THE PRESSED GARDEN {TWo}
WITH FLOWER PRESS STUDIO

retreat schedule

 
 
 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 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 20, 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 21, 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