Neil Abercrombie's Inauguration Decor

Debbi Barrett-Holt AIFD, of The Floral Network, phoned me the other day to ask if I would like to volunteer to help decorate the Iolani Palace bandstand for Neil Abercrombie's inauguration.  She was asking all of the Honolulu branch of the Hawaii AIFDs to help with this prestigious event.  Below are some of the photos I took throughout the day when I wasn't wielding my knife.

 Aya Castillo AIFD and Florence making 120 ribbons for the stanchions.

 Aya working on some of the tropical arrangements for the base of the bandstand.  Debbi's designs included ti, lauae and palapalai fern for the base.

 Containers to be filled.

 Cory Ho AIFD,  selecting the tropicals for the two large arrangements at the front of the bandstand.

 Cory finishing up the arrangements.

 Cory working on  some of the smaller tropical arrangements.

 From left to right, me (Deb Di Bella), Cory Ho, Debbi Barrett-Holt (Decorations Chair) and Aya Castillo AIFDs of Honoulu.

 Finished tropical arrangements which Aya and I created for the front of the bandstand utilizing ginger, heliconia and ti stalks from Greenpoint Nursery,  Hilo, Hawaii

 One of the two large  tropical arrangements and the beautiful kukui "lei" made by Debbi, which went around  the front of the state seal.

 Bandstand almost completed.  The columns are  to be entwined with galax garlands.

View of Iolani Palace from the bandstand.