drying in a cool dark space and sometimes I use hairspray😁

[@conniecarter4250]

@@RuralRefurb Thank you your Home is very Beautiful 😍

[@Alouha0407]

What is that green hydrangea called?

[@RuralRefurb]

Annabelle 😊

[@nuriabadia6817]

I think the name es Broom bloom😂

[@alissalee8548]

If you spray the bulrushes well with hairspray as soon as you pick them, they won't explode 😊

[@RuralRefurb]

So true! The power of hairspray! Just wish I’d done it as soon as I’d got home!!!🥴

[@rosieslade8227]

Are they Carnations?

[@RuralRefurb]

Hydrangeas 😊🌸

[@MrTraceuser]

they look like cat tails. the brown sticks with flyaways there.

[@rosariopaiz6158]

To find the name of that flower take a picture with Google camera and it will give the name .

[@RuralRefurb]

Great advice, thank you 😊

[@WendyMiddleton-y3j]

I was thinking 2025 whatever your availability is for 2025. ❤ Wendy