Meeting Schedule

Morning Workshop 10:00 a.m.

Roadside Ikebana with Upright Style Moribana

taught by Sogetsu Instructor,  Leslie Rosinski

For this lesson, we will ‘take to the streets’, or rather, find our floral materials along the roadside.  There is so much growing on the side of the road in August.  Haven’t you ever thought, "I’d like to use that in an arrangement"?  So while you are on a walk, or driving down the street, or even pedaling along a path, take your scissors along and cut two different roadside materials to use in an arrangement.  We will be making a simple upright arrangement that only requires two main stems.  Cut enough to work with.

Please do not take from other’s gardens without permission.

We will be making our arrangements in a low sided (moribana) container.

**Put cut  flowers into water soon after cutting. Wild flowers need lots of water.

Materials to Bring:

• 3-5 stems each of two different materials from the roadside, meadow, trail, etc.

• Wild flowers or garden flowers

• a small piece of found wood, too, if possible

Supply Checklist:

• Container of your choice such as a moribana (low sided) 

container with a flat bottom. Shape can be round, square, oval, etc.

• Kenzan, about 2.5"  to 3.5"  diameter

• Watering can

• Hasami (shears)

• Flower bucket

• Container to carry home arrangement

• Plastic or newspaper to cover work area

• Cloth for clean-up