Flowers for home and everyday
On the table, at the door, in the hair, in the garden.
Decoration
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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Hanami花見
The Japanese tradition of gathering to enjoy cherry blossoms in spring
🇯🇵 Japan and 7 more · Custom, Jan to May
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Bouquet
A creative arrangement of flowers, given or displayed for many occasions
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Arrangement
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Garland
A string or braid of flowers, leaves, or other materials for decoration or ceremony
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Garland or wreath
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Vase
An open container for holding and displaying cut flowers
Arrangement
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Floriculture
The science and business of growing flowers and ornamental plants
Arrangement
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Corn dolly
Straw figures shaped for harvest customs across Europe
🇮🇪 Ireland and 3 more · Flower craft
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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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Pohela Boishakhপহেলা বৈশাখ
Bengali New Year marked by processions, fairs, and flower-adorned gatherings
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 1 more · Custom, April
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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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Day of the DeadDía de (los) Muertos
Mexico’s festival of remembrance with altars, marigolds, and sugar skulls
🇲🇽 Mexico · Custom, November
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May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Month-long Catholic customs honouring Mary with flowers, altars, and processions
🇮🇹 Italy and 7 more · Custom, May
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May Day Festival
A spring festival with flowers, greenery, maypoles and bonfires on the first of May
🇮🇪 Ireland and 5 more · Custom, May
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Korean garden
A natural garden style shaped by rocks, ponds, and harmony with the land
🇰🇷 South Korea and 5 more · Garden style
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TếtTết Nguyên Đán
Vietnam's spring new year festival with flowers, family, and lucky customs
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Custom, Jan to Feb
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Philadelphia Flower Show
A major annual flower show held in Philadelphia each spring
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, March
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Pomander
A scented ball or container worn or carried to perfume the air
Worn flowers
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The Daffodil Festival
Pierce County’s spring parade and daffodil celebration since 1934
🇺🇸 United States · Parade or display, Mar to Apr
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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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Papel picado
Mexican folk art banners made by cutting designs into colored tissue paper
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Flower craft
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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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Kusudama薬玉
A Japanese paper sphere made from folded flowers or units, often hung as decoration
🇯🇵 Japan · 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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Rose waterگلاب
Flavoured water made by steeping or distilling rose petals
🇮🇷 Iran and 2 more · Offering or rite
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Essential oil
Fragrant plant oils used for scent, flavour, and traditional remedies
🇵🇪 Peru · 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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Mughal garden
A formal garden style of pools, canals, and symmetry from the Mughal era
🇮🇳 India and 3 more · Garden style
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Trellis
An open lattice framework for supporting climbing plants
Garden style
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Tiharतिहार
Nepal’s five-day festival of lights, flowers, animals, and sibling bonds
🇳🇵 Nepal and 3 more · Custom, Oct to Nov
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Knot garden
A formal garden pattern of interlaced low hedges in a square frame
🇮🇹 Italy · Garden style
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French formal gardenjardin à la française
A garden style shaped by symmetry, order, and geometric design
🇫🇷 France and 5 more · Garden style
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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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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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Rockery
A garden feature with rocks, gravel, and plants suited to dry, stony ground
🇯🇵 Japan · Garden style
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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
Arrangement
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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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Chabana茶花
Simple flower arrangements for the Japanese tea ceremony
🇯🇵 Japan · Arrangement
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roof garden
A garden created on the roof of a building for plants, food, and recreation
Garden style
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Saga Goryū嵯峨御流
A Japanese school of ikebana rooted in Buddhist tradition
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Arrangement
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Nageirebana: GustavoReinoso7777, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bonsai: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tokonoma: 663highland, CC BY 2.5, source
- Hanami: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Bouquet: James Vick's Sons (Rochester, N.Y.); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed, No restrictions, source
- Garland: No machine-readable author provided. Piotrus assumed (based on copyrig, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vase: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Floriculture: James Locke, Public domain, source
- Corn dolly: Renata ( talk ), Public domain, source
- Rangoli: SreeramKalyan, CC0, source
- Onam: Jiteshgt, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pohela Boishakh: Abidhasan00, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ashtamangala: Redtigerxyz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Paisley: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Buta: Thomas Watier, Public domain, source
- Day of the Dead: RubeHM, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- May devotions to the Blessed Virgin Mary: Žemaitijos kelias, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- May Day Festival: Bryan Ledgard, CC BY 2.0, source
- Korean garden: DinkY2K at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tết: vi:Lưu Ly, Public domain, source
- Philadelphia Flower Show: Mary Mark Ockerbloom, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pomander: Unknown author, CC BY 4.0, source
- The Daffodil Festival: Imagesandevents, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Cake decorating: Michael Prudhomme, CakesMadeEasy.com, CC BY 2.5, source
- Papel picado: Ferfive, CC BY 4.0, source
- Quilling: Inna Dorman, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kusudama: Angie, CC BY 2.0, source
- Shellcraft: Verne Equinox, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Rose water: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Essential oil: JJ Georges, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Arabesque: Unknown author, CC BY 2.5, source
- Mughal garden: Muhammad Ashar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Trellis: Coyau, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tihar: Sreekumar K. S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Knot garden: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net )., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- French formal garden: Picture taken by deror avi on June 2005., Attribution, source
- Flower bulb cultivation in the Netherlands: Original uploader was GerardM at nl.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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
- Rockery: Josie Campbell, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Ohara-ryū: Gryffindor, CC0, source
- Rikka: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Moribana: Gryffindor, CC0, source
- Seika: Gryffindor, CC0, source
- Chabana: Gryffindor, CC0, source
- roof garden: The.lemonaut.ukr, CC BY 4.0, source
- Saga Goryū: coniferconifer, CC BY 2.0, source