We held a workshop at the February meeting on February 17 using native banksia and other native materials provided by Patricia Walters from her garden at Katoomba. Members brought their containers and created interesting arrangements using the materials. The practice exhibition decorated the room with elegant arrangements...
In April and May 2022, the San Diego Museum of Art celebrated its forty-first year of Art Alive. Annually, Art Alive fills the Museum with the fresh scent of flowers as floral designers create arrangements to interpret selected works of art in the Museum. Art Alive is...
The Saturday afternoon workshop open to the public on June 25th was led by senior Sogetsu School teacher, Lara Telford (https://ikebanasogetsu.com/). Lara chose the theme of using the iconic Australian native plant Eucalyptus as the principal material at the workshop. She told the members and guests that...
Philadelphia Flower Show is a major exhibition open to the public at the largest flower show in the U.S. and draws exhibitors and attendees from all over the world. Due to Covid it was held outside last year for the first time since its beginning in 1829...
June meeting, our last meeting of the year, was held on June 13. This regular meeting was also a social gathering and we enjoyed a slightly luxurious lunch with a beautiful view on the top floor of Sapporo Grand Hotel. As an attraction, Miyuki Onodera gave an...
We held the first Open Air Exhibition in Bonn Rheinauepark on Ikebana Day, 6th of June 2022. In the middle of a huge park area next to the Japanese Garden Ikebana enthusiasts and passersby, like people strolling along, riding bicycles or on their way to meet friends...
Our Chapter’s May meeting/workshop was the first event we returned to the Chicago Botanic Garden after two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The workshop took place at the new Learning Center building in the gardens. The classrooms are brand new. Both instructor and attendees enjoyed the...
The first workshop, we had on January 12th directed by Mrs. Yu Mei Montalvo, was a class with non-conventional materials. 15 members participated online. All the members were very creative and have made very interesting works under the rules of Sogetsu School. The materials used were wire,...
