Flowers for mourning and remembrance
Funeral flowers, wreaths, and flowers for the graves of the dead.
Decoration
Bouquet
A creative arrangement of flowers, given or displayed for many occasions
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Arrangement
Decoration
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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Floriculture
The science and business of growing flowers and ornamental plants
Arrangement
Decoration
Papel picado
Mexican folk art banners made by cutting designs into colored tissue paper
🇲🇽 Mexico and 1 more · Flower craft
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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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Floral design
The art of arranging flowers and plant materials into decorative displays
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Arrangement
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Floristry
The craft and trade of arranging and selling flowers
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 3 more · Arrangement
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Wreath
A ring-shaped decoration made from flowers, leaves, or other materials
🇬🇷 Greece and 7 more · Arrangement
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Flower delivery
A service for sending flowers as gifts through local florists or online networks
Custom
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Cut flowers
Fresh flowers and buds trimmed for decoration and display
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 6 more · Arrangement
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Lei
A garland or necklace of flowers, leaves, or shells given to honor or celebrate
🇺🇸 United States and 3 more · Garland or wreath
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Pujaपूजा
The Hindu ritual of offering flowers, light, and food in worship
🇮🇳 India and 2 more · Offering or rite
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language of flowers
A way of sending secret messages using flowers and their meanings
🇹🇷 Turkey and 6 more · Custom
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Remembrance poppy
An artificial red poppy worn to honour those lost in war
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 7 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
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White poppy
A peace symbol worn for Remembrance Day and Anzac Day
🇬🇧 United Kingdom and 3 more · Worn flowers, Apr to Nov
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Qingming Festival清明节
The Chinese spring festival for honoring ancestors with tomb sweeping and offerings
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Custom, April
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Double Ninth Festival重陽節
A day for mountain walks, chrysanthemums, and honoring ancestors in East Asia
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Custom, Sep to Oct
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Bleuet de France
The French cornflower badge for remembrance and support of war victims
🇫🇷 France · Worn flowers, May to Nov
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Flower preservation
Ways to keep flowers looking fresh long after they are picked
Flower craft
Decoration
Artificial flower
Imitation flowers made from fabric, plastic, paper, clay and other materials
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Arrangement
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- 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
- Floriculture: James Locke, Public domain, source
- Papel picado: Ferfive, CC BY 4.0, source
- History of flower arrangement: Otto Scholderer, Public domain, source
- Floral design: Jmaxx37, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Floristry: Joachimj, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Wreath: Олександр Майоров, Майкл Ендрюс, Світлана Буланова, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flower delivery: Hal Robinson, Public domain, source
- Cut flowers: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lei: possibly Fernando Le Bleux, Public domain, source
- Puja: Sakkhar21, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- language of flowers: Alphonse Mucha, Public domain, source
- Remembrance poppy: Heatherannej, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White poppy: Nankai, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Qingming Festival: Jacklee ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Double Ninth Festival: Sgerbic, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bleuet de France: Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flower preservation: Flor4U|Wolfgang Roth|Blumenwerkstatt Roth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Artificial flower: Flor4U|Wolfgang Roth|Blumenwerkstatt Roth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source