A Workshop lead by Elizabeth McMillan with a Focus on Gladioli

We met for our first workshop in 2025 on Sunday February 9 in the Khandallah Presbyterian Church, 33 Ganges Road.

Elizabeth lead our first workshop demonstrating three ways to arrange gladioli in our ikebana. Members were asked to think of ways to showcase these majestic flowers and use either moribana or nageire containers to do so.

Elizabeth arranged gladioli with bent reeds and trimmed umbrella papyrus leaves in an angular container

Elizabeth arranging pink gladioli with pineapple plant, hydrangea and purple flowers in a low container

Lyn arranged purple gladioli and leaves with rosemary in a low container

Adriana arranged several red gladioli and leaves with dark foliage in a low container

Sharon arranged orange gladioli and leaves with yellow button flowers and greenery in a low black container

Helen arranged gladioli flowers with pohutukawa branches with masses of seed heads in a tall white vase

Julie balanced three gladioli and fennel seed heads in a low square container

Masako arranged several gladioli and leaves with long branches in a tall decorated vase

Yoko arranged gladioli in matching low containers

Glenys arranged yellow gladioli and leaves with white daisies in a low container

Kathy arranged cream gladioli and leaves with yellow and orange flowers and spinnaker weed in a black triangular shaped container

Natalie arranged purple gladioli with hydrangea leaves, purple flowers and privet branches in a low black container

Marcia arranged purple gladioli and leaves with nasturtium, cacti and seed heads in a low container

Setsuko arranged orange gladioli with hydrangea leaves and pine twig in a beautiful, red slipper shaped container

Sandi arranged red gladioli and leaves with flax and native foliage in a beautiful Japanese slipper shaped container

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