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 ...

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 ...

Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, transcends mere decoration to become a profound form of artistic expression, imbued with symbolism, spirituality, and harmony. Originating in Japan ...

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 ...

Imagine buying just three flowers and creating an arrangement so lovely that it almost transcends the beauty of nature. Welcome to ikebana, a Japanese style of flower arrangement that has deep ...

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 ...

Ikebana is the traditional art of Japanese flower arrangement. Here, local ikebana specialist Jeanne Houlton shares her passion for the art form. St. Petersburg resident Jeanne Houlton, a Junior ...

“Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking.” So slammed Meryl Streep as fictional fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly in the film The Devil Wears Prada, dismissing petals and blossoms as cliché. She ...

HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. —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 ...