Basic Ikebana in a Vase

Master Gardener Mary Heim shows how to make a nageire ikebana flower arrangement in a vase. Ikebana was developed in Japan over many centuries. It is minimalist by western flower arranging standards often only including only a few flowers. Because ikebana is so minimalist, arranging in a vase is difficult because the flowers have nothing to hold them in place. Mary uses a tangled coil of wire in the vase. She uses three lily stems and three branches of twisted willow. When she is done arranging she places the vase on a mat of fresh palm fronds.

July 21, 2018

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