Category: Pressed Plants

I made my plant press out of pieces of plywood from our garage and several textbooks. Berries are near and dear to my heart so I pressed two species of berries I have in my community. The thimbleberry is my absolute favorite berry of all time and I bushwhacked through …

My first herbarium specimen, pressed earlier this week.

I have my daughter’s little plant press so I am going to press little plants! More to come … they need another day or so.

I forgot to add that I collected both of these on the 17th, I did have some collected earlier in the week but they were destroyed by my two bulldogs.

This was my first time pressing plants. It was a neat experience collecting these and then pressing them to store for future reference. I like the idea of having a physical piece of them instead of just taking a photo. I realize I could have grabbed more of the plant …

i love pressing plants! wish my pics were a bit better resolution though.