What if I told you there is an entire art form dedicated to floral displays? Enter: Ikebana, the ancient Japanese practice of floral arrangement. As a reflective and thoughtful ritual, Ikebana ...

From origami to kintsugi, Japanese crafting has a way of transforming the everyday into something really special. In flower arranging, there’s the centuries-old art of ikebana. The term, which means ...

“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 ...

You don’t need to be a professional florist to indulge in the art of flower arranging. In fact, the best flower vases do the heavy lifting for you. From traditional glass cylinders to miniature bud ...

Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. It's a tradition that goes back centuries, and its design principles are governed by specific rules and techniques. But as with any art, creativity and ...

Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. It’s a tradition that goes back centuries, and its design principles are governed by specific rules and techniques. But as with any art, creativity and ...

Ikebana is the Japanese art form of arranging flowers, but it directly translates to “making flowers alive.” A large variety of blossoms, leaves, stems and branches are used as materials for the ...

On my daily hike along Buena Vista trail in the Boise Foothills, I'm noticing spiky little purple flowers push through the dirt. Last weekend, I leaned over and took a picture to post on Instagram; ...

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.

Discover the beauty of ikebana with these top vases for spring, designed to transform your floral arrangements into elegant art pieces The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you ...