Ikebana Class In A Greenhouse

Five students kneel on tatami mats around low wooden tables inside a wood-framed greenhouse, arranging irises, cherry blossoms, and tulips into ceramic vases. Cherry trees bloom pink just beyond the sliding paper doors, framing a stone lantern and mossy garden path outside. Shelves along the back wall hold bonsai trees, terracotta pots, and glass jars of seeds, while a rack of folded fabric and books sits tucked into the corner. Wisteria trails from an overhead beam near a hanging basket of small pink flowers, and a maple bonsai glows red beside a row of pine trees in shallow trays. Vases of varying shapes and colors crowd the foreground table, each holding a different stem. Every student works from their own small bundle of cut branches, shaping a single arrangement apart from the rest.