Poinsettias don't jingle your holiday bells? 'Tis the season to forget flower cliches, and to start creating new holiday floral table decorations. Throw away the commercially endorsed red and green ...

A reporter learns about flower arranging from a botanical artist who wields a paintbrush. By Jane Margolies This article is part of our latest Design special section, about spaces inspired by nature.

From the Flower Power movement of the 1960s, to the intricate art of Japanese Ikebana, the influence of flowers on the world’s creatives is diverse and extensive. It’s a relationship that goes back ...

IF designers could be produced by the study of books upon plant form there ought to be a large and flourishing crop of them, since so many elaborate works have appeared on this subject addressed to ...

Michael Gaffney is surrounded by a gaggle of women, each holding a bouquet of roses and beaming at him with giddy delight. Around them are flowers galore - orchids, tulips, lilies and even more roses ...