Flower decorations
Garlands, wreaths, carpets, arrangements and the customs of decorating with flowers. 289 decorations so far, best known first.
Arrangements and bouquetsFlowers composed in a vase, a bowl or the hand: ikebana, bouquets, centrepieces.47Garlands and wreathsFlowers strung, woven or bound into a line or a ring.19Flowers that are wornIn the hair, round the neck, on the lapel and on the head.25Carpets and floor patternsPetals laid on the ground: pookalam, infiorata, flower carpets.20Parades, floats and big displaysFlower parades, floats, floral clocks, shows and installations.63Offerings and ritesFlowers given to gods, guests and the dead.51Flower craftsPressed, dried, preserved, distilled and made by hand.55Flowers in art and designPainted, woven, carved and printed flowers, and what they stand for.78Garden stylesWays of laying out a garden, from the charbagh to the cottage border.48Customs, festivals and the tradeFlower festivals, the language of flowers, markets and the flower trade.208
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Rangoliरंगोली
Indian floor art made with coloured powders, rice, or petals for festivals and daily welcome
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Carpet or floor pattern
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Onam
Kerala’s ten-day harvest festival with flower carpets, feasts and boat races
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Custom, Aug to Sep
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Well dressing
Decorating wells with flower petal pictures in rural England
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Carpet or floor pattern
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carpet bedding
Giant plant sculptures made from thousands of bedding plants on steel frames
🇨🇦 Canada · Carpet or floor pattern
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Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands
The Dutch tradition of growing bulbs for fields of spring flowers
Carpet or floor pattern, April
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Floral clock
A working outdoor clock with a face made of living flowers
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 more · Carpet or floor pattern
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Flower carpet
Patterns made on the ground from fresh flowers or petals
🇧🇪 Belgium and 3 more · Carpet or floor pattern, Aug to Dec
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Kolamகோலம்
South Indian geometric floor art made with rice flour or powder at home entrances
🇮🇳 India and 5 more · Carpet or floor pattern
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Alpanaআলপনা
Bengali ritual floor art painted with rice flour on festive and religious occasions
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Carpet or floor pattern
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Mandana painting
Traditional wall and floor art from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Carpet or floor pattern
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Jhoti chitaଝୋଟି ଚିତା
White rice paste patterns drawn on walls and floors in Odisha for festivals
🇮🇳 India · Carpet or floor pattern
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Chowk poorana
Folk floor and wall art made with flour, clay and rice in northern India
🇮🇳 India · Carpet or floor pattern
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Aripanअरिपन
Finger-drawn rice paste floor art from Mithila for rituals and festivals
🇮🇳 India · Carpet or floor pattern
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Gudi Padwa
The spring new year festival of Maharashtra, marked by flower-adorned gudis and rangoli
🇮🇳 India · Custom
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Ugadiఉగాది / ಯುಗಾದಿ
South Indian New Year marked by flowers, rangoli, and mango leaf decorations
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Custom, Mar to Apr
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Bathukamma
A nine-day flower festival celebrated by women in Telangana, India
🇮🇳 India · Carpet or floor pattern, Sep to Oct
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Kupala NightКупа́лле / Иван Купала / Івана Купала / Noc Kupały
Slavic midsummer festival with flower garlands, bonfires, and water rituals
🇧🇾 Belarus and 5 more · Custom, Jun to Jul
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Jāņi
Latvia’s midsummer festival with wreaths, bonfires, and solstice songs
🇱🇻 Latvia and 3 more · Custom, June
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Flower Carpet of BrusselsTapis de Fleurs
A giant floral tapestry on Brussels’ Grand-Place every two years
🇧🇪 Belgium · Carpet or floor pattern, August
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Sawdust carpettapetes de aserrín
Intricate street designs made of dyed sawdust and organic materials for religious processions
🇲🇽 Mexico and 5 more · Carpet or floor pattern, Mar to Nov
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rangoli: SreeramKalyan, CC0, source
- Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Well dressing: User:WhaleyTim, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- carpet bedding: Jiaqian AirplaneFan, CC BY 3.0, source
- Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands: Original uploader was GerardM at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Floral clock: Stefan Schäfer, Lich, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flower carpet: Francisco Conde Sánchez, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kolam: mckaysavage, CC BY 2.0, source
- Alpana: Tripan123, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mandana painting: Anchal.agarwal91, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jhoti chita: ଜଗଦୀଶ ଉତ୍ତରକବାଟ, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chowk poorana: Gurlal Maan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Aripan: Sntshkumar750, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gudi Padwa: Abhijit Tembhekar, CC BY 2.0, source
- Ugadi: Kalyan Kanuri, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bathukamma: Randhirreddy at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kupala Night: Ivan Sokolov, Public domain, source
- Jāņi: Heinrihsons, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Flower Carpet of Brussels: Dossid, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Sawdust carpet: Rosalba Muñoz RomeroLia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source