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Pressed Floral Workshops & Creative Gatherings
Master the art of floral preservation to create beautiful artwork you love.
Bloom Journal
What's the BEST method to preserve flowers?
What to plant now for spring flowers in your press
This is a great time to sow cool hardy annuals and bulbs into the garden where they'll spend the winter quietly building roots. As the days begin to lengthen in spring, they'll be ready to take off.
How tight should I tighten my flower press?
Classes & Workshops
Join a community of fellow flower lovers at our creative flower pressing and sit-and-craft classes across the Bay Area and Santa Cruz. Bring a friend, or make new ones, and enjoy all the floral fun.
Floral Portraits
Your favorite photo reimagined with real, hand-pressed blooms. Turn your memories into botanical art that captures someone you love.
Your favorite photo - pressed in flowers, yours forever.
There's that one photo that you keep thinking about.
The one that marks a special moment in your heart. The way the light glowed that day, or a memory that you don't want to forget.
We take those moments and your story and build it into a layered, floral portrait using real pressed flowers sourced directly from the Orchid & Pine garden and local farms.
- Made from your image of choice, simply upload your photo and we take care of the rest.
- You receive updates on your portrait at every step of the process.
- Framed and shipped to you ready for display. Completed in 4-6 weeks from your order.
- Limited commission spots open from September to May in order to give your artwork the full attention it deserves.
- How Commissions Work
Three steps from your photo to your wall.
Share your photo
Send us the image that matters — a portrait, a moment, a face. We'll discuss composition, mood, and choose blooms that complement the feeling of your photo.
Charina makes it by hand
Over 3–4 weeks, Charina builds your portrait starting with initial digital proofs incorporating your composition with real pressed flowers chosen from Orchid & Pine's botanical library. Additional pressed flowers may be incorporated from your garden, wedding bouquet or other milestone marker from your life.
It arrives, ready to hang
Your finished piece is carefully framed and shipped to your door. We share progress photos throughout — so you can look forward to it arriving.
For the ones who've admired a piece and want to create their own.
Learn how to create your own botanical portrait, from pressing your first bloom to completing your botanical art.
Working with Charina has been easy from the first moment we met. Besides being an artist, she has also been the owner of a retail store, which makes a big difference because she understands the challenges that come with it.Charina is warm and personable, she reaches out often, replies promptly to emails or texts, pays attention to details, replaces items when needed, informs you about any changes or updates. She ensures every aspect of our collaboration is handled with care.
It’s been a while since I’ve taken an art class of any type. Time and money were factors, but mostly I missed something that spoke to my heart. My first interaction with Charina of Orchid and Pine was so welcoming that I knew I’d found just what I needed: flowers, learning new skills, incorporating parts of my life, and a beautiful environment. The pressed flower frame class, hosted at Home by Zinnia’s in Scotts Valley, featured a beautiful layout of needed supplies and clear, well-thought-out instructions that allowed participants to explore the process while making connections to the people involved and the images we were working with. The food, libations, and décor of Home by Zinnia’s made it a perfect Sunday evening treat. Being able to return home with a beautiful frame filled with flowers and a precious picture was exactly what my heart needed!
A beautiful and creative experience! I attended a floral frame workshop with Charina and absolutely loved it. The class was relaxing, creative, and thoughtfully guided - she’s clearly a natural teacher at heart. She also shared a beautiful variety of pressed florals, some from her own garden! I’m thrilled with the gift I made for a friend that celebrates a sweet memory. Highly recommend!
Land Acknowledgement
The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, comprised of the descendants of Indigenous people taken to missions Santa Cruz and San Juan Bautista during Spanish colonization of the Central Coast, is today working hard to restore many of their traditional cultural practices, including land stewardship. The Amah Mutsun are working to develop effective relationships that will allow them to heal from the historic trauma that resulted from the tragic history of these lands. The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and Land Trust invite other Indigenous peoples and allies to join them.
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We gratefully acknowledge brand ldesign by Sarah Vassella of Sacred Made Studio. Photography by Alicia Telfer at Mid-town Creative and site design by Dmitry Makovksy.