HFNA Wedding Celebration 10/6-8/22 Hilo

 

 

The Wedding Celebration was held in beautiful Hilo.

 

Britney from Haku Maui was the first presenter and gave us a workshop on Lei Po'o (head lei).

 

 

Bruno Duarte of Canada did several beautiful "sculptural" pieces utilizing Hawaiian products.

Lia & Kelsy were a duo from the Big Island demonstrating use of wire techniques.

 

 

Sue Tabbal-Yamaguchi AIFD EMC utilized European techniques in her bouquets.

 

 Lois Hiranaga AIFD showed several lush bouquets.

Dotty Yadao incorporated bromeliads into her bouquets.

 

On the final day, Susan McLeary showed body flowers and a table garland.

 

Tim Farrell AIFD talked about principles and elements of design and added unusual touches to bouquets to make them more interesting.

Final project was held in the Liliu'okalani Garden.  All designers joined in for a pic under the arch designed by Hitomi Gilliam AIFD and flowered by many of the designers.

 

 

HFNA Wedding Celebrations 2022

 

HFNA’s WEDDING CELEBRATIONS 2022
Hilo Hawaiian Hotel, 71 Banyan Drive,  Hilo Hawaii 96720 USA
October 6, 7 & 8, 2022
 

The Hawaii Floriculture and Nursery Association (HFNA) is pleased to invite you to attend their Wedding Celebrations 2022 in-person events being held October 6, 7 and 8th at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel.

This three-day event is our first since 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic took hold. We are very pleased to welcome you all back to Hilo to visit our flower and foliage nurseries to see our beautiful Hawaii grown tropical floral products as well as new temperate farms on the Big Island of Hawaii. You will also have the opportunity to discuss trends in floral design, any traits you'd like to see in new varieties with the breeders and growers of our tropical flowers, and enjoy working with our flowers yourselves in our hands-on workshop with host renowned floral designer Hitomi Gilliam AIFD.

You will find the Schedule of Events and our registration form as well as the advance registration form for the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel's special rates on our website:

www.hawaiineotropica.com

Be assured we will be maintaining certain covid mitigation protocols. Face masks are preferred.

Stay safe, stay healthy, stay happy!

We are so excited to see all of you in Hilo!


With warmest Aloha,
Judy Schilling
HFNA Grant Administrator
& Recording Secretary
hfnajudy@gmail.com

 

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Maile style ti leaf lei decor.

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9-12 yr. olds.

13-17 yr. olds.

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Professional mixed color category.

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My absolute favorite of all the lei.  First prize.

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Purple/blue category.

Red/pink category.

Yellow/orange category.

Mixed color category.

Non real floral category.  These were made with ribbons.

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Close up of an arrangement.