PHOTO GALLERY: Shannon Gault demonstrates Ikebana style

Dee Binney and Beverly Shapiro

Lynn Larson and Judy Williams

Shannon Gault snips a chrysanthemum. Flowers should not be at competing heights.

Shannon Gault explains that curly willow’s long, whimsical shape makes it an ideal “shu,” or focal structure of an arrangement.

Christina Filkins and Tory Newman

Carol Peschel, Shannon Gault, Sarah Tate

Cathy Bishop and Jackie Salvino

Pat Loy and Pat Dunlap

Joan Viguers and Loretta Conniff admire a slanting style arrangement.

Janet Wilkins, Dee Pinsky and Barbara Livingston