Daily Archives: January 11, 2015

Thursday, January 22, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Sogetsu Ikebana from Basic to Freestyle

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Join The Massachusetts Horticultural Society on Thursday, January 22, from 7 – 8:30 for a brief presentation on the history of ikebana and a demonstration from basic to free style Sogetsu Ikebana. Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arrangement that is growing in popularity throughout the United States. Steeped in the philosophy of developing a closeness with nature, ikebana weaves living materials and creative expression together with specific rules of construction.

Mrs. Tomoko Tanaka began her studies of the Sogetsu school of ikebana at the age of thirteen. Presently she holds a certificate of Riji, the highest rank of the Sogetsu School. She serves as director of Sogetsu Mass Branch and served twice as president of Ikebana International Boston Chapter. She is currently teaching ikebana at home. Lecture Fee: Mass Hort Members $10, Non-Members $15. Register at www.masshort.org.

Her many experiences include teaching, demonstrations and workshops throughout New England, including the Boston Flower and Garden Show. She has also appeared as a guest on the PBS television show, “The Victory Garden” where she introduced ikebana to a national audience. Her arrangements have been displayed at museums, hotels, and ikebana conferences in numerous cities in this country, and also in Japan.IMG_0266

 

Saturday, January 24, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Starting Seeds Indoors

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Get your gardens off to a good start this spring by starting vegetable, flower and herb seeds indoors. This Saturday, January 24 Tower Hill Botanic Garden workshop will help you decide which plants will benefit most from a head start. You will learn the tools and supplies needed, the best sowing and nurturing techniques, and when and how to transition your seedlings into the garden. Participants will sow two flats to take home. Class meets from 1 – 4 at Tower Hill, 11 French Drive in Boylston.

Christie Higginbottom has worked as a costumed interpreter at Old Sturbridge Village since 1981. From 1984 to 2004 she coordinated the historic horticulture program researching, planning and planting the re-created kitchen and flower gardens at the museum’s historic households. She also supervised the Village’s Herb Garden collection, a garden exhibiting over 300 varieties of historic herbs. From 2004 to 2006 she researched and developed a series of self-guided walking trails interpreting people and the environment in the early 1800s. She researched and designed the 2007-2009 exhibit Taking Root: Gardening in Pots in the early 1800s. Now retired from full-time work at OSV, she continues to work in costume part-time and to present garden programs for the Village. Christie writes and consults on historic gardens and their interpretation, antique plants, and herb use; and she lectures at museums and historic sites, garden clubs, historical societies, and libraries. She teaches home gardening classes at the Adult Education program at Bay Path Regional Vocational High School, the Worcester Regional Environmental Council and other venues. THBG members $35, nonmembers $45. Register online at www.towerhillbg.org.