Greeneye Presses

Greetings! My name is Drew and I'm a horticulturist, garden designer, plant lover and owner of Greeneye Gardens, a landscape design, consultation and care company in Portland, Oregon. I have always been enamored by the unique, specialized beauty that only nature can create. Sometimes we forget to notice the awesomely intricate details that occur all around us in the form of folia and flora. I have the pleasure of working closely with these ubiquitous mini-masterpieces and I am honored to share their artistry with you. All plant specimens are lovingly collected from my yard and NE Portland neighborhood and pressed by hand by me the old-fashioned way, in an antique book-binding press. All frames are carefully selected, repurposed and ready to adorn your wall or table. Custom orders welcome. [email protected]

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Planning to make a 12-mandala calendar using seasonal color palettes soon... Some plants don’t press well but photo prints will do the trick!  These winter colors would make a great January:)

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Goodwill on SE Grand Ave gave me one of the greatest picture frame hauls ever!! This is very exciting to me. Many squares for my mandalas! See a frame you like? I’ll make you a custom piece!! 😘💚 @lydieacutthroat 🖤

#pressedplantart #repurposedframes #portlandartist #homemade #botanicalart #mandala (at Goodwill Superstore) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmz_exPv9r7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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These 2 pieces showcase the AMAZING fall colors of 2019. They seemed to be extra vivid last year. Did anybody else notice that?

The piece on the left is made of Smoketree leaves- I let out an audible gasp when I saw the rainbow of colors on each leaf! What a incredible show!

And the gorgeous orange leaves on the other piece? Those are from a Forest Pansy Eastern Redbud tree. One of my favorite ornamental trees but I’ve never seen it with colors like that!

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9.5” x 9.5”

One beautifully speckled Smoketree leaf.

It just seemed like that frame and that leaf were destined to be together. I usually start with the frame and create the artwork from there. Sometimes they make themselves- I just have to listen.

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10” x 8” Spirea and Queen Anne’s Lace.

The Spirea twigs are from early spring- you would not believe the AMAZING rainbow colors that are the tiny new leaves as they emerge (pictured below). They soon turn to shades of green.

PS When orange plant material goes into the plant press, it comes out purple! So cool! 🧡💜

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My favorite Mandala!

9.25” x 9.25” (measured to outer edge of the frame)

Queen Anne’s Lace, Eucalyptus, Black Elderberry, Smoketree, Maidenhair Fern

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24” x 20” custom piece for the Basement Pub’s pinball nook! Sword fern, Maidenhair fern, Japanese Blood Grass, Trillium (!), Queen Anne’s Lace, Hydrangea, Indian Plum.

You may go visit this piece at 1028 SE 12th Ave in Portland, OR.

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Really into the orange/blue color combo these days!

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Maidenhair Fern- my favorite fern 💚

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I love the green/copper color combo!

16.5” x 13” Black Mondo Grass, Smoketree, Hydrangea and some twigs from a mystery tree!

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11” x 9” Maidenhair Fern and Galium odoratum

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5 x 7” heavy metal frame

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10” x 7” Japanese Maple

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10” x 10” (clockwise from top left) Geum, Japanese Blood Grass, Spirea, Mimosa Tree, Black Elderberry

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Set of 3. 11” x 7” Queen Anne’s Lace

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18” x 14” Smoketree, Zebra Grass, Spirea

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14″ x 11″ Queen Anne’s Lace, Japanese Blood Grass