Creating your Thanksgiving Centerpiece

Bring the beauty of your backyard to the Thanksgiving table! Create a beautiful, one-of-a-kind floral centerpiece to take home and enjoy for Thanksgiving. In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn to transform flowers, foliage, and greenery from your backyard into a lovely holiday arrangement. No floral arranging experience is necessary. Just bring your creativity! We'll provide all materials, and you'll take home your finished centerpiece. Location Lyon Arboretum Visitors Center Downstairs Classroom Supplies/What to Wear • Supplies will be provided • Mosquito repellent is recommended About the Instructor Dona Hanaike is a member of The Garden Club of Honolulu and has arranged flowers for friends, family, and her church throughout her adult life. She also loves “puttering” in her own backyard garden. At the 2026 Imagine That Flower Show at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Dona won many awards. Some of them include: • Garden Club of America award: Sandra Baylor Novice Award for Floral Design (2026) • Garden Club of America award: Louise Agee Wrinkle Horticultural Propagation Award (2026) • The Garden Club of Honolulu award: Jean Thomas Horticultural Novice Award (2026) Tickets Class Fee: $40 + Materials Fee $10 = $50 Tickets open: October 21st Tickets close: November 11th Deadline for refunds: November 14th. Refunds cover the ticket cost only; Eventbrite processing fees will not be refunded. We will issue full refunds in the event of a class cancellation. Credit cannot be given towards other classes. For questions about the class content or logistics, please call Lyon Arboretum at (808) 988-0461 or email [email protected]. For questions about ticketing, please call and leave a message for Friends of Lyon Arboretum at (808) 988-0464 or email [email protected].