MWGC- Little Show - Anythings Goes

Today, September 27, is the first meeting of the new season for the MWGC. All little show and the Horticulture submissions have to be “live”. I brought in my little show arrangement “Anything Goes”- total freedom of design style. I made an arrangement yesterday using whatever is remaining in my garden, since it’s free style and anything goes! 

Materials: Hosta, Crape Myrtle seed pods, mum, Solomon seal and euonymus / ceramic vase 

MWGC Virtual Little Show - Parallel Design

The theme this month is “Wind Power: Three or more groupings in a single container in a parallel manner showing movement.”  

Thanks for the reminder, it’s just in time for me to enter my garden club’s virtual little show. It’s a parallel design. Luckily, I still have some flowers left over from the flower show. Some daffodils are blooming too, thanks to the warm weather!

MWGC February Virtual Little Show

I have not been practicing or doing Ikebana for quite some time. But now our MWGC virtual little show is coming up, and I would like to enter my Ikebana style arrangement. The theme is “On A Roll”, a creative design expressing a circular pattern.  I am not sure that my arrangement is suitable for their criteria. But I have tried, I think it’s a little messy though! (2/15/2023)

I have no fresh flowers left but I managed to get some materials that I need for this arrangement. There are forsythia, nandina, boxwood from my garden, house plant goosefoot and dried flowers and bamboo strip / glass container.

Can be viewed all around, round shaped glass container 

MWGC Virtual Little Show- Stretch It Out

“A creative design with two similar units of unequal size containers that are joined by a prominent stretch component of material.” 

My design: Two similar and unequal size ceramic containers, my materials were pom pom, nandina berries, cider and I added ivy to connect each other.  (1/19/2023)

MWGC November Little Show : “Beauty and The Beast”

I entered this month’s virtual little show : “Beauty and the Beast, a creative design containing texture paired with lush components.” I almost forgot about it but I managed to find all the materials that I needed from my garden (not much left). There were nandina, mum, dahlia, lantana, wood and mat structure / ceramic vase.(11/10/2022)

“All in One” - A Monochromatic Design

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 

Weigela bush 

“Meadow in a Vase” MWGC April Virtual Little Show

What is the meadow?  This is my imagination “Meadow in a vase” arrangement.  

Wild violet, grass, daffodil, azalea and mum / ceramic vase

Citrus Stunner - November Virtual Little Show

MWGC's (Martha Washington Garden Club) November little show is titled “Citrus Stunner."  I have never done this before, especially in Ikebana style. This can be accomplished by fitting a small glass vase inside a larger clear glass and placing citrus slices between the two, then arranging it. Reason #1: for visual interest, #2 to make your own flower food, the citric acid helps to open up those stems to allow water in and to keep those blossoms happy and looking good.

Golden Japanese maple with red stems

Golden Japanese maple, mum and grossy abilia

MWGC Little Show: Scale Change - An All Foliage Arrangement

For October 10/21/2021 MWGC little show: An all foliage arrangement, a bouquet or design with emphasis on different sizes and structures of leaves. I created an Ikebana style design to enter this virtual little show.

Materials: Azalea, Solomon seal, gold dust aucuba, boxwood and Japanese maple / ceramic container 

“Take It Outside” - MWGC Virtual Little Show

It’s beginning to feel a bit like fall. It’s September, our first in person meeting of MWGC will be at nearby  Core Creek park (9/22/2021). The program for September is “succulent/pumpkin Make-and-Take”. I will not be able to attend, but I will make an arrangement for the Virtual little show. The theme is “Take it Outside” Traditional or creative design to interpret an afternoon barbecue, picnic or dinner alfresco. 

The title of my arrangement is “Rustic Beauty”, made for a picnic table. The materials: Dried branch, Limelight hydrangea, Autumn joy, Solomon seal, turtle head and hosta / ceramic container