Montelindo Garden Club’s next meeting speaker on Friday, January 17, 2025
The Montelindo Garden Club will present speakers Susan and Tony DiStefano, on Sogetsu Ikebana. "There are thousands of different schools of ikebana. Our school, Sogetsu ikebana, is one of the largest and it hasan emphasis on freeing the designer to work with all sorts of materials- not just live flowers- once the basics have been mastered. Our founder, Sofu Teshigahara, believed that ikebana is an art and that the difference between the Sōgetsu School and Ikebana lies in the belief that once all the rules are learned and the techniques mastered, an unbounded field remains for freer personal expression using varied materials, not just flowers. Depending on what inspires us as we prepare, we may include dried and painted flowers, plastic, metal, or glass in our designs. We’ll start with very structured traditional designs and get more creative as we move along."
Free. See schedule and map below.
The Montelindo Garden Club will present speakers Susan and Tony DiStefano, on Sogetsu Ikebana. "There are thousands of different schools of ikebana. Our school, Sogetsu ikebana, is one of the largest and it hasan emphasis on freeing the designer to work with all sorts of materials- not just live flowers- once the basics have been mastered. Our founder, Sofu Teshigahara, believed that ikebana is an art and that the difference between the Sōgetsu School and Ikebana lies in the belief that once all the rules are learned and the techniques mastered, an unbounded field remains for freer personal expression using varied materials, not just flowers. Depending on what inspires us as we prepare, we may include dried and painted flowers, plastic, metal, or glass in our designs. We’ll start with very structured traditional designs and get more creative as we move along."
Free. See schedule and map below.
9 am, social time, 9:30 am business meeting, 10:15 am speaker.
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA, Lafayette Library Community Hall
3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA, Lafayette Library Community Hall
Future meetings:
Feb. 28 (4th Friday)
School Gardens: A Valuable Community Resource, with Mary Helen Nicolini - Garden Specialist for School Gardens in Pittsburg.
Teaching students and parents about growing their own or using the school garden as a resource for the community.
The Master Gardener's Contra Costa County program: In January 2014, the Pittsburg Unified School District became the first to take advantage of a newly-revised school gardens program offered by the UC Master Gardeners of Contra Costa County, which recently initiated a new approach in its School Gardens Program. For Contra Costa County schools where 50% or more of the students are eligible for free or subsidized school lunches, UC Master Gardeners and UC Nutrition educators partner together to provide both nutrition education and Master Gardener support in the creation of on-site school gardens. MGCC helps schools create sustainable edible gardens, expanding students’ nutritional options and allowing curricula to be linked to garden activities, a proven method of improving academic performance.
Mar. 21 Topic: Succulents: the camels of the plant world. Speaker: John Fikes
"Bring A Friend" day.
Apr. 25 (4th Friday) Topic: Fabulous Flowers with Valerie Lee.
May 16 Spring luncheon for members. Location to be determined.