About this Event
Do you have a special photo that’s been tucked away for far too long? Sitting in a desk drawer, or a photo box collecting dust? Maybe you have a photo that brings back the memories - all the feels from a special moment in your life.
Bring your photo to this portrait class and breathe new life into it by learning how to create your very own floral frame with pressed flowers.
What You’ll Do:
Transform your photo by learning how to create a floral composition with real, pressed foliage and flowers. You’ll be able to select from a diverse variety of pressed flowers, some of which are California natives, and combine them with your photo to create floral portrait.
What You’ll Learn:
- Various floral compositions
- Floral color theory
- The essential ingredients to a stunning bouquet
- An overview of the art and technique behind pressing flowers
- How to keep display and care for your portrait frame over time.
Why Join?
- A great experience for couples, friends, and families.
- Perfect for team events—bond with colleagues while mastering a fun new skill.
- Gift a one of kind, hand made gift to a friend or family member made by you.
- Important Notes:
- This class focuses on how to create a floral composition within a 5” x 7” frame only. This workshop does not extensively review the technique of pressing flowers. If you’d like to learn more about pressing flowers, we offer workshops during the spring and summer months when abundant flowers are back in season.
- Please do not bring original photos, especially vintage photos. Make sure you scan in any rare photos and have them digitized before the class. Bring extra copies if you have them handy.
- Frames accommodate portrait orientation best, although some landscape orientation photos may work. Please make sure that your photo fits comfortably within a 5” x 7” frame, but does not take up more than ½ to ⅓ of the frame to allow for a lush floral composition.
Perfect For:
- Date nights, friendly outings, and team-building events.
- Anyone who loves flowers and wants to learn something new!
Join us for a day of creativity and fun in Santa Clara—you’ll leave with a new skill, a delicious drink, and unforgettable memories! The first 5 students will get a complimentary drink for early bird sign-ups.
What you'll get:
All materials you need to make a stunning floral portrait, including:
- A 5x7 gold-plated brass frame — elegant and gift-ready
- A wide selection of pressed flowers and foliage to play and create with
- Archival glue, tools, and expert guidance to help bring your piece together
- A warm, welcoming space with fellow flower lovers
- Tea, treats, and community magic
What to bring:
Bring your favorite, memorable portraits or photos for your frame.* You may also opt to create a pressed floral frame, without a photo to create a stunning floral piece for your desk or to gift to a loved one.
*Please make sure that your photo fits comfortably within a 5” x 7” frame, but does not take up more than ½ to ⅓ of the frame to allow for a lush floral composition.
Meet Your Instructor:
Meet Charina + Orchid & Pine With a BFA in fashion design and her background in teaching yoga and meditation, Charina’s love of form, texture, and color naturally blossomed into transforming mindfulness and creativity through floral art. Her work has been featured at The Huntington Botanical Gardens, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, and in In Her Studio magazine.
Through her Pressed Floral Portrait Workshops, Charina invites you to slow down and reconnect with your creative side. You’ll learn how to layer delicate blooms, play with color and composition, and leave with a piece that is uniquely yours—a little reminder of what your hands and imagination can do.
Support Orchid & Pine's Mission
Our goal is to continue our mission of growing flowers with sustainability in mind — without the use of pesticides or herbicides. Most flowers travel hundreds of miles to reach consumers, but our growing and design garden exists in a unique environment that is a Certified Wildlife Habitat (see image below). To protect our flowers from heavy predation issues, we’re planning to invest in deer and gopher fencing, with a goal of raising $5,000 to put these measures in place.
With the expansion of our growing gardens, we hope to open it up for the community to visit and enjoy the unique beauty of this land — a hidden gem right outside of the Bay Area. By joining our classes, students are helping us preserve the biodiversity of this land while supporting sustainable and regenerative growing practices.
Their participation moves us closer to our long-term vision: designing and creating with 100% local flowers — ones that don’t have to travel thousands of miles to reach the homes and hearts we create for.
For more on our approach and commitment:
- Our commitment
- Shareable social post
We’re deeply grateful for the opportunity to share our work and our land with the community, and for the support that allows us to grow in a way that honors both nature and design.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Jiaren Cafe, 1171 Homestead Road, Santa Clara, United States
USD 81.88
