Daily Archives: September 30, 2022


Tuesdays, October 4, 11, 18, and November 15, 22, and 29, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Japanese Flower Arranging Course

Learn the art of Japanese flower arranging from Joanne Caccavale, Komon, Sogetsu School. In this Massachusetts Horticultural Society six-week course, you will be taught the basic curriculum and receive a certificate from Tokyo upon completion of course books. Students will be provided with school books, plant material, containers and pin frogs when you come to class. Please bring garden scissors or ikebana scissors.

Joanne was born and raised in Singapore, she came to school in the US in 1985 and stayed.  Educated and trained as an attorney, she however, prefers flowers to law. A professionally trained floral designer, she switched to Japanese flower arranging twenty years ago and has been teaching for fourteen years.

She is a perennial exhibitor in the New England/Boston Flower Show and did the MFA Art in Bloom for many years for her Garden Club.  She is a Past President and is now again  President of Ikebana International Boston Chapter and Director elect of the Boston Chapter of the Sogetsu School. She holds the rank of Riji (highest rank) from the Sogetsu School.

She holds regular classes at her studio at home and also teaches at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.  She regularly conducts workshops for the Sogetsu School in Massachusetts.  On a yearly basis, she has made the Ikebana stage installation for the Japanese Emperor’s Birthday Reception at the Massachusetts State House.

  

$296 for Mass Hort Members/$354 for General Admission For more information, and to register, CLICK HERE

   


Friday, October 7, 7:00 pm – Plants & Gardens Happy Hour: Tips and Secrets Webinar

The American Horticultural Society and GardenComm are partnering to offer virtual classes this fall. This magazine-style Webinar will feature a public garden, two topics, and a “What’s Making Us Smile” piece at the end. Learn from Andrea DeLong-Amaya with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Horticulturist and Landscape Designer Claire Jones, Organic Materials Review Institute’s (OMRI) Jacob Mogler and all moderated by expert garden writer and speaker, Kathy Jentz. Register for the October 7th webinar today! All registered will receive a garden-based beverage recipe from Garden Comm mixologist Ellen Zachos, and will be entered to win gift certificates from Brent & Becky’s Bulbs. $15. AHS members free.


Wednesday, October 12, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Friends of the Public Garden Campaign Celebration and Members Reception

Raise a glass to the Friends of the Public Garden’s 50th Anniversary Campaign with fellow Friends Members and celebrate all the ways that Members impact these beloved greenspaces. Enjoy drinks and appetizers overlooking the sunset in the three parks from the top floor of the UMass Club on Beacon Street. RSVP today to info@friendsofthepublicgarden.org. If you are not yet a member, join now.