Floral Design by Yukiko

Artistry and business of flower arranging – ikebana and contemporary design

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Maori Warrior’s Ikebana – for the Real Father’s Day

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Ikebana of tropical Birds of Paradise and red pincushions wrapped in harakeke, New Zealand leaves akin to European flaxx.

Maori warriors wove bundled harakeke into armored vests to deflect the arrows of other indigenous tribes.  When Europeans invaded New Zealand they learned that the harakeke vests also deflected musket balls at long range -– forcing them to fight close-in to win.

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June 12th, 2010 at 9:52 pm

Floral Celebration Mother’s Day Week

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Five Foot Bouquet designed by Yukiko with delicate colors of roses, cymbidium, lisianthus, oriental lilies and pink jasmine.

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Smith Ranch, San Rafael, California – May, 2010

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May 4th, 2010 at 7:48 am

Easter Bouquet – 5-foot Tall Celebration

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Easter flowers follow the lavendar lilacs theme with pussy willows, lilies, roses, ranunculus and tulips.

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Smith Ranch, San Rafael, California – Easter 2010

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March 30th, 2010 at 4:57 am

Celebration for St Patrick’s Day 2010

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Floral design for St Patrick’s Day is this robust five footer of the green Bells of Ireland, harakeke, spiraea, euphobia, and white oriental lilies, hydrangea and tulips.

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Smith Ranch, San Rafael, California – March, 2010

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March 16th, 2010 at 5:20 am

Valentine Bouquet: 7 Feet Tall – Top This!

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Big, bold holiday flower arrangements draw special attention from young and old.  Romantic theme of Valentine’s Day blooms as branches of quince bud into full flower in Marin County.

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Holiday bouquets are part of Yukiko’s weekly series of five-footers (and larger) arrangements at Smith Ranch in San Rafael – every week for twelve years and counting.

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February 9th, 2010 at 11:22 am

New Year’s Ikebana in Marin Style

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Japanese floral design, cymbidium orchids, red amaryllis, curly willow with moss, harakeke, Marin seasonal foliage, created for another artist.

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December 29th, 2009 at 6:57 pm

New Year’s Celebration: 5-Foot Bouquet, Smith Ranch, San Rafael

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Five footer arrangement in green and white is poised on staggered pedestals with Oriental lilies, orchids, roses, and seasonal branches with harakeke, and a vase of hydrangea – traditional design for the Smith Ranch.

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December 29th, 2009 at 10:49 am

Christmas Celebration – at Smith Ranch Homes, San Rafael

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Five footer arrangement is poised on staggered pedestals with anthuriums, lilies, orchids, roses, holly and seasonal branches with pine cones – traditional design for the Smith Ranch.

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December 21st, 2009 at 6:40 pm

Holiday Ikebana

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Oriental Lilies and occidental holly complement each other in an ikebana complete with holiday pine cone, branches and foliage.

 

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This design is temporarily available through the shopping cart button on the Online Bouquets page. 

Are you looking for other original designs by Yukiko?  Check the side-bar at the right – You may see what you want under “Categories.”  If you do, just click on it and see what’s there.

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Written by Peter

December 16th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

Floral Designs for Holiday Party in Marin

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Floral Theme Creates Four Distinctive Designs by Yukiko:

Client asked me to create four designs with traditional holiday colors, but not in the generic style common among Christmas Decorations.  The party invitation showed tree-tip branches with snow flakes clinging.  So I took my theme from there, beginning with Oak branches and moss with silvered berries.   In the side-piece below, the design is completed with Oriental Lilies, holly with traditional red berries, pine cone, pomegranate and various leaves and foliage.

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The theme carries through the tallest centerpiece;  below the oak branches are completed with cala lilies in unusual color, with white Oriental Lilies and holly, et cetera.

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The second centerpiece is topped with white oriental lilies, and wrapped with curly willow, and uplifting bands of harakeke with holly and silvered berries.

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Written by Peter

December 3rd, 2009 at 3:03 pm