Taller de técnica de prensado y creación de herbarios botánicos

Introductory workshop in Madrid on collecting plants, pressing them using different techniques and composing small miniature landscapes with them, at the Planthae Gabinete Botánico.

This activity is a workshop lasting about two hours, held at the Planthae Gabinete Botánico. Participants learn to collect specimens from their surroundings and to preserve the memory of a landscape through pressing. The level is introductory, so the techniques are taught from the basics.

During the session, the particularities of different plant species are studied, and participants work with each one, or with several at once, to create miniature landscapes that are then preserved. Pressing protects plants from light and outdoor temperature, the factors that most deteriorate them over time. The necessary materials are included in the activity.

The workshop is designed for those who want to get into botanical pressing and herbarium making without any previous experience. The proposal is also presented as a gift, for its botanical and artistic value, and it takes place in the cabinet itself, in Madrid.