Happy Fourth America! From your friends at America’s Favorite Miniature Garden Center Store: TwoGreenThumbs.com!
~ Continuing with our series for monthly-themed miniature gardens for July 4th and Canada Day. See the previous gardens here.
CANADIANS – Scroll down for the Canada Day miniature garden.
A Year-Round Decorating Tip for Miniature Gardeners
You only need a couple of seasonally-themed accessories or decor ideas to bring home any theme in your miniature garden. If you have been mini gardening for a while, you probably have a a little stockpile of different accessories that you’ve accumulated. So for whatever occasion, pull the colors of the accessories together with theme-colored miniature accessories for a fun and easy display.
For this example shown here, I have several USA-themed accessories but I could have easily used a red or blue chair with the same results – and it’s actually a more-versatile and budget-conscious idea to use the “right” colored accessories.
That patriotic Adirondack shown in the photos here with the patriotic design limits me to, well, only patriotic themes, right? I can only pull it out on July 4 and maybe Presidents’ Day? But that’s about it. I think it’s a bit too festive for Memorial Day or Veterans Day – the only other two occasions where we wave the flag.
Now, if I had a solid-red or a solid-blue chair, those can work for many more themes throughout the year. Red for Christmas, Valentines, Memorial Day, Labor Day. And the blue chair could be for birthdays, anniversaries, New Year’s Eve. Scroll down to see the Canada Day garden where I only have the flag banner, the rest of the accessories are just red, white, or both.
The tree is a Lemon Cypress (aka Monteray Cypress,) with Dwarf London Pride Saxifrage (rosettes,) Blue Star Creeper (larger leaves,) and Baby Tears. The Baby Tears is the least hardy, so that makes this garden hardy to Zone 7.
All from TwoGreenThumbs.com, America’s Favorite Miniature Garden Center, since 2001!
A tiny gnome from my miniature collection just happened to be red, white and blue! Search your stash for anything that is the right color for your theme to add fun details! That rosette is from the Dwarf London Pride plant. (Saxifraga umbrosa var. ‘Primuloides’) Find those tiny flags in the party section of Krogers or your favorite grocery store, party store or online.The miniature pallet is from MiniMaterials.com, our friends in Oregon. I stuffed reindeer moss in between the slats, held with some screen mesh on the backside before I stuck the Sedum Cuttings in. It would have been easier to us hot glue BUT the hot glue kinda makes it a one-off project and you can’t redo it once the Sedum Cuttings grow-out without compromising the pallet. It took a bit of fussing to get it right without the glue, and I will have to be very gentle with it until they root. The legs of the pallet are made from popsicle sticks.A handmade USA windsock made from paper does the trick for now, but it’s not waterproof. Bring your more-fragile decorations in after the occasion to help preserve them so you can use it again. If you keep on top of this idea, you can slowly build yourself a little arsenal of decorations to use throughout the year.I found this light-up necklace at my local drug store. You never know where you’ll find something for your miniature gardening, it’s a fun hobby that way because you’re always on the hunt for ideas, materials and props for your gardening in miniature wherever you go. You never know what you’ll find! Dollar stores and party sections of the big box stores are another source.The patio is made from our Gray Flagstone Sheet and built-into the pot with our Mini Patio Mix Kit that won’t wash away when you water the garden! That flag banner is from our online store, see it here. I found those tiny cupcakes at my local miniature show.
OH! Canada! Decorating for a Miniature Canada Day
Canada Day is July 1st and it’s similar to the Fourth, but with a little less fireworks. I started by gathering everything I have that was white and red. It came out fun and colorful! Find the Canada Flag Banner here.A bead totem adds to the fun. I used floral wire and left about 3″ at the bottom so I could stake it in the mini garden bed. Find the fence, bench, birdbath and more up in our online store at TwoGreenThumbs.comHaving fun with painted stones. They come in really handy if you’re in need of more decor for a particular theme. They are great for personalizing a mini garden too. I spray-painted it white, then used Sharpie markers for the design. I sealed it with a Polyurethane matt sealant to help preserve the color. It’ll fade eventually, as all things do when left outside.I painted the Adirondack last month to use in a Memorial Day miniature garden. It comes in a light-oak-color here. Red is a very fun color to have around as it can go with a number of other themes too: Valentines, Christmas, Birthday and more.My miniature gardener friend, Lori, made the miniature cardinals.
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Lyn Muth on July 5, 2020 at 1:41 pm
Thank you, Janit. I enjoyed your Holiday ideas! Yes, we are a bit upside down. Gardening really helps keep me centered. Our Fair has been canceled this year, and I’m feeling even more adrift, as I’m a huge participant and award winner in all things horticulture. I think I’ll build a min-garden, following the Fair’s theme…” Miners, Memories and Marigolds”, just because! Now where to find a mini miner???
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Thank you, Janit. I enjoyed your Holiday ideas! Yes, we are a bit upside down. Gardening really helps keep me centered. Our Fair has been canceled this year, and I’m feeling even more adrift, as I’m a huge participant and award winner in all things horticulture. I think I’ll build a min-garden, following the Fair’s theme…” Miners, Memories and Marigolds”, just because! Now where to find a mini miner???