Members of Ikebana Columbia Chapter 182 gather in the Asian Garden at Riverbanks Botanical Garden. Ikebana Columbia Chapter 182 celebrated its 35th anniversary August 19 with a luncheon at the Asian garden at Riverbanks Botanical Garden.

The Asian garden serves as a memorial to Ikebana Chapter 182 founders, Martha Plowden Neese and Adaline Martin Cochran, as well as all dedicated deceased members.

Doris Kahn (left), Jewel Patterson, Jean Slider, Shortie Kerekamich, Helen Klinar, and Kathy Klinar. Family members, (l- r) Jody Kipper, Nancy Cochran Kipper, and Denise Cochran, attended the luncheon in memory of Martha Plowden and Adaline Martin Cochran