Pressed Flower Art

By Holly Madden

Flowers add so much color and magic to our world. Flowers were created to attract pollinators in order to reproduce, and thus we see extraordinary colors: Hummingbirds are drawn to the color red and honeybees are more drawn to blue, purple, violet, white, and yellow flowers.

Flowers engage our senses through sight and smell, and they can boost our mood because they are simply so beautiful. Flowers also encourage us to connect deeper with our world when we pause to appreciate them and further when we learn their names.

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