How to Preserve Autumn Leaves with Vegetable Glycerine: A Step-by-Step Guide 

​ @Garden Moxie I want to thank you for the tip about the dishwasher rinse solution. it really does help the leaves to take up the mixture all the way through. I too can use the glycerin mix more than one time - usually twice, and sometimes three times. Except when I'm doing Oak leaves. They tend to turn the mixture brown, which then darkens any other leaves I put in it. Also, kudos for making such a nice video! Your voice is clear and calming, and this video is the best one I've seen on You Tube.

I agree about maple leaves, Also, I tried Japanese maples- both the large kind and the frondy ones. I was so perplexed! The little frondy ones lost all their color, although the larger ones retained the red although they darkened considerably. I preserved some leaves (not maples) a long time ago with 50% glycerin/50% water,, put them in a box and discovered them when I was moving ten Years later! They were very dark brown, but still flexible. They did tear easily after I put them in an arrangement in front of a sunny window for a couple of weeks, & I think the sunlight was what degraded them. Still, Ten Years!

Beech tree leaves work perfectly with the glycerin method!

Beautiful! Found your channel looking for ways to preserve fall foliage for a baby shower a few weeks away. I subscribed and hope to learn gardening tips from you as well.

Thank you so much for shari g this. I will follow your procedure. My grade 9 grandson will be having a project , mosaic?, using dried of different kinds of dried leaves by October , next month. Nice video. You're so relax, and honest in your answers. Much appreciated😊💖

Gorgeous! I hate the look of faux leaves, what a great idea to preserve real ones. Thank you for sharing!

Best video ever!

Very, very helpful! Thank you so much!

That’s awesome!🥰

Thank you most useful

Beautiful 😍😍😍

I would like to try this 🥰

Thx so much! Ferns are so delicate. Have you tried ironing with wax paper on any leaves? Maples we’re gorgeous! Only a few day left her in Georgia! - Messy Mendy 🍂🍁🌿

Thank you for the video, after preserving the green leaves, could then immerse them into the oil bottle for decoration? Will they stay in the oil good?

Great video! How long did the cedar branch and ferns retain their color?

Thank you very much for your video, it's very instructive, very detailled and helpful. I have one question, have you try to do this process on entire plants ??

Thank you so much for the video! Just a few questions though. Any reason you switched to 1:1 ratio instead of 1:2? And do you recommend 7 days or 3-4?

This method can be used for example, for flowers? Roses, marigold or chrysanthemum?

Hi, thanks for the video. I preserved some beginning to turn yellow leaves and they came out beautiful, turning to nice yellow olive colors. A week after I dried them out I saw the edges on a few of them curled up a little. Would you know why? I used 1:2 water ratio and they were in the solution for a week. Thanks!

Hello! Great video, I'm especially interested to find out if the cedar/arbor vitae turned out? If so, how long did it take those? Thank you!!

Would this work for preseving flowers such as roses too?

Won't it be better to use dish pan or or a rectangular foil pan instead of a round bowl so you can dunk longer stems?

Hey there nice work ! I have a CBD farm in Spain and I’m wondering if I can try this with a whole cannabis plant of 1m20 ? Maybe if I put the whole plante in a bath of glycerin and maybe alcool to stabilize it ? And maybe add a green colorant to preserve the green color ? Do you think this would work ? Thx for the answer and for the video ☺️

Great idea. Where do you get the glycerine?

And after the preserve method the leaves are flexible?

Could I use this method on pine and other evergreen branches?

Is that rinse agent just citric acid?

How long do these last for?

did u just put them in a vase with water?

Very interesting stuff 🍁🌿🍂 great vlog 👍🏼😊 🌱 Chip 🌱 CHIPS WORLD

to much talk but approved

Great video I was going to get a few ounces, seeing your video; I’m getting a gallon $26 organic on amazon. ❤🍁🍎