by Janit Calvo | Sep 15, 2022 | Outdoors, Planting
The Jacqueline Hillier Dwarf Elm is a great anchor tree for the miniature garden bed – you can easily plant under it as it gets older. That is a miniature Blue Planet Spruce in the back, left side. Sedum Angelina to the right and miniature daisies on the right....
by Janit Calvo | Mar 10, 2022 | Garden Basics
Miniature Gardens can suit any size pot, be any shape or theme AND you can put them anywhere. Figuring out the light for your outdoor miniature gardens or fairy gardens can seem so arbitrary. I mean, what is part shade anyway? Only part of the garden is in shade? What...
by Janit Calvo | Mar 24, 2021 | Maintenance
The Loowit Canada Hemlock in spring. The tiny buds look like ornaments. Very sweet. ~ I’ve got my fleece hoodie on, my wool socks and a hat – and I’m inside in my office. It’s the end of March in the PNW, did someone forget to order spring?...
by Janit Calvo | Feb 19, 2021 | Troubleshooting
Miniature Gardening in the Snow: The statue is about 8 inches tall. ~ This is for our fellow miniature gardeners in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and any other area down south who are in the midst of shoveling themselves out of a completely catastrophic winter weather...
by Janit Calvo | Sep 4, 2020 | Garden Basics, The Plants
Tripping through the photo archives: A Miniature Garden from the Northwest Flower and Garden Show Container Display, waaaaaay back in 2004. It was the first year of displaying at this show, followed by 9 more years until the NWFGS rearranged itself and no longer had...
by Janit Calvo | Jul 24, 2020 | Garden Basics, Maintenance
~ Welcome back to our Miniature Garden Series of tutorials to get you started in this wonderful hobby! If you missed it, Miniature Gardening 101 was about soil, Miniature Gardening 102 is all about indoor vs. outdoor plants. Today we are discussing how to know how...
