THE PRESSED GARDEN
WITH FLOWER PRESS STUDIO
retreat schedule
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2025
8:30 am to 9:00 am: Welcome Tea
9:00 am to 11:30 pm: How to Press Beginner & Intermediate Flowers
11:30 am to 12:30 am: Pressed Flower Linen Tea Towel Cyanotype Preparation
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Farm-to-Table Lunch
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm: How to Press Advanced Flowers + Personal Flowers Students May Have Brought from Home
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Introduction to Gluing & Design with Pressed Flowers
SATURday, SEPTEMBER 13, 2025
9:00 am to 9:30 am: Gentle Movement & Breathing with Caitlin Rose Kenney
9:30 am to 11:00 am: How to Change Paper in the Flower Press, Day One
11:30 am to 12:30 pm: Introduction to How to Press Vegetables from Black Cat’s Gardens
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Farm-to-Table Lunch
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm: Creating Pressed Flower Linen Tea Towel Cyanotypes
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm: Pressed Flower Design Creation Time
4:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Optional Open Studio Time with Instructors
6:00 pm: Black Cat Organic Farm Dinner
SUNday, SEPTEMBER 14, 2025
9:00 am to 9:30 am: Checking on the Pressed Vegetables
9:30 am to 10:30 am: How to Change Paper in the Flower Press, Day 2
10:30 am to 11:15 am: Black Cat U-Pick Garden Walk
11:15 am to 12:30 pm: Pressing the U Pick Flowers from the Garden Walk
12:30 pm to 1:30 pm: Farm-to-Table Lunch
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm: Complete your Pressed Flower Designs
2:45 pm to 3:30 pm: Student Sharing, Wrap Up & Farewells
*schedule subject to slight changes