Ikebana with Living Plants

By Ichiba Ashida

Book Overview

It is not surprising that indoor potted plants are rapidly gaining popularity in our modern, urbanized living environments. Potted plants inside the home not only add visual appeal to the interior decor, they also help purify the air in the room. Ikebana with Living Plants is a new variation of the traditional Japanese art of ikebana, or flower arrangement, that allows you to enhance enjoyment of your indoor potted plants by adding cut flowers or branches to the flowerpot. The addition of cut flowers to your favorite potted plant lets you change the mood or ambiance of your room in countless ways, yet your original plant remains uncut and intact. Why not try some of the easily accomplished arrangements shown here-with Ikebana with Living Plants, you can continue to enjoy the beauty of your indoor plants and delight in the variety and richness of natural foliage right at home.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870409034
• ISBN13: 9780870409035
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Japan Publications Trading
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.2" x 0.6" x 7.4"

Customer Reviews

A different Ikebana ...

This is a different & interesting approach to Ikebana following the French tradition of pot-et-fleur combined with Japanese aesthetics. The author gives a concise but comprehensive outline on principles followed by lots of illustrated arrangements which gives inspiration & ideas to creating your own combinations. It marries a love for flowers with that of green potted plants so one can have the best of both worlds!