New York Tachibana

About Us

Founder, Professor Toshiko Shindo Alden and Our New President Margaret Caccamo

Professor Alden is well known on the East Coast both for her expertise in Ikebana, and also for her knowledge of Japanese arts. She began her professional career as a registered nurse, but left her position as head nurse at St. Luke’s Hospital to devote full time to her second career as a teacher of Ikebana and an ambassador of Japanese culture. She studied at the Ikenobo Arts Center in New York , Ikenobo Headquarters in Kyoto , and twelve times at Chuo Kenshu Gakuin, the highest floral art institute in Japan. She received a Certificate of Commercial Flower Arrangement in 1988 from the New York Botanical Gardens. Professor Alden has been teaching since 1977, notably at New York Botanical Gardens, several community colleges and through private lessons. She has also performed numerous demonstrations. Her arrangements have been exhibited in the New York Botanical Gardens and in the Metropolitan Museum. Prof. Alden is the Founder and President of the Ikenobo Ikebana Society of New York Tachibana. She was a past president of Ikenobo Ikebana Society.

President Margaret Caccamo- left and Professor Alden - right

Tachibana members with Visiting Prof. from Japan

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