Floral Design Demonstration with Kathy Powell
Wednesday, September 11 · 10:30am – 12:00pm
Francis Newman Alden Learning Center in the Ellen T. Leslie Building
$50 | $40 per WBG Members
Kathy Powell will discuss her flower show experiences around the world while creating eight different designs. This demonstration will explore arrangements using both fresh and dried plant material as well as unconventional materials in order to widen your scope of expression in floral design. Each of these floral creations will be influenced by Freeform Sogestu Ikebana, and the tenants of traditional Sogetsu will also be explained and demonstrated.
About the instructor:
Kathleen Powell, a member of the Peachtree Garden Club, is famous for her original designs and wonderful sense of line and color, and her cutting-edge mechanics mystify and fascinate novice and expert floral designers alike. Mrs. Powell is an award-winning designer known both inside and outside of the US, and she constantly challenges herself to learn more, studying floral design around the world. She was chosen to create an Honorary Exhibit at the World Association of Flower Arrangers in Barbados in 2017 and exhibited in India in 2020. She has exhibited in the Philadelphia flower show for 24 years in a row. Her generosity as a teacher and mentor are widely praised, and her remarkable talent and creativity shine through her unique designs, inspiring all. She is a horticulture judge as well as a floral design judge.
The Waterfront Botanical Garden and the Glenview Garden Club are thrilled to welcome Kathy for a floral design demonstration and workshop, and to talk about her experiences exhibiting around the world.