Miniature Garden Projects
While there are many things within this new hobby that makes miniature gardening so enjoyable, the little things you can make for your tiny world is the flower on the thorn bush, so to speak.
Top Tip: Creating your own miniature garden accessories can include customizing an existing miniature, you don’t have to build everything from scratch.
Create Magic: A Classroom Fairy Garden That Actually Thrives
(Part 1 of 2 in this Series) I received the sweetest email from Georgene, a 4K teacher who wants to create an indoor fairy garden for her classroom. She admits she doesn't have a green thumb "by any means but loves plants." My heart! There's nothing I love more than...
Growing a New Movement :: Juneteenth in the Miniature Garden
Last Juneteenth, I put a tiny symbol of the classic raised fist in a tiny miniature garden that apparently disturbed a follower on Facebook. Despite the glaring chasm between the huge movement and that tiny raised fist icon in that tiny garden, I vowed to do better....
Miniature Garden Magic: The Joy of Ready-to-Create Kits
Growing Fine!! 3 Months Later... Check out the video below to see the How-To for this miniature garden above! Have you ever wanted your own enchanted world that fits on a tabletop? One that grows and evolves with you? Here's why miniature garden kits are your ticket...
VIDEO: How to Build a True Miniature Garden to Grow for YEARS!
[Insert applause here.] I had to do it. I finally did it. And, it's done. You know, there are a LOT of miniature garden videos out there that show many different ways to "miniature garden" but the one thing that these content creators missed - even the most popular...
Make it Scary: Sedums, Minis and Gardens, Oh My!
A cluster of small miniature gardens on a table is a fun way to display your hobby! Just a Little Fun Add a very fun idea to your Halloween decorating this year with a little scary miniature gardens. They are absolutely too fun to make. The possibilities are endless....
The Latest Poll Results are IN! Find Something for Everyone!
Tired of those silly election polls? Well, we took our own poll and we couldn't find anyone that was actually "polled" so we're skeptical of them all. But you know that we grow our own world here at Miniature Garden Headquarters, so... ...we made our own poles. The...
More Quick and Cute: Adorable Indoor Miniature Garden Ideas
With a name like Two Green Thumbs, I think I turn-off non-gardeners immediately. If they only knew just how good at killing plants I am, they would probably take away my "two green thumbs" status. So, when I was brainstorming for a Pottery Barn gig as part of the book...
Quick and Cute: Indoor Miniature Gardens that Anyone can Make
It was a lot of fun showing everyone what I came up with when we combined Two Green Thumbs Miniature Garden Center with Pottery Barn. That's me, with my back to the camera on the right. It was a fun day! During the launch for my first book, Gardening in Miniature:...
How to Gift a Miniature Garden
Christmas in the Miniature Garden is Magical. One of the many joys of miniature gardening is that it can be a really fun and personable gift that can last a long time. The one thing that we've learned about this hobby is that it's so fun and rewarding - it becomes a...
How To Grow Little Pots Of Sunshine And Delight
You might have seen this photo before - it's been re-pinned on Pinterest by almost everyone it seems. But this is the original source! Tiny pots of sunshine and delight made from Sedum cutting. Check them out here. You can plant them. You can pot them. You can grow...
Very Scary Advice: How to Carve Excellent Miniature Pumpkins
Miniature Pumpkins make very cute accents for Halloween! Who ya' gonna call? First published this post 13 years ago, in 2009 - whoa Nelly! But, still the expert in all things miniature and gardening - so there's that. :o) And it's STILL a very cute idea for...
Quite Possibly the Cutest How-To in the Whole Wide World
Have fun with Miniature Flower Arranging. Its fast, fun and fabulous! Ah, the last days of summer. I think this is the only time of year that I let myself sit outside and take a break from my job of spreading the joys of the miniature gardening hobby throughout the...
Celebrating the Solstice? How to Make a Miniature Stonehenge Garden
Our Miniature Stonehenge Garden photo has been making the rounds on the Internet and shared by thousands on Facebook and Pinterest. Here’s a little How-to so you can make your own!
Round Up: Miniature Gardening By the Month
January's Miniature Garden: "Rooting" for the Seahawks in more ways than one! :o) ~ Back in 2013, I did this same series using the same miniature garden but decorated it differently each month to show how versatile this new hobby can be. This year, I've been doing the...
Miniature Moss Gardening
Myown State Park, Version 2. Made with different kinds of living moss. 1/44th scale <- it's the dollhouse for the dollhouse scale. I missed the deadline for registering my exhibit for the Seattle Dollhouse Miniature Show that is going this weekend. I was supposed...
Holiday Floral Fashion Advice for Miniature Gardeners
What else would a miniature gardener wear to a holiday party? Once I saw this full-size idea circulate around my independent garden center group, I knew I had to do it - in miniature! In the full-size world, they use dressmakers or mannequins for the form and...
Personalized and Customized: Miniature Garden Kits Go Straight to the Heart
I love it when a plan comes together! I knew our kits would be a hit with our fellow miniature gardeners this holiday season! Putting together a miniature garden kit with that special someone in mind is proving to be not only a great gift idea, but a fun gift to...
CUTE ALERT! How to Make the World’s Smallest Miniature Garden!
Miniature Garden Kits by Two Green Thumbs. Make a miniature garden for your miniature garden. ~ Okay, you know how I always tell you that miniature gardens can make anyone smile? I mean anyone? Well here is another way to guarantee that smile and possibly some giggles...
Bling Gardens: Kokedama Comes to Americ… Huh?
Bling Gardens: Kokedama Comes to Americ...huh? -- This blog was first published 4 years ago. I thought string gardens would be a passing fancy but, no, I was wrong again in calling an end to a trend. Hey, at least I got miniature gardening right, right?? ;o) I still...
Have a Little Fun With Miniature Cinderblock Gardening!
This tub is usually reserved for our halloween garden but it offered a big space to demo some ideas for today instead. We replaced the cemetery with the deck and walk-way and installed a veggie garden and compost area. Whew! ;o) No, we can't leave well-enough alone....
How to Make Outdoor Furniture in Miniature
Miniaturizing full-sized projects isn't as hard as you think but you need to pay attention to scaling down the measurements accurately to create a true miniature. ~ Lounge chairs, birdhouses and tables, oh my! I'm a nut about do-it-yourself projects around my...
Need Something to Smile About? Do it in Miniature!
When are cinderblocks cute? When they are in miniature! This will put a smile on anyone's face! Need Something to Smile About? Do it in Miniature! I was going after a completely different topic for this week's Mini Garden Guru blog but, after a rough week...
The Trouble with Fairies in the Miniature Garden
Nature's bounty makes awesome fairy garden houses! Clean and dry, covered in lichen and moss - PERFECT for fairy crafting and DIY! If you've followed me long enough you will know that I'm more in-tune with miniature gardening than fairy gardening. But fairies are...
Happy Thanksgiving from the Miniature Garden
Happy Thanksgiving! Here is what Steve and I got up to yesterday. We made a miniature Thanksgiving Day dinner. Yes. As a matter of fact we are obsessed with miniatures. Lol! The turkey is a Cornish game hen, it's about 7" long. (I didn't think to un-stuff it!!...
Football and Miniature Gardening
With the whole city of Seattle is catching Seahawk-Fever, we couldn't resist. That's a dwarf Nana Hinoki on the left, Baldwin Hinoki in the middle, and a Chirimen Hinoki Cypress in the back-right. Hinokis are hardy to -20F and easy to grow in a cool sun spot, in a...
