Flowers arranged Thanh Tran composes a photograph of a moribana flower arrangement Saturday. A demonstration on the ancient Japanese flower arranging of ikebana was presented at the Green Bay Botanical Garden (photo by Tina Gohr). By Tina M. Gohr News-Chronicle Flower arrangers skillfully created arrangements as masterfully as a painter at a palette. At the completion of a colorful arrangement Saturday, a round of applause fill the Green Bay Botanical Garden. Spectators, students and instructors from the Ikenobo (School) Ikebana Society marveled at the attractive formations. Ikebana is the centuries-old Japanese art of arranging flowers in accordance with rules and principles that give meaning or purpose. "Ikebana (pronounced ick-ah-banna) requires that you arrange the flowers as they appear in nature," explains demonstrator Kari Alice Lynn. "There are three moribana (a form of Ikebana) styles. An upright style is considered formal. Slanting is semi-formal and a hanging style is informal. When you look at the flowers you discover their natural characteristics and then you try to bring out those qualities. You make them come alive in the arrangement." Ikebana provides such elements as fullness, depth, movement, expressiveness, balance, surprise and yet, emptiness. The show consisted of moribana and shaka arrangements. Shaka is the classic display while moribana's definition is "to pile" (mori) the "flower(s)" (bana). "They emphasize the natural beautiful and character of the materials used. It is just as important to look at the leaves and stems," added Lynn. "Therefore, it helps that you are aware of the plant life around you."