Portland's Rose Gardens and Rose Garden Store

Rose Potpurri

3 dozen fresh roses

1 tbs fixative

1 cup dried lime leaves

several cinnamon sticks

1 tbs whole cloves

1/4 cup dried citrus peel

3 or 4 vanilla beans

rose oil

sandalwood oil

1. Collect roses when they are fully open, but have not yest turned brown. dry the petals on a screen or a tray lined with brown paper in a warm, dry palce until they turn crisp.
2. I a large bowl mix 1 quart dried petals with 1 tbs of fixative.
3. Add lime leaves an spices. Sprinkle with a few drops of the essential oils.
4. Place in a covered container for 10 days, shaking the contents daily.