Orchids and Ikebana

I have been growing orchids for 15+ years now. In 2008, I took my first lesson in Sogetsu Ikebana. For me, growing orchids and creating Ikebana arrangements are my meditation. I created this blog to share my pictures and ideas with you. It is like my JOURNAL and helps me keep track of my progress.

Monday, May 28, 2012

Basket and Peony Arrangement

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My husband's Japanese teacher gave me this basket (she made it by herself) and a beautiful wood base (see second picture) as gifts befo...
Sunday, May 27, 2012

MWGC May Little Show "Reflective Design"

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"Twilight's Last Gleaming"- I made a Ikebana style arrangement  for garden club's little show, using three silver painte...
Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Free Style- Using flowers

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Now, my garden is so colorful and has a lot of Ikebana materials that I can choose from. It's a pity if I don't do any flower arra...
Friday, May 18, 2012

Iris and Free Style Arrangememt

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Materials: Peony with Scotch Bloom ( I trimmed some flowers off ) Materials: Iris, Butterfly maple and Spider wort.
Thursday, May 17, 2012

May Orchids Bloom

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Iwanegara Apple Blossom .Sturdy, compact plant. Great fragrance. Cat. Irene Finney. Flowers are large and fragrance ...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Peony in Ikebana

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I have four kinds of tree peony (different colors), they bloom earlier than a regular Peony. One of the flowers is so big that it is up to 9...
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

M W G C- April Little Show- Parallel Design

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   Materials: azalea, blue bell, columbine, daffodil leaves, and salvia. "One by Land, Two by Sea"- a Parallel Design to comm...
Friday, April 20, 2012

April Orchids Bloom

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I brought these three orchids to the BCOS meeting tonight (4/19). There were not many blooming orchids at this time on the show table as las...
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Free Style- Branch in full bloom

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Fully utilized the Azalea branch. I tried to arrange two styles: Moribana( suipan) and Nageire (Tall vase). See which one is prettier? ( I ...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Free Style " Young and Old"

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Materials: Young azalea, old driftwood and old Japanese box. In today's class, my teacher wanted us to arrange something to signify youn...
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