With skillful snips, Mitsuko Takeya prunes a few leaves from bamboo stalks and several red berries from heavy nandina clusters to use in a flower arrangement. The cuts would hardly register in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person holding cut flower stems for an arrangement - Freshsplash/Getty Images The ikebana method of Japanese flower arranging is ...

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 ...

Ikebana, the ancient Japanese art of flower and plant arrangements, incorporates the spirituality of Buddhism and traditional Japanese aesthetics. This weekend, locals get a chance to enter the world ...

Students gather in a classroom around their teacher, but rather than hand out a test or begin a lecture, UCLA Extension instructor Kyoko Kassarjian surveys students as they delicately piece together ...

The ikebana method of Japanese flower arranging is a minimal style intended to showcase the simple seasonal beauty of plants. The word "ikebana" combines the Japanese words ikeru (to arrange, be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ikebana method of Japanese flower arranging is a minimal style intended to showcase the simple seasonal beauty of plants. The ...