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 ...

What: The Ikebana Flower Exhibition is 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. May 20-21. Where: Renaissance Asheville Hotel, 31 Woodfin St., Asheville. Admission: $10 at the door (free to members). Learn more at ...

Sangetsu ikebana master Henry Ajiki assembles a simple ikebana arrangement. Each arrangement represents the universe as sun, moon and earth, sometimes interpreted as father, mother and child.

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 ...

I learned some new Japanese words last week: Ikenobo, moribana, hasami, suiban ... I was watching with fascination as Marylee Hawse, president of Ikebana International, Chapter 212 in Wilmington, ...

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 ...

Akio Takamori's ceramic head of a girl sits on the steps leading to the balcony at Pottery Northwest. We know she's dreaming of flowers, because they're spouting from a hole at the top of her head.

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 ...

The government is moving to expand its Important Intangible Cultural Properties system to include “lifestyle culture” revolving around food-related craftsmanship and artistic practices ingrained in ...

The Harrisburg area's chapter of the Ikebana International flower-arranging organization is marking its 60 th anniversary with a special program and luncheon in Camp Hill on Sept. 12. The anniversary ...