I currently teach classes through the Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Department. You can sign up through the Palo Alto Enjoy Catalog. You do not need to be a resident to sign up.
Practical Beginning Traditional Arranging (5 Weeks)
Gain practical experience in making beautiful flower arrangements for your own home. Learn the most traditional western floral design composition, while also gaining practical experience in picking out your own materials and working with your own vases. My goal is to have you leaving this course with the confidence to make arrangements you would be proud to call your own.
Materials Student needs to supply: Flowers for each week, vase for each week, scissors (I use Wazakura Ikenobo Flower Arrangement Ikebana Scissors, which are available on Amazon) or you can use my loaners.
Practical Beginning Contemporary Arranging (5 Weeks)
Gain practical experience in making beautiful flower arrangements for your own home. Learn a contemporary floral design composition, while also gaining practical experience in picking out your own materials and working with your own vases. My goal is to have you leaving this course with the confidence to make arrangements you would be proud to call your own.
Materials Student needs to supply: Flowers for each week, vase for each week, scissors (I use Wazakura Ikenobo Flower Arrangement Ikebana Scissors, which are available on Amazon) or you can use my loaners.
Standard Floral Design Compositions (8 – 10 Weeks Depending)
Learn different standard Western Floral Design compositions. These compositions are typically used in a variety of settings for example: your table, on your mantle, in churches, hotel entryways and in other settings. Each week we will make one of these compositions. The course is perfect for beginners or for people who want to expand their Floral Design Skills.
Artistic Floral Design (8 – 10 weeks depending)
This course is a bit more on the intermediate level, but beginners are more than welcome. We will look at elevating floral design into Art. This is my favorite class because it encourages creativity while also providing a solid framework upon which to base your designs on.
I offer a variety of workshops throughout the year. These are one day classes typically offered on Saturdays.
