Flowers for home and everyday
On the table, at the door, in the hair, in the garden.
Decoration
Sōgetsu草月流
A modern school of Japanese ikebana open to all materials and styles
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Nageirebana抛入花
A free-form ikebana style using tall vases and no flower holders
Arrangement
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Bonsai盆栽
The Japanese art of shaping miniature trees in shallow pots
🇯🇵 Japan and 7 more · Art or design
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Tokonoma床の間
A Japanese alcove for displaying scrolls and flower arrangements
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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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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Ashtamangalaअष्टमङ्गल
A sacred set of eight auspicious symbols in Indian religions
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Art or design
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Paisleyبته
A curved teardrop motif from Iran and India, now used worldwide on textiles
🇮🇷 Iran and 8 more · Art or design
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Butaبوته
A curved floral motif found in Persian, Indian, and Central Asian art and textiles
🇮🇷 Iran and 5 more · Art or design
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Cake decorating
The craft of adorning cakes with icing, fondant, and edible decorations
🇺🇸 United States · Art or design
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Quilling
Decorative art made by rolling and shaping strips of paper
🇺🇸 United States and 1 more · Flower craft
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Shellcraft
Decorative art made by arranging and using seashells
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 more · Flower craft
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Arabesque
A rhythmic pattern of scrolling foliage and lines in Islamic and European art
🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 more · Art or design
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Famille rose粉彩
Pink-enamel style of Chinese porcelain decoration
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Art or design
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Ikebana華道
The Japanese art of arranging flowers with form and meaning
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Chintzछींट
Indian floral-printed cotton fabric with a glossy or painted finish
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Art or design
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Ohara-ryū小原流
A Japanese school of ikebana known for its moribana and landscape styles
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Rikka立花
A formal Japanese ikebana style with upright, symbolic floral arrangements
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Moribana盛り花
A Japanese ikebana style using shallow containers and natural shapes
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Seika生花
A classical Japanese ikebana style with triangular lines and seasonal flowers
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Banmi Shofu-ryū晩美生風流
A modern school of Japanese Ikebana known for its use of driftwood
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 more · Arrangement
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Ikenobō池坊
Japan’s oldest and most influential school of ikebana flower arranging
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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Oshibana押し花
The craft of making pictures from pressed flowers and leaves
🇯🇵 Japan · Flower craft
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Penjing盆景
The Chinese art of shaping miniature trees and landscapes in trays
🇨🇳 China · Art or design
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Hòn non bộ𡉕𡽫部
Vietnamese miniature landscapes of mountains and islands in trays or basins
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Arrangement
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Hanafuda花札
Japanese playing cards with flower designs used for traditional games
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Art or design
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History of flower arrangement
How arranging flowers became an art across cultures and centuries
🇪🇬 Egypt and 3 more · Arrangement
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Korean flower arrangement
Arranging Korean flowers and branches in simple ceramic vessels
Arrangement
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Festoon
A hanging garland or carved ornament of flowers, foliage, or fruit
Garland or wreath
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Rosette
A round, stylized flower motif used in art and decoration
🇪🇬 Egypt and 2 more · Art or design
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Sugar paste
A sweet, moldable icing for cake decorations and edible flowers
Flower craft
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Bonkei盆景
Miniature Japanese landscapes built in trays from dry materials
🇯🇵 Japan · Art or design
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Japanese garden日本庭園
A traditional garden style shaped by nature, philosophy and seasonal change
🇯🇵 Japan · Garden style
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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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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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Kalashकलश
A metal pot with coconut and mango leaves used in Indian religious rituals
🇮🇳 India · Offering or rite
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Kalamkariవ్రాత పని
Hand-painted and block-printed cottons from Andhra Pradesh using natural dyes
🇮🇳 India · Art or design
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Flower preservation
Ways to keep flowers looking fresh long after they are picked
Flower craft
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Gul
A medallion motif woven into Central Asian carpets and textiles
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan · Art or design
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Millefleur
A tapestry and carpet style with scattered small flowers on a grassy ground
🇮🇳 India and 1 more · Art or design
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Pietra dura
Images and patterns inlaid from polished coloured stones, often on marble
🇮🇳 India · Art or design
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DelftwareDelfts blauw
Dutch tin-glazed pottery known for blue and white floral designs
🇳🇱 Netherlands · Art or design
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Morris & Co.
Handcrafted floral wallpapers, textiles, and stained glass from Victorian Britain
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 2 more · Art or design
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Rinpa school琳派
A Japanese art style known for bold, decorative paintings of nature
🇯🇵 Japan · Art or design
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Topiary
The art of shaping living shrubs and trees into geometric or fanciful forms
🇮🇹 Italy and 6 more · Arrangement
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Acanthus ornamentἄκανθος
A leafy decorative motif from classical architecture
🇬🇷 Greece · Art or design
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Millefiori
A glassmaking method that creates flower-like patterns in cross-section
🇮🇹 Italy and 3 more · Flower craft
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Sōgetsu: Paul Davis, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Nageirebana: GustavoReinoso7777, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bonsai: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tokonoma: 663highland, CC BY 2.5, source
- Rangoli: SreeramKalyan, CC0, source
- Ashtamangala: Redtigerxyz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paisley: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Buta: Thomas Watier, Public domain, source
- Cake decorating: Michael Prudhomme, CakesMadeEasy.com, CC BY 2.5, source
- Quilling: Inna Dorman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Shellcraft: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Arabesque: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
- Famille rose: Anonymous ( Qing dynasty ) Unknown author and Anonymous ( France ) Unk, CC0, source
- Ikebana: Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Chintz: Karun Thakar Collection photo. Work by unknown Coromandel artisans. Ph, Public domain, source
- Ohara-ryū: Gryffindor, CC0, source
- Rikka: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Moribana: Gryffindor, CC0, source
- Seika: Gryffindor, CC0, source
- Banmi Shofu-ryū: GustavoReinoso7777, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ikenobō: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Oshibana: Pmlydon, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Penjing: Peggy Greb, USDA, Public domain, source
- Hòn non bộ: Bùi Thụy Đào Nguyên, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hanafuda: Marcus Richert, CC BY 2.0, source
- History of flower arrangement: Otto Scholderer, Public domain, source
- Festoon: Lionel Allorge, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rosette: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sugar paste: Pirum, Public domain, source
- Bonkei: Utagawa Hiroshige, Public domain, source
- Japanese garden: 663highland, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Chowk poorana: Gurlal Maan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kalash: Redtigerxyz at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, source
- Kalamkari: Anilbhardwajnoida, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flower preservation: Flor4U|Wolfgang Roth|Blumenwerkstatt Roth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Gul: Hawley, W. A. (Walter Augustus), 1863-1920, No restrictions, source
- Millefleur: David Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0 uk, source
- Pietra dura: Jacopo Ligozzi / Romolo del Tadda, Public domain, source
- Delftware: Daderot, CC0, source
- Morris & Co.: Anonymous for Morris & Co., Public domain, source
- Rinpa school: 俵屋宗達 (Tawaraya Sotatsu) (1570-1643), Public domain, source
- Topiary: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Acanthus ornament: Ad Meskens, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Millefiori: unknown artist; picture taken by Marcus Cyron, CC BY-SA 3.0, source