Sogetsu Ottawa Branch
Japanese Flower Arranging: Anything, anywhere, by anyone
Upcoming Events and Workshops
February 13 and 20, 2026: Demonstration and Workshop “Wabi-sabi” by Ilse Beunen on Zoom, organized by Sogetsu Toronto.
March 14, 2026: Annual General Meeting, and Workshop by Claire Laverty.
June 6-7, 2026: Sogetsu Ottawa Annual Exhibition at the Japanese Embassy in Ottawa.
2024, September 28-29: Annual Exhibition - Revealing Nature’s Beauty
Our thanks go out once again to the Japanese Embassy for allowing us to hold our exhibition there.
2023, December 2: Workshop: Ikebana at the Table
Led by Elaine Sigler, First Grade Somu, this workshop emphasized Sogetsu’s principles on Rules of Display. Participants put the theory into practice as they created arrangements for holiday gatherings.
2024, September 28-29: Annual Exhibition - Revealing Nature’s Beauty
Our thanks go out once again to the Japanese Embassy for allowing us to hold our exhibition there.
2023, October 14-15: Annual Exhibition - Words of Autumn
This theme was inspired by an ikebana arrangement by Kasumi Teshigahara, second headmaster of the Sogetsu School. Autumn is a time of transition: the changing colour of leaves, the exuberance of tall grasses and the development of seed pods from flowers to seed pods.
