This year, to celebrate Hina-Matsuri, we decided on a Kabu-wa-ke style arrangement........ with a twist.

Spring has come early to Madrid this year, the weather is warm and our spring bulbs have already started flowering.

To celebrate Carnival my youngest daughter decided to create a colourful and whimsical ikebana arrangement.

To celebrate Valentine’s Day, my daughters decided to create an arrangement together, to celebrate their sisterly love for one another.

Read about my adventure, teaching a double workshop for the Sogetsu New York branch, live in NYC.

Inspired by our visit to the Picasso Museum in Malaga, my daughters made ikebana arrangements based on their Picasso inspired artwork.

This year we added a new Christmas tradition to our mix of Spanish and Australian Christmas traditions.

In Spain, World Children’s Day is celebrated on 20th November. To celebrate, we spent the day creating a fun ikebana arrangement.

My daughters couldn’t resist making another ikebana arrangement using some of the leaves they had collected while walking home from school.

This year we decided to create a Thanksgiving table arrangement using some of the pumpkins leftover from Halloween.

With simple leftover material it is possible to create a beautiful autumn arrangement filled with movement and depth.

It's now mushroom season in Spain, the shapes and colours are so interesting we couldn't resist using them in an arrangement.

Creating ikebana with children doesn’t require expensive vases or flowers.

Ikebana is often referred to as Kado, the ‘path of flowers’, or ‘flower journey’. I often liken this journey to the Camino de Santiago.

Earlier this year I received a bursary from the Ikebana Iwaya Fund to develop an video based on my experiences teaching ikebana to children.

Last week we explored some of the small villages surrounding Madrid and were inspired to create an arrangement using sunflowers.

Summer holidays are well underway, to keep cool we decided to experiment with freezing water-filled water balloons.

One of my daughters favourite Japanese Festivals is Tanabata, the Star Festival, held on the 7th July.

To celebrate a special birthday last weekend, we decided to make a birthday-inspired ikebana arrangement.

"Trash and Treasure" challenges creativity and helps helps my students see the beauty in what they would have otherwise thrown away.