FILER, Idaho — At Filer High School one of the agricultural classrooms is packed with flowers. The ornate floral designs are crafted by students, under the supervision of teacher Jennifer Cummins.

Thanks in part to craft gurus like Martha Stewart, flower arranging and dried flower products have become extremely popular as home decorations, gifts, and as a hobby. Starting a flower arranging ...

Last Saturday, the students in Mike Dana’s “Flowers for Color” class spent the day in “The Gardens at Ball” at Ball Horticulture in West Chicago, IL, studying annual ornamental plants. Special thanks ...

Flower arranging. A skill that all Swiss finishing-school attendees should master, along with proper table placement and etiquette, but not one I ever felt compelled to have under my belt. As a ...

Everyone knows that fresh flowers are an easy way to bring color, subtle fragrance and life into a room. Unfortunately, I'm notorious for plopping flowers into a vase and thinking nothing more of it.