Video: Take a Look Inside Fall Flowers of Japan
Posted in Exhibitions, Exhibitions, Kiku, Video on October 20th, 2011 by Rustin Dwyer – Be the first to comment
The New York Botanical Garden didn’t just start growing traditional styles of Japanese chrysanthemum–called kiku in Japanese–on a whim. It’s a labor intensive process that the Japanese have been perfecting for centuries, passing down techniques from generation to generation. Some of the more complex display styles can take a team of gardeners almost a year to pull off, which also includes the fabrication of multiple sets of giant metal frameworks upon which the flowers are trained. Training the plant, forcing its buds, timing the blooms; kiku is most definitely not for novices.
Watch a short documentary about Fall Flowers of Japan and the art of kiku below.
