Stand Up
Style: No kenzan in a suiban Materials: Bird of paradise, bamboo (Golden Goddess) It was a bit difficult to balance heavy-head bird of paradise in a suiban without kenzan.
Cool Summer
Style: freestyle Materials: Delphiniums, Tweedia Caerulea, Gentian, Nigella, Weigelia branches, Lavender (Meerlo) leaves This is my first time to exhibit at Filoli Flower Show. Pam Schenk of Peninsula Rose Society kindly introduced me to the co-chairperson, Marilyn Miller. I had to come up with a title of my arrangement back in January. Knowing this …
Curled Up
Style: Variation #1 Upright Style Moribana Materials: Calla lilies, Vine Lilac, dried Wisteria vines Delicate Vine Lilac is twisted into Wisteria vines.
Winter Perfume
Style: basic upright Nageire Materials: Winter Daphne, Oakleaf Hydrangea (“Snow Queen” leaves only) Small branches of Winter Daphne smell wonderfully in the …
Festive Balls
Style: Christmas centerpiece Materials: Japanese Anemone (mostly after flowering), String of Pearls, Heavenly Bamboo (berries only), Japanese maple (Sangokaku’s branches) Japanese Anemone …
Merry Christmas 2016
Style: holiday wreath Materials: Magnolia grandiflora fruits, Noble Fir, Juniper, Pink Jasmine branches, Pine cones I picked up Magnolias fruits from outside of …
Hang In There
Style: Arrangement with plants on a wall Materials: Pink Jasmine branches, Heavenly Bamboo berries, Japanese Anemone (Honorine Jobert) One of pink jasmine vines …
Birch Tree Reborn
I saw a pile of logs when my next-door neighbor cut their birch trees and had to ask them for one. Ivan …
Breezy Afternoon
Style: The Relationship between the Container and the Surface of the Placement Materials: Rose (Paradise), Kangaroo Paw (Bush Pearl), Cordyline (Electric Pink)
View from Below
Style: View from Below Materials: Roses (Perfume Delights, Pink Promise), Jasmine (leaves only), Lavender (Meerlo – leaves only)