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2025 New England Fall Flower Show
Location: MHS Elm Bank, The Cheney Room, Education Building, 900 Washington St., Wellesley, MA 02482
Date: September 20, 2025 - September 21, 2025
The individual arrangements from Ikenobo, Ohara, and Sogetsu Schools elegantly illustrated the ikebana principles with striking and energetic colors, lines, and intriguing materials, to the delight of the 3,600 visitors that weekend.
Outdoors, in the gardens of Elm Bank, I.I. members of the Sogetsu School along with Sogetsu MA Branch members created seven outdoor group installations. The large installations of birch and bamboo allowed all visitors the opportunity to appreciate the colorful artistry of Sogetsu ikebana in a natural garden setting.
Date: September 20, 2025 - September 21, 2025
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On September 20-21, 2025, I.I. Boston Chapter #17 displayed eight indoor exhibits at the New England Fall Flower Show, which started in 1886, making it the oldest flower show in the United States. The show was held at Massachusetts Horticultural Society Elm Bank in Wellesley, MA. The individual arrangements from Ikenobo, Ohara, and Sogetsu Schools elegantly illustrated the ikebana principles with striking and energetic colors, lines, and intriguing materials, to the delight of the 3,600 visitors that weekend.
Outdoors, in the gardens of Elm Bank, I.I. members of the Sogetsu School along with Sogetsu MA Branch members created seven outdoor group installations. The large installations of birch and bamboo allowed all visitors the opportunity to appreciate the colorful artistry of Sogetsu ikebana in a natural garden setting.