Miniature Garden Connections
I wasn’t sure just how far I could grow this new hobby when I started selling my miniature gardens in 2001. It took my first book getting published to really make some strides. Here are some of the connections I’ve made along the way…
10 Proven Benefits of Miniature Gardening for Your Mental and Physical Health
Are you looking for a fun and rewarding hobby that's also good for your health, easy to do and allows you a place to escape whenever you need it? Well, look no further than miniature gardening! Miniature gardening is a lot like regular gardening, but on a much smaller...
A Botched Mother’s Day Gift Fixed, With a Little Help
When life gives you lemons… A messed-up gift idea that didn’t pan-out forced me to get more creative that usual for this Mother’s Day. My present couldn’t be shipped Internationally which, being from Toronto, always makes me roll my eyes and laugh. It’s just Canada!...
Monumental Significance: What It Means to Have a Queen
I received an unusual amount of kudos from this letter that I wrote to my Mini Garden Gazette subscribers the day Queen Elizabeth II passed away so I thought to included it on my blog. I know the Queen means different things to different cultures but, for this...
A Little Happy Celebration of Ukraine’s Independence Day
It is Independence Day in Ukraine today, so we thought to highlight our Miniature Peace Flag Campaign to help the relief effort for our fellow brothers and sisters in harm's way. We know it's not much, but we were inspired by the Dalai Lama quote: "If you think you're...
The Giant USDA and a Little Miniature Garden
It was 2006 when I got the call from the USDA. Needless to say, being "a tad worried" was an understatement. I mean, really, what in the world did the USDA want with me, a budding entrepreneur just getting ready for her first big garden show-gig? And, I was still...
Big Bad Covid and the Miniature Garden
So, the Covid fairy finally found us before the Fourth and we lived to tell the tale. I must say, (and yes, you know I'm biased,) that the hobby of miniature gardening is pret-ty handy to have around if you’re stuck at home with a bunch of time on your hands. I mean,...
Unauthorized Yet Authentic: It’s Miniature Garden Month!
We have declared May as Miniature Garden Month - just as we declared miniature gardening an official hobby. We're not sure whom to ask permission for doing this, so we're just calling it - again. Now to wait for the world to catch up to us. We'll wait… we're not going...
A Family Affair at the Philly Flower Festival
~ While sipping tea at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show the other week, friend and fellow Timber Press author, Jenny Rose Carrey, showed me photos of her living room and kitchen. I must say I was envious. The entire family took over these two rooms to create and...
Robert’s Truly Magical Indoor Miniature Water Gardens
Miniature gardening with Robert from Plantaria.com with his magnificent indoor water gardens. The tiny deer tells the scale. ~ With garden show season just starting next week, I'm reminded of all the great miniature gardening that I've enjoyed at the Philadelphia...
Doing Things Differently: Part 4 – How We Connect
Welcome to the last of our blog series to introduce you to how we do things differently in this hobby of gardening in miniature. ICYMI:Imagine Doing Things Differently Part 1: How We GardenDoing Things Differently Part 2: How We Use PlantsD0ing Things Differently Part...
Miniature Settings from the Philadelphia Flower Show, 2018
Nancy Grube's garden was my Best of Show. I guess I'm just not understanding the criteria because this was, by far, the best Miniature Settings entry in this exhibit in my opinion. Nancy's focus was on the plants, here stellar-eye for scale and details were just as...
10 Reasons Why the Philadelphia Flower Show is the Best Garden Show in the US
The Wonder of Garden Shows: the Philadelphia Flower Show. ~ I just got back from the huge Philadelphia Flower Show last Monday and I'm still reeling about the show. It was awesome. This is my third time going to this show and it truly is the best garden show in the...
UPDATE: Miniature Garden Therapy Mission: Spark Joy!
Operation Spark Joy continues! Steve and I headed south to the Old Soldier's Home in Orting, Wa., to check in on the garden and to decorate it for the Fourth. Miniature Gardening at the Washington Old Soldier's Home Hey! It's working! The response we're getting from...
Miniature Garden Therapy Mission: Spark Joy
Operation Spark Joy has begun! Our first installation as The Miniature Garden Society at the Washington Old Soldier's Home in Orting, Washington, south of Seattle. I love it when a plan comes together. After talking to Linda for a minute on that cold, gray...
Spotlight on Dori’s Miniature Garden Bungalow, from American Miniaturist Magazine
Fellow Miniature Gardener, Dori Allard, made it on to the cover of April's American Miniaturist magazine! What a treat! I'm not sure how long I have known customer and fellow miniature gardener, Dori Allard but, I've known her definitely long enough to call her a...
More Miniature Gardening at the HUGE Epcot Flower and Garden Festival!
Whew! I've been catching up on everything since our whirlwind tour to Florida earlier this month. I came back exhausted and hit a bottleneck of work so it took a couple of weeks for me to recover, decompress and collect my thoughts. So, not only did I miss blogging...
The Art of Miniatures with Caveman Al
"Rock Island" is a dream. There is a chair next to this display where you can get eye-level with the scene and enjoy all the tiny details. See below for the list of fish and critters. "If it's not built from scratch, I can't call it art." - Caveman Al Anacortes,...
Dr. K’s Award Winning Miniature Work for the Philadelphia Flower Show
. Dr. K's Award Winning Miniature Work for the Philadelphia Flower Show After blogging about all the miniatures at the Philadelphia Flower Show this year, I thought you may want to see the Best of Show Miniature Setting up-close and almost personal. Louise...
Miniatures Everywhere at the Huge Philadelphia Flower Show
A close up of Louise's award-winning miniature Rear Window scene with close attention to detail, replicating the scene in the movie to a "T." Dateline: 3.4.15 - Reporting in from our book tour to Philadelphia with our unique perspective – as usual! Here is our review...
Miniature Gardening News From Around the World
Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, is caught taking photos of Dr. K's miniature garden exhibit at the Singapore Garden Festival. Yay!! Photo from Louise Krasniewicz of the Flower Show Miniature Settings blog. Miniature Gardening News From Around the World ~...
Miniature Gardening at the Epcot Flower and Garden Festival
Bringing true miniature gardening to the huge Epcot Flower and Garden Festival at Disney World was such a treat! It was great to connect with many Fellow Miniature Gardeners that came from all over the Florida State. Here is me in the middle of one of my...
Miniature Gardening at the Philadelphia Flower Show, Part 2
Philadelphia Flower Show Recap: The miniature garden demonstration went very well, it was the biggest book-signing at the show up to that day! I was tickled to be able to show veteran miniature setting artists a new way to garden in miniature. Miniature Gardening at...
Miniature Gardening at the Philadelphia Flower Show, Part 1
Yours Truly, me, Janit Calvo, doing a miniature garden demonstration at the Philadelphia Flower Show on my Gardening in Miniature book tour. The Philly Show was my holy grail. What's next? Get me to the Chelsea Garden Show! Lol! I am very pleased to be reporting in...
Miniature Gardening vs. Railroad Gardening: Mentoring the Teacher
The Emerald Heights Retirement Community's garden railroad is a tribute to the history of Redmond. The Begonias in the foreground were "tiny" when they were first planted. That's a Boxwood tree on the left. Yesterday we had the pleasure of visiting a railroad garden...
Miniature Gardening: It’s an International Affair
Loosely quoted, "With a touch of magic, your beautiful garden will spring from your dreams. A bench leaning against a tree or a small fountain hidden among giant flowers will create a peaceful space you can escape to anytime." Miniature Gardening: It's an...
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