Sacramento show highlights floral freedom of expression
This flower arrangements is an example of Sogetsu Ikebana floower arranging. Many unique creations will be on display this weekend. Photo courtesy Ikebana Arts by Kiki Shibata
“Sogetsu” means “to see well.” In the art of Japanese flower arranging, Sogetsu is a school of Ikebana instruction that’s nearly a century old. Considered “avant-garde” Ikebana, it stresses freedom of expression and pushes the boundaries of what flower arranging can be.
Show hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Admission and parking are free.
Shibata and her students will present demonstrations at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day. Learn how they expertly “manipulate” flowers, foliage and other natural materials to create floral arrangements that flow with energy and harmony.
A teacher of Sogetsu Ikebana for nearly 60 years, Shibata offers classes in Sogetsu Ikebana in the Sacramento area. The group meets at Shepard Center on the morning of the second Thursday of each month (except July and August). Classes start at 9:45 a.m.; beginners are welcome. For more information about Sogetsu Ikebana, classes or the show, please call 530-867-0507.
Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento.
Details and directions: www.sgaac.org.
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Garden Checklist for week of Nov. 3
November still offers good weather for fall planting:
* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.
* Now is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. This gives them plenty of time for root development before spring growth. They also benefit from fall and winter rains.
* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.
* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.
* Plant garlic and onions.
* Keep planting bulbs to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.
* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.
* Rake and compost leaves, but dispose of any diseased plant material. For example, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting.
* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.
* For holiday blooms indoors, plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs now. Fill a shallow bowl or dish with 2 inches of rocks or pebbles. Place bulbs in the dish with the root end nestled in the rocks. Add water until it just touches the bottom of the bulbs. Place the dish in a sunny window. Add water as needed.
* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.
* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.
* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.
* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.
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