by Janit Calvo | Nov 17, 2022 | About Janit Calvo, The Business
21 Years of making the world a little better, one miniature garden at a time! I guess if anyone is asking how long it takes to establish a new hobby, I think we have found the answer. While it’s not everyday a new pastime emerges, you can still join us in... 
by Janit Calvo | Jul 27, 2022 | The Business
I had to laugh when I saw this almost-ancient article at my local model train store. It was taped on to the front of the cash register; I guess I missed seeing it during my many visits to the store. I’ve never considered myself a “hobby dealer”... by Janit Calvo | Jun 29, 2018 | The Business
The custom fairy house from the Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop book makes a miniature garden a fairy garden. Simple. But the difference starts with the garden. It’s happened again. The garden industry is taking the easy way out and has got our hobby all wrong –... 
by Janit Calvo | Feb 28, 2018 | The Business
The original Miniature Garden that lasted for 3 years before the container fell apart. The scene is 10 1/2″ wide and was 1/6 scale. The Day the Earth Shook: the Nisqually Earthquake, 20 Years Later “You told me to call if I had any earth-shaking... 
by Janit Calvo | Feb 23, 2018 | The Business
It’s a brand new Miniature Garden Center!! A Brand New Miniature Garden Center Store! Release the doves! Crack the champagne already! Send up the songs of gratitude! Call the press! GET THE CAKE!! It’s a brand new Two Green Thumbs Miniature Garden Center... 
by Janit Calvo | Dec 8, 2017 | The Business
A Miniature Christmas Garden from the Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop book. Click the picture to see our new Christmas Tree Dress Kit, our first Prop Shop Kit. The kit is the supplies needed, the instructions are in the Prop Shop book so you can make easily at home!...