v THE HERALD - INDEPENDENT AND PROUD OF IT v 17th July 2025 • The HERALD • Page 61 RYAN FENCING Quality Fencing & Gates 07769 706516 • 023 8084 1203 www.ryan-fencing.co.uk • Find us on Facebook A J GLEESON BUILDING & GROUNDWORK DRIVEWAYS EXTENSIONS BRICKWORK GROUNDWORK BLOCK PAVING Colours & Designs to suit your requirements Local Work Available to View CALL FOR A FREE QUOTATION New Forest & Southampton 023 8084 4180 Mobile: 07770 771475 Bramdene, Main Road, Dibden, Southampton Locally owned landscape and maintenance company who offer excellent workmanship, value, and customer service. Contact Ralph on 07775 726135 www.apex-landscaping.co.uk • rperry16@sky.com • Decking • Fencing and Gates • Complete Landscaping • Paving • Brick Work • Block Paving and Driveways • Hedge and Tree Work •Turfing • Shed and Summerhouse Bases • Shingle Beds and Artificial Lawns • Paving and Block Paving Cleaning and Repair DOWN THE GARDEN PATH The next Herald is out on 7th August Inspiration from Japanese Flower Arranging by Debbie Thorne, Foresters Flower Club Japanese ower arranging is an artistic expression of the beauty of nature. e Japanese Florists, throughout the last six centuries or so, would create beautiful vases of owers and branches using speci c learning. is is known as Ikebana. It involves speci c numbers of components, speci c positions and speci c numbers of di erent materials (branches, owers etc.) Modern day Western oral arrangements probably evolved along these lines as the beauty of diverse education has expanded to involve multinational cultures and ‘Japanese Masters’ able to travel freely. We have vertical arrangements, which tend to be in trough shaped containers, which express mass and line - mass being the heavier base of the arrangement and line being the vertical arrangement of tall stemmed owers. is is a similar principle in Japanese oral arrangements. It shows the beauty of nature, the vertical owers are minimal to be able to appreciate each one. Other styles of arrangements, e.g. Crescent or (using tall vases) simple vertical or horizontal designs are similar to certain Japanese style arrangements. Branches - rigid or exible - are used to create space and movement to draw the eye towards a few beautiful owers. e owers might actually support the branches in their precise position and may be used to show the grace and beauty of the branches. O en the plant material itself is the mechanics of the arrangement in tall slim vases; sometimes a Kenzan (pin holder) is used in a shallow container to position the plant material. Plant material that branches out of the arrangement Vertical arrangement must have another piece heading towards it, to bring the eye back to the arrangement. With an abundance of roses and other owers, plus the wet winter allowing plenty of greenery, why not have a go! Next Meetings: No meeting in August. Saturday 2nd August, 1.30pm: Bartley Horticultural Show - all welcome, and to enter, 112th Show! 4th September: Sue Wall’s demonstration – ‘Reuse & Recycle II’. 5th September: Coach trip to RHS Wisley. A few tickets are available call Sheila on: 07867 515810 if you would like to go. For more information about Foresters Flower Club contact Debbie orne: 07769830752. Crescent arrangement
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