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Container Garden

By Rkwright

23 May, 2012
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I got the idea for this after seeing pictures of 'Fairy Gardens' and wanted to try something similar. I'm pretty happy with it but for the little house, all I did was shaped a piece of tufa rock and hot glued pieces of bamboo stakes on for the roof. Eventually I will make a new house for it once I get more cement. I'm also going to add a few more small plants/moss and remove some rocks. Has anyone else tried one of these?

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Rkwright

In case you are wondering what the blue conifer is, it is Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pembury Blue'. I grew several from cuttings and they seem to grow very slowly, so it seemed like an appropriate fit for a container.

23 May, 2012

Stickitoffee

I love the idea of miniature gardens, wouldnt mind having another go, i have got an indoor one, with quite small plants. its on my photos somewhere???

23 May, 2012

Melchisedec

My grandmother used to encourage us to do these when we were children. I might just have another go!

27 May, 2012

Rkwright

They are fun to make, it seems like all the best ones I have made have been given as gifts. My mom and grandmother love them so I enjoy making them :)

2 Jun, 2012

Rkwright

I used broken up pieces of hyper-tufa for the rocks in the container, am curious what everyone else uses for decorative stone? It seems like rock choices are fairly limited here, I can only easily find the following: pea gravel, river rock, western sunrise and red lava. I just found an ad for limestone though and I am considering getting 2 tons.

2 Jun, 2012

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