I am glad that my tree peony got stronger and healthier this year, compared to a few years ago. It was transplanted from my friend’s garden. It had four flowers, which was double than the last year. I love its unusual beautiful color! I used my other yellow tree peony for my demo arrangement last month. (You can check it out on my 5/23/2022 blog.)
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| 5/20/2022 |
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| 5/26/2022 |
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| 5/22/2022 |
The three pots of Cattleya orchids have been blooming for more than a month now! The identical plants were from me dividing them. I have had them for many years. They are long-living Cattleya orchids!
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| 5/28/2022 |
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| 5/15/2022 |
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| 5/10/2022 |
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| 5/10/2022 |
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| 5/10/2022 |
Here are the four demonstration arrangements using self made reed structures and some of the other arrangements from students’ workshop. This was a program of the Sogetsu BuxMount Study Group for their members. The subject was “Composition of Wood and Branches with Woven Structures." (5/14/2022)
How did I make my structure? As you see here, I bent a big piece of vine, then used reeds to weave around it.
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| My demo arrangement |
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| Arrangement at home (tree peony and lilac) |
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| Arranged by 4/18/2022 |
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| Chih’s demo arrangement |
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| Pat’s demo arrangement |
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| Member’s workshop arrangement |
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| Workshop arrangement |
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| June’s demo arrangement |
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| Doris’s demo arrangement |
MWGC Final virtual little show of the the Season ( 5/20/2022). The theme was “All in One”. It’s a monochromatic design consisting of one hue and its tints and shades.
Materials: Rhododendron, lilac and weigela / basket on top of the ceramic container
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| Weigela bush |
Lesson 3: Thanks to my daughter, I received a lovely Mother’s Day bouquet with fresh roses and lilacs that I used for this basic slanting style! It’s also a “Colors in the same tonal range” arrangement.
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| Lilac and rose / ceramic vase |
Lesson 2: With branches only. Lilac branches and maple tree like branches (name unknown) crossed together in a ceramic suiban, my daughter made for me as a gift.
Lesson 1: Review basic slanting style moribana. If peonies are available, they are recommended for this lesson, otherwise try to use flowers with similar characteristics. I am lucky! My yellow tree peony is blooming just in time for me to use!
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| Hata Sensei’s demo arrangement using mums and lilacs |
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| I only used one peony because it’s too big |
My daughter came home for Mother’s Day, with two young boys (ages 3 and 1) and brought me a beautiful bouquet! There were pink roses, peonies, white freesias, baby’s breath, some green, etc.
I came out with some ideas for the arrangements. I made one basic slanting style nageire for the subject of May’s (5/12/2022) class lesson, another one was freestyle using freesia. (5/10/2022)
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| Lilac, peony and rose / ceramic vase |
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| Freesia and lilac / ceramic suiban |
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| Freesia, breeding heart, lilac and baby’s breath |
I tried to arrange azalea and Japanese quince branches in a triangle suiban without using kenzan. I also added driftwood to get more support for branches and it looked nicer overall. Sunflower and purple azalea are colors in contrast. (5/4/2022)
I was walking around the park the other nice day and I noticed a lot of weed-like tiny white flowers, some of them were clumped together on the grass ground. I thought using them to make an arrangement into a self made basket would be very cute and pretty. (5/3/2022)
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| Less is more! |
