If you have started looking into preserving real flowers — a wedding bouquet, a funeral tribute, a few stems from an anniversary or a new baby — one of the first questions is also the hardest to find a straight answer to: how much does flower preservation actually cost? Search around and you will see everything from £20 charms to bespoke resin tables in the low thousands, with no explanation of why the gap is so wide.
This guide sets out honest UK pricing, written by people who make these pieces by hand. We will explain why prices vary so much, what each type of keepsake tends to cost, how budgets differ across weddings, funerals and gifts, what is included in the price, and how you can spread the cost. There is no quote-gating here and no pressure — just the real numbers so you can decide what is right for you. We have been preserving flowers as Artisan Palace since 2023, and everything below is what we would tell a friend before they ordered.
Why flower preservation prices vary so much
The single biggest reason prices differ is the one that is easiest to miss in a photograph: whether a piece is genuinely handmade or mass-produced. A factory-poured resin block with a generic dried flower inside costs very little to make. A keepsake built from your specific flowers, dried to hold their colour and arranged by hand, sits in a completely different bracket — because it is a different thing.
Three factors drive the cost of real, made-to-order preservation. The first is materials. Good resin is not cheap, and the silica gel used to dry flowers properly is a real consumable cost. The second is labour. A keepsake of any size passes through drying, sorting, arranging, pouring, curing, sanding, polishing and finishing — much of it done slowly and by hand over weeks. The third is complexity. A small charm with a few petals takes a fraction of the time of a large block where the whole bouquet has to be composed in clear resin without trapping bubbles or shadows.
This is also why turnaround and price move together. A piece that takes six to nine months to make properly cannot also be the cheapest thing on the shelf. When you see a very low price for full bouquet preservation, something is usually being skipped — and it tends to be one of the stages that determines whether the petals keep their colour or fade and brown within a year.
Prices also differ from studio to studio, and that is worth understanding before you compare. Two pieces that look similar in a photo can be made very differently: one dried slowly in silica and poured in clear layers, the other air-dried quickly and set in a single thick pour that clouds over time. When you compare quotes, it helps to compare like for like — ask how the flowers are dried, how the resin is poured, whether the work is done in the UK, and whether you can see progress before the piece is finished. A higher price often reflects more of those stages being done properly, not simply a bigger margin.
Flower preservation cost by piece type
The clearest way to understand pricing is by the type of keepsake, because the piece you choose has more effect on cost than almost anything else. Below are the broad UK ranges by category, with our own prices as a guide. The figure below summarises the same ranges as budget tiers.
Resin jewellery — from around £25
Resin jewellery is the most affordable way into flower preservation, and the only category you can wear. A small charm with a few real petals starts from around £25, necklaces and earrings typically run £45 to £95, and rings tend to start from around £95 depending on the setting. Because each piece uses only a little material, jewellery is also the most common way for a group to share a single bouquet: a ring for the bride, charms for the bridesmaids, a pendant for a mother, all made from the same flowers. You can see the range on our resin jewellery collection.
Pressed flower frames
Pressed frames take whole blooms and petals, flatten them over two to three weeks in a press, then arrange them behind a frame, often alongside the date or a few words of calligraphy. Pricing usually falls between £80 and £250 depending on size and how much detail is involved. The look is flat and botanical — closer to a watercolour than a sculpture — and it suits anyone who wants wall art rather than a three-dimensional object.
Shadow boxes
A shadow box is a deep frame that holds dried flowers arranged with mementos like an invitation, an order of service or a ribbon, then sealed behind a clear acrylic front. At Artisan Palace our shadow boxes use acrylic rather than glass — it is lighter, safer to post, and just as clear. Expect roughly £150 to £400 depending on depth and the number of flowers. It is one of the more traditional ways to keep several parts of a day together in a single piece.
Resin blocks
Resin blocks are the most popular sculptural option. Small blocks, cubes, hearts, paperweights and tealights tend to sit between £60 and £150, while larger blocks that hold a good portion of a bouquet typically run £150 to £400, and the biggest statement blocks reach £300 to £800. The price climbs with size because larger pieces are poured in many thin layers, each left to cure before the next, to keep the resin clear and crack-free.
Resin tables
At the top of the range are bespoke resin tables and furniture-scale commissions, which generally begin around £800 and move into the low thousands. These are designed around your space and your flowers, with the bouquet composed across a much larger surface. They take the longest to make and involve the most material and hand-finishing.
It is also worth knowing that a single bouquet can usually make more than one piece. A medium bouquet might become a main resin block for the home plus a few pieces of jewellery to share, so the spend is spread across several keepsakes rather than one. We will tell you what is realistic once your flowers are dried.
Memorial keepsakes
Memorial and funeral keepsakes are priced by their form rather than as a separate category, so a memorial necklace costs much like any other resin necklace, and a memorial robin, heart or paperweight costs much like its wedding equivalent. Robins are a popular UK memorial keepsake and usually fall in the small-to-mid resin range. The craft is the same; what changes is the care we take over timing and tone. Our funeral flower preservation collection shows the pieces families most often choose.
Flower preservation cost by use-case
The same keepsake can suit very different occasions, and budgets tend to differ depending on what the flowers mean and how they will be shared.
Wedding flowers
Wedding budgets are usually the broadest, partly because couples often want more than one piece. A single resin block for the home, plus a few pieces of jewellery for bridesmaids and parents, is a common combination — which is why a wedding order can range from under £100 for one small keepsake to several hundred pounds for a set. For a fuller wedding-specific breakdown, see our guide to how much wedding flower preservation costs in the UK, and our complete wedding flower preservation guide for the wider picture.
Funeral and memorial flowers
Memorial orders are often a single, meaningful keepsake rather than a set — a necklace kept close, a robin for the mantelpiece, a heart that holds a few flowers from the service. Because the choice is usually one considered piece, the typical spend tends to sit in the small-to-mid range, though some families choose a larger block or several matching pieces so that more than one person can keep something. Our gentle guide to funeral flower preservation walks through the options with this audience in mind.
Gifts
Flower preservation also makes a considered gift — for an anniversary, a significant birthday, the flowers from a new baby's first bouquet, or as a surprise for someone who could not bear to throw a bouquet away. Gift budgets tend to cluster at the lower end, with jewellery and small resin keepsakes the most common choices, simply because they offer a beautiful piece without committing someone else to a large spend.
If you are buying a gift but are not sure how much the flowers will yield, jewellery is the safest starting point, because it needs only a few petals and still produces something the recipient can keep and wear every day. For a milestone you want to mark more substantially, a small resin block or a pressed frame gives more presence without moving into the larger budget brackets. The point of a gift like this is rarely how much it costs — it is that the flowers themselves, rather than a shop-bought stand-in, are what has been kept.
Flower preservation budget tiers
If you would rather think in terms of budget than piece type, here is the same market arranged by what you can expect at each level.
Under £50. This is jewellery territory — a charm, a simple pendant, a pair of earrings with a few real petals. It is the most affordable way to keep something from your flowers, and a sensible place to start if you are unsure or buying as a gift.
£50 to £150. Small resin keepsakes live here: hearts, paperweights, tealights and small blocks, along with the more detailed jewellery and the simpler pressed frames. This is the most popular bracket, and the natural home of the single beautiful object that sits on a shelf or bedside table.
£150 to £400. The mid-range covers larger resin blocks, pressed frames with more detail, and acrylic shadow boxes that hold a good part of a bouquet alongside a memento or two. This is where most couples preserving a whole wedding bouquet as one piece tend to land.
£400 and above. The upper range is for large statement blocks, centrepieces and bespoke resin tables. These hold the most flowers, take the longest to make, and are designed around your space. Spend at this level reflects furniture-scale work rather than a small keepsake.
What is included in the price
It is fair to ask what you are actually paying for, because with handmade preservation the price covers a great deal more than the finished object. When you order from a studio that makes the work itself, the cost includes every stage of a months-long process.
The first thing included is the drying. Your flowers are placed in silica gel and dried slowly, often over four to eight weeks, with different blooms handled at different rates so colour and shape are held rather than lost. This stage alone is what separates a real keepsake from a flower dropped into resin and sold cheap.
The price also covers the arranging and, for larger or bespoke pieces, a design-approval step — a chance to review a draft layout before anything is set permanently. It covers the resin itself, poured in careful layers and cured slowly to stay clear, then the sanding, polishing, colour correction and finishing that give the piece its final look. It covers quality checks, careful packaging for posting, and the communication along the way: progress photos and real replies from real people through a process that takes time.
Part of what the price covers is harder to photograph but matters just as much: the reassurance across a months-long wait. With a real studio you are paying for progress photos and real replies — for knowing where your flowers are and what is happening to them, rather than handing them over and hoping. It is one of the quieter reasons handmade preservation costs more than a mass-produced alternative.
What is not usually included is return postage of fresh flowers to the studio, which you arrange, and any bespoke design work beyond the standard range, which is quoted separately. Everything else that turns your flowers into a lasting keepsake is in the price you see.
How to spread the cost
Preservation is a considered purchase, and the larger pieces in particular are an investment. To make that easier, Klarna is available at checkout, so you can spread the cost over a few instalments rather than paying it all at once. Many customers use it for the mid-range and larger pieces.
One thing worth being clear about: at Artisan Palace there are no deposits. You order and pay for your chosen piece up front, and then send your flowers in afterwards. There is no separate deposit to find and no balance chased later — the price you see is the price you pay, and Klarna simply lets you divide it if you prefer. You browse the pieces, choose what you want, order it, and post your flowers to us once your order is placed.
Flower preservation pricing — frequently asked questions
Why is flower preservation more expensive than I expected?
Because a real keepsake is made by hand from your own flowers over several months, not stamped out in a factory. The price reflects the silica drying, the layered resin pours, the slow curing and the hours of hand-finishing. When preservation looks surprisingly cheap, one of those stages has usually been cut, and it tends to show within a year as fading or yellowing.
Is flower preservation worth the cost?
That is a personal judgement, and it depends on what the flowers mean to you. What we can say plainly is that the cost buys permanence: flowers that would otherwise brown and be thrown away become something you can keep for years. For many people that is the whole point, but it is your call, and we would never push it.
What is the cheapest way to preserve flowers?
A piece of resin jewellery is the most affordable option from a studio, starting from around £25. If you only want to keep a small token rather than a whole bouquet, a charm or pendant gives you a real, lasting keepsake at the lowest price point. Pressing flowers at home is cheaper still, though the results and durability are harder to control.
Do bigger pieces cost more because they use more flowers?
Partly, but the main driver is time and material. A large resin block is poured in many thin layers, each cured before the next, to keep it clear and crack-free, and it takes far more resin and hand-finishing than a small one. The flowers themselves are usually your own, so it is the making, not the blooms, that sets the price.
Are there extra costs on top of the price shown?
Our prices are shown in full on the product pages, with no quote-gating. The main thing to budget for separately is posting your fresh flowers to us. UK delivery of the finished piece is handled as standard, and international shipping is quoted on request because of customs and the more careful packaging involved.
Can I get a keepsake made if I am on a tight budget?
Yes. Start with jewellery or a small resin keepsake, which keep something real from your flowers without a large outlay, and use Klarna at checkout if you would like to spread even that over a few months. You do not need to preserve the whole bouquet to keep something that matters.
Does the price change depending on which flowers I send?
For most pieces, no — the price is set by the keepsake you choose rather than the variety of flower, because the cost sits in the making rather than the bloom. The exception is at the bespoke end, where the size of the piece and the amount of flower it needs to fill can affect the quote. If you are unsure whether your flowers will suit a particular piece, send a photo and we will tell you honestly what is realistic before you order.
Will a preserved keepsake hold its value over time?
A keepsake like this is not really an investment in the financial sense, and we would not sell it as one — its value is sentimental rather than resale. What you can reasonably expect is that a well-made resin piece keeps its appearance for many years, because the flowers are fully sealed against dust, moisture and most light. Kept out of constant direct sunlight, it should look much the same in a decade as it does the week it arrives, which is the kind of lasting value most people are actually buying.
The Artisan Palace approach to pricing
We are a small UK studio that has been preserving wedding and funeral flowers since 2023, and every keepsake is handmade in our studio by Julie. We keep our pricing on the product pages themselves, with no quote-gating and no pressure, because we think you should be able to see exactly what something costs before you get in touch. Across our Etsy and Shopify stores we have now completed more than 2,000 orders with over 300 positive reviews, and the studio has been recognised in four industry awards — we mention it only because it helps when you are deciding who to trust with flowers that cannot be replaced.
Our prices reflect work that is genuinely handmade in the UK, dried properly, poured in careful layers, and finished by hand. For larger and bespoke pieces you can request a draft layout before anything is set permanently, so you know what you are paying for before the resin is poured. Klarna is available if you would like to spread the cost, and there are no deposits at any point.
Whenever you are ready
Flower preservation costs what it does because it turns something that would otherwise be lost into something that lasts — and the right piece is the one that fits your flowers, your space and your budget, whether that is a £25 charm or a larger block for the mantelpiece. If you would like to look at the pieces and prices, the simplest place to start is our wedding flower preservation collection or our funeral flower preservation collection, and you are welcome to send a question first if you would rather. Julie reads everything that comes in, and we will reply gently and in your own time.