When it comes to flowering arranging, we don't often think of minimalism and perfect precision – but those are the principles of the Japanese art of 'Ikebana'. Forget dazzling, bumper floral displays ...

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W hen Megumi Schacher arranges flowers, she looks like a dancer. Precise and petite, she bends left and right, reaching gracefully to manipulate twigs and blooms, leaning to push a stubborn branch ...

Age is truly just a number for Akiko Bourland, who fell in love with ikebana, the ancient Japanese art of harmonious flower arrangement, when she attended high school in Yokohama, Japan. After decades ...

Holiday decorations in the U.S. are often symmetrical: Two candles on either side of the mantel, a round wreath in the center of the door, a centerpiece with matching sprigs of holly and pine on each ...

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More than simply putting flowers in a container, ikebana is a disciplined art form in which nature and humanity are brought together. Contrary to the idea of floral arrangement as a collection of ...

Using a Lazy Susan, Emiko Suzuki spun around a large arrangement of blooming forsythia, noting the relative merits and drawbacks of the way the leggy branch rose from the container. Suzuki, a Senior ...

Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging, its oldest type — ikenobo ikebana — more than 550 years old. Modern gardeners can take a lot away from the art form. “Ikebana makes us more aware of ...