Rewarewa, New Zealand honeysuckle flowers in the late sun

Kia ora everyone,

It has been a busy year with both the Japan Festival and Spring Exhibition at the Botanical Gardens. Setsuko and I want to thank you for all the wonderful ikebana you have done at our monthly workshops. It is always inspiring to see the different ikebana that is created around a specific topic. Thank you also to all the teachers who had led the workshops and to the committee who kept everything ticking along.

A couple of dates to put in your calendar for 2023. 
Our first workshop is on the 12th February.
On March 26th we will have two workshops with Christopher James. We will send out some information for the workshops with Christopher James shortly, you may remember we had planned these for 2020 but had to cancel.

Our final workshop of the year is on Sunday 11th December from 2pm - 4pm. Elizabeth McMillan has kindly offered to host us at her home in Seatoun, as the Khandallah Town Hall is not available. See Kate’s latest email for Elizabeth's address.

We will not have a workshop as such but a social get together.
We will have some Japanese containers and kenzan for sale on behalf of an elderly lady who has done Ikebana for many years.

For those who are interested in learning how to improve their ikebana photos we will also be watching a video on Photographing Ikebana. This video was made by Ben Huybrechts (whose wife Ilyse is a very well known Ikebana Teacher in Belgium). Ben has done photography for Sogetsu Headquarters and for several books on Ikebana. We think you will find it very useful. 

If you are able to attend please bring a small plate of food to share for afternoon tea. Please let Kate know if you are coming.

Thanks very much
Kate and Setsuko