The Gentle Art of Dead Things: Why We Press Flowers

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From Victorian mourning jewelry to modern Instagram botanists, humans have been preserving flowers between book pages for centuries. We explore the meditative ritual of flower pressing, the stories pressed petals tell, and why capturing fleeting beauty feels so essential to our leisure lives. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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