The North American Sogetsu Seminar is like the Olympics of flower arranging (though, of course, only for North America). Held once every four years in a different North American city, the five day ...

I arrived at work with a handful of flowers wrapped in a soggy paper towel and asked a colleague if I could borrow a vase. I explained that I'd just come from a flower-arranging class. My co-worker ...

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 ...

Brooke Pohl wants her flowers to wake people up. “Perhaps, if you have a successful arrangement, the connection to the sacredness of the world can be transmitted to the observer,” Pohl says. “It can ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Flowers are the universal language of love in cultures around the world. “Flowers have power. Sharing ...

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 ...

Ikebana is a disciplined art form that brings nature and humanity together. Ikebana artists carefully and intentionally select elements such as branches, leaves, grass, and blossoms to create ...

A leading artist of the Ohara School of ikebana, or Japanese flower arranging, will give a demonstration at the Cleveland Museum of Art as part of a local ikebana club's 30th anniversary celebration.

More than 100 individual arrangements of cut flowers and branches arranged in the Ikebana style will be on display from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe. Nearly 50 ...

MOUNT DORA — Betty Horsford’s love for flowers and her respect for nature is evident in the delicate, classic Japanese flower arrangements she creates. The Mount Dora resident took her first Japanese ...

Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich will offer a Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arranging Workshop) Mondays (April 3, May 8 and June 5) from 9:30 a.m. to noon in the J.K. Lilly III Automobile Museum.