Regarding Preserving Flowers: What is freeze-drying?
Freeze-drying has been proven to be the best method for preserving flowers available today. This method, also called lyophilization, requires the use of an expensive, advanced piece of computerized equipment and a professional that knows how to use such a machine. During the time span of ten to 17 days, the freeze-drier reaches temperatures below -30 Celsius in a controlled vacuum environment. During this time, all the water is extracted from the frozen flowers in the form of a vapor. This method is superior to others because it allows flowers to be dried completely while retaining the integrity of the original color, shape and size. What is the process for preserving a wedding bouquet? Upon receiving a bouquet, it is intricately photographed and documented to capture every little detail so that when the bouquet is then carefully dismantled, re-hydrated, chemically treated, freeze-dried, re-treated, sometimes painted, and then re-assembled, it is as close as possible to an exact replic
