April 6, 2014 - Boston Flora

Wednesday, April 16, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – The Art of Flowers

April 6, 2014 by Boston Flora

The Japan Society of Boston presents The Art of Flowers on Wednesday, April 16, from 6 – 8 at the TOTO Gallery, 123 North Washington Street, Boston.Â The $35 cost includes flower material. Design beautiful, original, harmonious arrangements using a variety of plant materials and flowers.

Ikenobo Ikebana is an art that is noted for its exquisite simplicity, perfect proportions and dramatic use of negative space. Add beauty and serenity to your life — learn the art of Japanese floral design.

Whether you are looking for a relaxing, creative hobby, wish to progress through a certification, or something in between, this will be a class for you. The instructor is Jorge Padilla- Zamudio, President of Ikenobo Ikebana Society of Boston. For more information and to register, please contact GloriaEast@Juno.com.

Friday, April 25 – New England Landscape Design & History Association Annual Reception

April 6, 2014 by Boston Flora

NELDHA’s Annual Reception and Lecture will take place on Friday, April 25, 2014 at the beautiful MIT Endicott House in Dedham, Massachusetts. The featured speaker will be Lucinda Brockway, Director for Cultural Resources for the The Trustees of Reservations, where she guides the wonderful restoration of the historic gardens at Castle Hill in Ipswich and Naumkeag in Stockbridge. She was an award-winning landscape designer and preservationist, serving a national clientele for twenty-five years before coming to the trustees.

Through her firm, Past Designs in Kennebunk, Maine, Lucinda’s work included such well-known projects as Fort Ticonderoga’s Jardin du Roi, Newportâ€™s Bellevue Avenue estates, the Battle Green (Lexington, Massachusetts), Villa Finale in San Antonio ,Texas, the Camden Amphitheatre in Maine and several other projects for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Her private residential designs won recognition throughout the country. She specialized in designing period-inspired landscapes and gardens featuring both historic and indigenous plants. She is the author of two books, A Favorite Place of Resort for Strangers and Gardens of the New Republic.

Times and ticketing information will be available at www.neldha.org.