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Lindsey B.
Production
Lindsey's many hats
Lindsey can be found pulling orders in most any category when we are in the height of shipping. She's on the transplanting line, working at myriad tasks around the greenhouse. In the fall she may be on a roof fixing greenhouses, doing constructions, cleaning, organzing, writing, and contributing in many ways to keeping Rush Creek Growers on track. Her long experience as a organic farmer brings invaluable knowledge to Rush Creek Growers.
The prompt for the 2026 staff musings is to contribute a recipe. It can be for anything from food or beverage to your recipe for happiness! Here is Lindsey's response:
How to Make Hammered Flower Cards
What I love most about this project is just how different each print can look based on what you grow, what’s in season, and which flowers you feel like picking!
Materials
Best flowers for prints: pansies, violas, coreopsis, daisies, geranium petals or leaves, lantana, marigolds, pentas, verbena, vincas
Hammer or mallet
craft paper or parchment paper
Hard surface
Card stock or watercolor paper
Start with some plain card stock. Use plain white to see all of the color detail in the flower print, but you can experiment with different colors as backgrounds for the print.
- Leaves will work as well. Red maple leaves and fern leaves are very easy to print and transfer the pigment well and hold their shape. Test a few different leaves and see what you like best.
- Use a hard surface like a piece of plywood as your work table. You don’t want to dent up a counter or nice table with this project, so choose a surface on which you won’t mind a few hammer marks.
- Position the flower on the card where you want the print, with the top facing down. Arrange flowers and leaves in any pattern you prefer.
- Place the parchment or craft paper over the petals and hold them in place under the paper. You can also use a little wash tape to hold the flowers in place.
Hammer the flower, covering the entire surface area. Be careful not to slide the petals around, but also be mindful of your fingers!
- A mallet is good for this project because it is heavy and has a smooth head to print the flower evenly. But a hammer works too.
- Carefully remove the paper and peel off the petals. Brush away any leftover plant materials. Cut the card stock to size and attach it to a blank card.
- These would make fitting cards for your home stash or thank-you cards. A set of these flower print cards (six maybe?) would also make a great gift.