Floating Group Planting：浮かぶ寄せ植え

By repurposing a plastic pot and styrene foam, it's possible to create a treatment plant for wetlands. Semi-aquatic plants function as a water filter and help to improve water quality.

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Ikebana consists of three elements: flower + container + water.
This work does not have water, because it has to last until the restaurant will reopen.   
At Hanabishi restaurant, Melbourne

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Ikebana Lesson Cancellation

Ikebana Lesson Cancellation  In light of the current concerns with the COVID 19 situation, we think it's prudent to cancel Ikebana classes on 17 March. Make up lessons will be scheduled later.  If you want to go ahead and make an arrangement at home, please post a photo to Ikebana Gallery Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/IkebanaGallery/ Our next lesson will be on 14 April.   https://www.shoso.com.au/p/newsletter.html

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Ikebana Newsletter March 2020 Special Edition

Ikebana Newsletter Melbourne 

March 2020 Special Edition
1. Irregular Class Dates in March & April: Please check our class dates in News Page on Shoso’s Website. https://www.shoso.com.au/p/newsletter.html

2. Sogetsu Events in Sydney: Please book now, if you are interested. https://www.sogetsu-ikebana.org.au

3. Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show. 25 - 29 March 2020.

3.1. Shoso is looking for 100s of soft or young eucalyptus branches. Send an email, if you have any information. shososhimbo@gmail.com

3.2. If you would like to be a volunteer for Shoso, please send an email first. shososhimbo@gmail.com and complete an online induction.

Venue: Royal Exhibition Building
When: 10am - 6pm, Sunday 22 March
1pm - 7pm, Monday 23 March
9am - 5pm, Tuesday 24 March

There may be some changes in those hours, because Shoso has to work for 2 other projects at the same time during those days.

The venue, the Royal Exhibition Building, requires all participating exhibitors & their staff to complete their online induction questionnaire prior to accessing the venue.

The link to access the induction is https://www.userlogin.com.au/museumcontractor/login.php
& this must be completed by all exhibitor site staff, including those setting up, dismantling & working at your site during the Show. Please create an account via this link & complete the Exhibitor Induction modules as required. Please choose “Event Exhibitor & Event Contractor Induction – Museum Spaces” Please then choose the relevant site for your event.

Exhibitors & staff will not be permitted to work onsite at the Show until this induction has been completed so please ensure they do so in advance of their first shift.

4. Get inspired. A nice video on Ikebana.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/2029128/

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15 March 2020: Special Ikebana workshop at Kazari. 

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25 - 29 March: Melbourne Flower Show, 2020. See ikebana works by Shoan Lo & Shoso Shimbo. They will create displays under "Melbourne Ikebana Festival" at Shop Window Competition sections of the show. http://melbflowershow.com.au/

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Ikebana Events Calendar

Events Calendar 16 February 2020: The Bushfire Relief Auction. Shoso's ikebana work was sold at $950. Thank you. https://auctions.leonardjoel.com.au/custom_asp/searchresults.asp?st=D&pg=2&ps=100&sale_no=LJ8366 15 March 2020: Special Ikebana workshop at Kazari.  https://www.kazari.com.au/workshops/ikebana-workshop-with-shoso-shimbo-ssws006 25 - 29 March: Melbourne Flower Show, 2020. See ikebana works by Shoan Lo & Shoso Shimbo. They will create displays under "Melbourne Ikebana Festival" at Shop Window Competition sections of the show. http://melbflowershow.com.au/ 24 - 27 May 2020: Shoso will present a paper, Nature in Ikebana: Beyond sustainability at the Asian Conference on Arts and Humanities, Tokyo. https://acah.iafor.org/acah2020/ 12 August 2020: Japanese Aesthetics (From Ikebana to contemporary art), RMIT Short Courses. http://bit.ly/rmit-ikebana 12 September 2020: Shoan & Shoso will present Ikebana Dinner Show, Quaff Restaurant, Toorak. This is an opening event of the Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival 2020 https://waikebana.blogspot.com/p/program.html    19 & 20 September 2020: Wa Melbourne Ikebana Festival. https://waikebana.blogspot.com/ 20 September 2020: Ikebana Performance with Paul Grabowsky at Melbourne Recital Centre. https://www.shoso.com.au/2019/10/ikebana-performance-with-paul-grabowsky.html

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