San Diego Floral Association
Classes


Classes & Workshops 2024

Casa Del Prado Room 104 – 10:00 am to Noon
$20 members – $30 non-members
Minimum Class size 8 – Maximum 12
Bring flower clippers or shears.

Please purchase to reserve your space ahead of time:
presidentsdfloral@gmail.com
Suzanne Johnson (619) 507-2754

Check back for Classes in 2025.

Happy Holidays.

 

Instructors

Suzanne Johnson is best known for her annual contributions to the SDFA Festival of Trees. She began entering flower shows in 1993, and has taken classes since then with local teachers including Rene van Rehms, Kathy Taylor de Murillo, Tina Rappaport and Barbara Chapman. Most of her experience has come from decorating venues for non-profit events to benefit RSF Library Guild, RSF Senior House, RSF Garden Club, Canyon Crest Academy Foundation, and Friends of Balboa Park, with a few weddings thrown in. Suzanne is currently the president of SDFA.

Carole Leap has a passion for design and art that she enjoys sharing with others. As an educator, she taught high school students for 25 years. As a designer, she has facilitated special projects and events for schools and non-profit organizations. She is currently building a floral farm, specializing in proteas. She is an active member of the California Protea Association, the International Protea
Association, and she serves as SDFA 1st VP Programs Chair.

Dale Rekus is the president of the Flower Arrangers Guild of San Diego. He started doing occasional designs in 2013 but got serious about it in 2015. He has won myriad awards in flower shows sponsored by the Bonita Valley and Point Loma Garden Clubs as well as the Coronado Floral Association. He
has entered Art live every year since 2017 and provides a weekly floral design a few times a year in the Point Loma/Hervey Branch Library.


Mission: To promote the knowledge and appreciation of horticulture and floriculture in the San Diego region.