History of flower arranging - how far back dates flower arranging?

Throughout history people have used flowers to express their feelings of love and friendship, enhance their surroundings, and engage in various rituals.
The earliest known practice of flower arranging has been recorded in ancient Egypt. It seems that Egyptians were decorating with flowers as early as 2,500 BC. Egyptians were placing their cut flowers regularly in [...]

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Learning flower arranging - from physical books or downloadable ebooks?

One of my flower arranging eCourse subscribers asked me which is better to learn flower arranging from: physical books (from Amazon, for example), or downloadable books? Well, good question. There is no clear cut answer, and this is why.
Provided that you cannot attend a local flower arranging workshop (although emerging, still quite rare), you have [...]

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What is flower arranging?

Flower arranging is a very specialized side of floristry. Floristy includes “flower care and handling, floral design or flower arranging, merchandising and display and flower delivery” (wikipedia).