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J.Aoki's Garden in July

since January 2000
Gardening & Dried Flower Arrangement - from the garden of J.Aoki
1.Profile
Monthly Article for Engei Shinchishiki
Main tools for arrangement From January through December 1999, I wrote monthly article for "Engei Shinchishiki", magazine published by Takii Co., Ltd., the largest seed company in Japan.

Article titled "Dried Flower Arrangement" is my first article featuring dried flower arrangements with flowers and greens in my garden.
Dried Flower Arrangements with Hydrangea
I wrote four pages article for "Engei Guide" in June 2000, bi-monthly gardening magazine published by Shufunotomo Co., Ltd., Tokyo.

Article is featuring dried flower arrangements with hydrangea in a garden with step by step making of "Hydrangea pot" and "Hydrangea Straw Hat".

Hydrangea straw hat Hydrangea pot		 Engei Guide of Shufunotom Co., Ltd.
Article of Dried Pansy Arrangements
Greeting card with dried pansy and pressed pansyIn September 2000, I contributed four pages article to the new book published by Sufunotomo Co., Ltd. focused on pansy.

My article, "Small present with dried pansy", explain how to dry pansy keeping its lovely shape and small dried flower arrangements with pansy and viola.
Dried Flower for Xmas Season
Xmas Conifer Wreath For the Xmas season in year 2000, I wrote three pages article of dried flower arrangements for "Engei Shinchishiki" of Takii Co., Ltd.

Article contains "Xmas Conifer Wreath" with step by step making and "Xmas Basket" both crafted with greens in my garden.
Simple Dried Flower Arrangements for Engei Tsushin
From January 2001, I started new monthly article for "Engei Tsuushin", monthly magazine of Sakata Seeds co., Ltd., Yokohama.

A series of article is created specially for beginners of dried arrangement introducing simple yet cute arrangement with garden flowers and greens. This monthly article continued for two years till December 2002.		 Dried arrangement - Spring Breeze green leaves
My first Book - Simple Dried Flower Arrangements
Simple Dried Flower Arrangement with Pansy's Salad Bowl Through Tankosha Co., Ltd., Kyoto, I published my first book titled "Simple Dried Flower Arrangements" in March 2002.

In addition to arrangements introduced via "Engei Tsushin", total xx arrangements are listed in this book with step by step process photo of making for each arrangements.

* Preview of my book.


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