To make your own dried lavender flowers for pot-pourri or sachets, get up early! The best time to pick lavender is before the flowers open. Choose a day that is going to be sunny and dry...humidity will not work.™Cut the stem about 5 or so inches below the flowers. Put 12-15 stems together in a bunch and join them together with a rubber band, a few inches from the end of the stems. Rubber bands will hold their shape as the stems dry and thin, so you won't lose any stems when you hang them.Slip…See More