Category: Pressed Plants

I made the following pressed plants, but it seems that I had some problems keeping the plants dry, there was some slight mold, I cleared some of the surface molds, but it may still have had some effect, I’ll have to keep an eye on the drying next time I …

A. Canadian Bluejoint (Calamagrotis Canadensis) B. Cow Vetch (Vicia Cracca) C. Yellow Toadflax (Linaria Vulgaris)

I made make-shift plant press using cardboard, paper towels, books, and scarves.

attached below are the pressed plants that I collected last week in Juneau. I kept them under a bunch of books for a week but the really thick Yarrow didn’t fully flatten… if I did this again I would make a proper wood press! I also attached the pages from …

My son and I collected these plants while on a nature walk around our neighborhood. When this class began, I thought it would be hard to find enough specimens to cover the modules of this class. To my surprise, there are more than enough plant species in Alaska than I …

During a break in the weather we went exploring in the park/campground near our house. Luckily there weren’t any bears that day. For our plant press we used cardboard left over from a kiwi crate kit and a very large history book. Neither my 9 year old or I have …