Japanese Flower Arranging & Gardening lkebana has been practiced
in Japan for over six hundred years. It is rooted in the
Buddhist practice of religious offerings, and the first teachers
were Zen priests who used the elements of empty space as an
important concept in the arrangements. Ohara School of Ikebana
Bozai is the art of bringing heaven and earth together. Creating
in miniture the vision of a very old tree as it would be found
in nature. Bonzai Clubs International Japanese gardens date back
to the 7th century, and are closely related to the arts of
architecture and stone arrangement. Suiseki -- Miniture Stone
Arranging Sui-seki means "Water Stone" and is the art of stone
arrangement related to architecural stone arrangement.
California Suiseki Society