Seasonal Themes & Occasions for Your Miniature Gardening
Building a miniature garden around a theme, or adding a theme an already existing mini garden will generate smiles and giggles from all who visit – and it’ll make a terrifically fun centerpiece for your next party too!
TOP TIP: Before you go out and buy more miniature garden accessories for a specific theme idea, see what you have on hand that’s the right color for your occasion, you might have more options on hand than you think. (Examples: red and green for Christmas, or red, white and blue for July 4th.)
How to Decorate Your Mini Garden for July Fourth in 2 Minutes
Some are called, others are chosen; but for this video project, I was definitely not chosen. :o) I can honestly say I can make an in-ground miniature garden, complete with it's own little lake, a LOT faster than I can make a video. This one took waaaaaaaay too long to...
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!...
A “Big” Spring-Easter Celebration in the Miniature Garden
Happy Spring! Happy Easter! Happy Passover! I've been studying on how to make an in-ground miniature garden fun to enjoy and we're going into our second full-year with this miniature garden. Join us for a miniature tour of one of the five sections of our in-ground...
How to Make Simple Valentine Decorations for Your Miniature Garden
Valentine's Day in the Miniature Garden can be loaded with decor - or kept really simple with one or two accent pieces. How to Make Simple Valentine Decorations for Your Miniature Garden Creating a miniature garden is so much fun because you can adapt it to any...
Happy New Year from the Miniature Garden & Two Green Thumbs!
Happy New Year from Janit & Steve, your friends at Two Green Thumbs Miniature Garden Center! As I was writing this description of all the parts and plants in this miniature garden shown above, I was reminded of how rich, fun and rewarding this gardening in...
We Wish You A Merry Little Miniature Garden Christmas
Celebrating Christmas in the miniature garden. There is nothing like a mini Christmas scene to make anyone that sees it say, "Awwwwww!" Cuteness reigns. Our specialty! [All links open to our online store or another page on this website.] The tree is a Variegated...
Make It a Little Special: A Winter’s Solstice in the Miniature Garden
Happy Solstice! It's my most-favorite winter day: The Winter's Solstice. It marks the shortest day in the year but to me it's the day I say, "Spring is coming!" I bet you're looking forward to spring as well. The weather has literally been "for the birds!" We're in...
A Big “Little” World Cup Party in the Miniature Garden
Adapting different themes to your miniature garden is yet another fun way to enjoy the hobby. This miniature garden is from the 2014 World Cup and was also the cover girl for our first Gardening in Miniature book. The tree is the Elf Dwarf Spruce or Picea glauca...
Miniature Garden Goodness: How to Bring the Outdoors Indoors
An Indoor Miniature Garden can look like a backyard in summertime which is why it makes a great indoor subject. You get the joy of being around the plants, the fun little "to-do's" like watering and putzing in the garden, and it's very fun to bring it with you through...
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...
A Little Laboring for Labor Day, in the Miniature Garden
Oh man! The heat! The dirt! The chores! Happy Labor Day? Who needs that? We certainly don't. And, by-golly, we don't have to either. (Yes, I just wrote 'by-golly.' :o) Now, we are going to wish you a Happy Labor Day from the miniature garden because a mini garden IS...
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!
Enjoying a Little Father’s Day in the Miniature Garden
"Manly, yes, but I like it too." So went the 1980s Irish Spring soap commercial. Thankfully, miniature gardens can be created for anyone and by anyone - including Dad. That's a Compressa Juniper behind the lamppost with Sedums and Hens & Chick at the base. On the...
Honoring or Celebrating? Memorial Day in the Miniature Garden
As a Canadian living the States, the end of May has always been a bit confusing for me. So, in an effort to figure this out once and for all, let's do a little more digging on this national holiday. Pun intended. Up in Canada, we celebrate Victoria Day weekend almost...
Happy Fourth, Happy Canada Day In The Miniature Garden!
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. About this Miniature Garden:...
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...
An Incredibly Scary Little Haunted Miniature Garden House
~ A funny thing happened the other day on Instagram. I posted an old, rotted dollhouse and asked, "Alright, fellow miniature gardeners, please help me decide! This is from an old display from a big garden show a few years ago. Should I just trash this dollhouse that’s...
Decorating Your Miniature Garden for a Happy July Fourth Weekend and Canada Day!
. ~ Here are some fun ideas that you can implement in your own miniature gardens or fairy gardens for the big weekend. Have a safe and fun weekend Fellow Miniature Gardeners! Janit's Insight from 20 Years in the Business: Some of the items in the photos shown below...
St. Patrick’s Day in the Miniature Garden
St. Patrick's Day in the Miniature Garden: We're having fun using the same garden this year for every occasion that we can. ~ Hey it's St. Patrick’s Day weekend! And it's my Grandmother's favorite "holiday!" My grandmother, Nammie we called her, (her real name was...
Celebrating a Little Hanukkah in the Miniature Garden
{From Stardate December 8, 2018] Happy Hanukkah! I've done a fair number of themed miniature gardens over the last 17 years of my full-time study of this wonderful new hobby of gardening in miniature for this blog and for the Prop Shop book, but the Hanukkah miniature...
4 Easy Steps to Grow Your Own Giant Pumpkin – Instantly.
How to Grow a Giant Pumpkin in four easy steps! How to Grow a Giant Pumpkin - Instantly. Our plans for growing a giant pumpkin this past summer dried up with the drought here in Seattle. Luckily, one of my mottos that I live by is: "There is a way around everything,...
Happy Father’s Day from Your Miniature Garden Center
From the archives: A miniature father and baby sculpture. Tots adorbs! See more Father's Day Miniature Gardens here & here. And remember that Fathers love miniature gardens too!
Updating Mother’s Day in the Miniature Garden = A Photo Essay
Come with us for a visit to our Mother’s Day miniature garden that was made just for the Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop book for the Mother’s Day chapter in 2015. The Canada Hemlock tree is about 12 years old now, and looking as elegant as ever!
VIDEO – 28 Miniature Garden Ideas for Halloween Decor DIY
28 Miniature Garden Ideas for Halloween! 28 Miniature Garden Ideas for Halloween Decor DIY If a picture is worth a thousand words, here are 28,000 of them right here in this new 28 Miniature Garden Ideas for Halloween Decor DIY video! Easy Halloween do-it-yourself...
Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop: Mother’s Day
The same garden that is shown in the Mother's Day chapter in the new Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop Book, 2 years later. That is an Abbott's Pygmy Canada Hemlock with Dwarf London Pride below. A short blog series on creating my latest book, Gardening in...
