"Spring into Summer" Arrangements

Ikebana International, Washington, D.C., Chapter No.1 presents a program: Luncheon and Demonstration by Diana Cull, Riji, Sogetsu. "Spring into Summer" was the theme of arrangement. It was held on June 20, 2018, at Belle Haven Country Club, Alexandria, Virginia.
We had six I.I. members from Buck County, we went together to D.C. by mini van to attend this program. It took us 5 hours to get there (3 hours in nominal time) and 5 hours home. The traffic was so congested and slow. Then we found out what happened next day. The Washington Post reported "A daytime bridge crash clogged D.C. area traffic into the night". I was dead tired and thinking we were a bunch of Ikebana nuts.

Here were her demonstration arrangements: 

Celebration Luncheon To Honor Hata Sensei's Award

For June's class, instead of a regular class, we stretched our learning as we explored the new lessons in Textbook 5. We all watched the book 5 video from Japan Sogetsu Headquarters. This is required for additional teaching certificates. (I got my certificate last year to attend master's workshop, he's from Japan but was held in NYC). It took two hours to watch in the morning session. We had learned some new skills and reviewed all that we had already learned.
After the morning session, we all gathered (more than 20 students) at the nice restaurant for lunch to honor Mrs. Hata's award from the Japanese government: The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays ( please check 4/9/2018 post ) and to celebrate our friendship through ikebana. This was so wonderful to end our session before Summer break. Our Main Line Study Group will resume class in September.

 Main Line Study Group chair person and Hata Sensei

 

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Peony- 2018

All different kinds of Peony. They are my youngest daughter's favorite flower. I love them but they are unfortunately short lived. 

Iris- 2018

My Japanese Irises and other types of irises this year.

My Garden - Spring 2018

I've been especially looking forward to this spring's blooms. Most of the flowers were transplanted from our old home, only a few were purchased new. I really wasn't sure how they would do. But the results were pretty good even though there were fewer flowers! And some were quite good because the soil here is a bit sandier (we are near the Delaware River bank) and good for certain plants. You'll see my peonies and irises in the next two posts. Next year there may be even more flowers!

Mountain Laurel

Honey suckle

Weigela

Many kinds of Hoata

New addition Hosta

Clematis