Jane Godshalk AIFD at Halekulani Hotel, Honolulu

Honolulu Museum of Art » Shangri La: The Flower Show

Honolulu Museum of Art » Shangri La: The Flower Show

René van Rems with the Honolulu Garden Club April 2013

The Honolulu Garden Club invited René van Rems to present a show and a workshop in April.  The show was held at the Halekulani Hotel in Honolulu.  The following pictures were taken by Jann Boxold, Carole Chun, D. Bocken and myself.

Tropicals supplied by Green Point Nursery, Hilo, HI.  Rene combined temperate larkspur with our local Hawaiian tropical flowers and foliage in this large piece.

Sexy Scarlet hanging heliconia were the focal flowers in this arrangement.

We went hiking in Makapu'u and Rene was fascinated with the Koa seed pods so he gathered a few to create this container.

Demonstrating how the seed pods were attached with Smithers' Uglu.

Switching gears to a French country look with sunflowers, hydrangea and viburnum.

Rene begins work on a vase arrangement incorporating flat aluminum wire from Smithers-Oasis.

Crimped wire is added into the vase and above it to create an armature.

Adding bear grass and french tulips.

The completed arrangement.

More tulips in a basket.

The finished basket up for silent auction.

Rene began a Mille Fleur arrangement in a birch bark container using lisianthus.

Due to time constraints, he passed the arrangement to me to complete.

Larkspur, lisianthus, Persian Violet and crespedia were added.

Rene works on a vertical arrangement with hydrangea, solidaster, viburnum and larkspur.

The finished piece.

Rene began the show with this amazing mass arrangement.

Lilies, boronia, lilac, amnesia roses, Koala fern, limonium and more made up this incredible arrangement.

Closeup.

The gorgeous "mainland" flowers were from Ocean View Flowers and Sun Valley in California.

Current Honolulu Garden Club president, Stephanie Hee, and her prize winning arrangement!

Some of the finished arrangements on display in the hallway.

Kitty Wo, Floral Chair and Stephanie Hee, President with designer René van Rems.

Honolulu Academy of Arts » Garden Club of Honolulu Major Flower Show: Echoes of Rainbows

I was fortunate to have been invited to preview the wonderful floral displays by the Garden Club of Honolulu at the former Honolulu Academy of Arts (know known as the Honolulu Museum of Art).  Please forgive me for not remembering all of the categories and who won which award as I did not have a program.  The members did such a beautiful job, it was almost overwhelming.  Here are photos of some of the displays.

Bev Grimmer with her award winning plant display.

First place ribbon goes to this hanging display by Dotty Nitta and Bertie Lee

Under water floral creations

Wonderful movement displayed by Jann Boxold

First place for this underwater piece

Botanical jewelry constructed all with organic materials.

First place by Kitty Wo