30 Konfetti Roses
Friends in Germany requested this special arrangement for a thirtieth birthday celebration in Marin – Yukiko’s design includes harakeke, ivy, leaves, and of course, 30 konfetti roses.
San Rafael, California, March 2010
Winter’s End Ikebana
Three orchids and flat pussy willow with curly willow await the coming Spring.
San Rafael, California, 2010
Three Live Phalaenopsis Orchids in Basket Arrangement
This original sympathy and condolence ikebana was designed for memorial gathering in San Rafael.
San Rafael, California, February 2010.
Celebration in February
Lilies, stock and “wax” flowers for pink lovers, tulips ready to open, with green mist, harakeke, equisitum and curly willow in heavy glass vase.
Congratulations, San Anselmo, California, February 2010
Four Orchids Take Form in Rising Orchid Arrangement
Design of cymbidium, dendrobium, equisitum, curly willow and leaves create quiet dignity in uplifting spirit.
San Francisco, February 2010.
Masculine Valentine Ikebana
Cymbidium in basket arrangement expresses masculinity in nature.
Succulents, flat pussy willow and curly willow complete the design.
Valentine Bouquet: 7 Feet Tall – Top This!
Big, bold holiday flower arrangements draw special attention from young and old. Romantic theme of Valentine’s Day blooms as branches of quince bud into full flower in Marin County.
Holiday bouquets are part of Yukiko’s weekly series of five-footers (and larger) arrangements at Smith Ranch in San Rafael – every week for twelve years and counting.
Bouquets to Art 2010 at the de Young Museum
Today I went to the de Young to choose the placement of my floral design.
They let us in the de Young Museum when it’s closed. That’s when I pick out the art pieces that inspire my floral design for the Bouquets to Art exhibition, April 20-24.
I choose five pieces of art and wait to hear from the coordinator which one will be assigned to me this year.
The decision reaches me in April, so I have only a week or so to conceive my design and gather materials.
This is my ninth year and I have kept a photographic record of my Museum designs on my website.
Again this year, I will post the details of my new design here in my blog, so follow along.
Yukiko
Seasonal Flowers Bouquets – Winter in Marin County
Ranunculus and tulips are hale and hearty this winter and I have used them in these three bouquets with seasonal branches and foliage.
Winter Bulb Flowers Bouquet with Birch Branches
Ranunculus and Lily Grass Bouquet
Ranunculus and Harakeke Bouquet
Silver Winter
Oak branches, moss, holly, oriental lily, leucadendron, pine cone, pomegranate express the silver elegance of nature in winter.
