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.)
Miniature Garden Ideas for Christmas & Winter Holidays
~ Ah! The Big Day is almost upon us! I can feel my tension mounting as my "Oh, I want to do that too!" list keeps growing and growing. If you're like me, sometimes it takes a while to get my momentum up to "turn full-on ELF" and then, all of a sudden, I become...
Happy Father’s Day from America’s Favorite Miniature Garden Center!
Happy Father's Day from the Miniature Garden. Happy Father's Day from America's Favorite Miniature Garden Center! We had fun putting this together for Dad's special day. Have a wonderful Father's Day weekend! Click the photos to enlarge them. The black water bowl...
Miniature Gardening and Mother’s Day is a Perfect Combination
From the archives, photo taken in 2016. This wonderful table and chair set has unfortunately been discontinued. The rest of the accessories, plants, trees and patio parts are available through our online store at TwoGreenThumbs.com Miniature gardening and Mother's go...
Grow Your Own Way for Earth Day
Earth Day always brings about moments of reflection about how I treat our planet. I’ve been a tree hugger, a recycler, a reducer, a re-user, and a plant lover for over 30 years. Mother Earth is now one of my business partners, but it wasn’t a straightforward route to...
April Fools in the Miniature Fairy Garden
Foolin' around with the fairies for April Fools Day with TwoGreenThumbs.com. April Fools in the Miniature Fairy Garden Fooling around with the fairies for April Fool's Day! Find all your miniature garden plants, parts, patios and pieces at TwoGreenThumbs.com I found...
Spring into Easter in the Miniature Garden
Happy Spring! This is a continuation of our super-fun holiday series where we are keeping the same miniature garden, but switching out the accessories to match the occasion or holiday. Find the previous ones here: Valentine's Day in the Miniature Garden St. Patrick's...
Celebrating the Day of the Dead in the Miniature Garden
We've mixed a little Day of the Dead with Halloween this year. Okay, I think I might just have a chance at legitimately scaring you this Halloween. But before I do, let me show you what ideas we've come up with this year for decorating your miniature garden for the...
In the Miniature Garden With Mom: Happy Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother's Day from Two Green Thumbs Miniature Garden Center! Happy Mother's Day! Hope you are making miniature gardens for Mother's Day. She will love the garden. Then she will love you more for doing that for her, way more than any of your brothers and...
Miniature Football Gardening, Superbowl XLIX
I couldn't resist joining the fun. There will be a short pause in the proceedings as Seattle goes nutty for the Seahawks this weekend. It would be negligent to even think of getting any real work done. I'd best join 'em. ;o) See more of the Seahawk Miniature Garden...
Happy Fourth of July in the Miniature Garden
Here's a quick and easy diy for a flag-banner for your July 4th Miniature Garden. Happy Fourth of July in the Miniature Garden After renovating this pretty miniature garden a couple of weeks ago, I was drawn to it again for a Fourth of July theme. I couldn't...
Happy Canada Day in the Miniature Garden
This garden was made for the Lakeside Hideaway project for the Gardening in Miniature: Create Your Own Tiny Living World book. It's two years old now. It was starting to look like my home and native land, Ontario, so I went with it. Taking some downtime and enjoying...
Happy Father’s Day from the Miniature Garden!
We were just playing around a little in the miniature garden today, and thinking of all the Dads out there who make a difference. Happy Father's Day. - From Janit & Steve, TwoGreenThumbs.com
Football and Miniature Gardening, Part II
Do the miniatures give us an excuse to plant a garden? Or, does the gardening give us an excuse to make miniatures? BOTH - it's just too much fun! As a continuation of the ongoing frenzy and the upcoming battle with Seattle Seahawks versus the San Francisco 49ers this...
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...
Happy New Year in the Miniature Garden
Happy New Year in the Miniature Garden Happy New Year Fellow Miniature Gardeners! Steve and I missed Christmas due to a cold/flu that is making its way across the country. Ugh! I had to back off posting because I was making too many mistakes but, thankfully, we both...
Have a Happy Solstice! From the Miniature Garden
The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year. Some celebrate with ceremony and ritual. Others mark the day quietly by lighting a candle and having a quiet moment of thanks. We, of course, decorate the miniature garden. It's also the halfway point - Yay! It...
Halloween in the Miniature Garden
You can do more than decorate for Halloween in the Miniature Garden, you can tell a story. It’s just a little scary out there! It must time for ghosts, goblins and pumpkin soufflé! So, in keeping with the season and our series, “A Year in the Miniature Garden,” here...
July 4th & Canada Day in the Miniature Garden
. In a continuation of our series, A Year in the Miniature Garden, here is July 4th in the Miniature Garden - and a little Canada Day celebration too! In case you are just joining us, we are using the same miniature garden throughout the entire year and decorating it...
Mother’s Day in the Miniature Garden
In keeping with our holiday series this year, here is a special garden to help celebrate your Mother's Day. This is the fifth installment of our A Year in the Miniature Garden and today we celebrate Mother's Day - which, should be everyday - if it wasn't for her, you...
A Miniature Garden Anniversary: 10 Years of Inspirational Stories
[From 30/11/2011] ~ As we wind up our 10 year anniversary celebration this month, I thought to share some of the random interactions with people that helped me get through the years. It never failed that whenever I was ready to give up, pack it in, and get a "real"...
The Miniature Halloween Garden Contest Winners
One of Two Halloween Miniature Garden Contest Winner, Linda C. from Del Rio, Texas wins the Container Category! The Miniature Halloween Garden Contest Winners [From 31/10/2011] Congratulations to Linda C. from Del Rio, Texas and Mary Jane F. from Lincoln Nebraska!...
Have a Very Fairy Christmas Without the Froufrou
A very fairy Christmas tree at one of the local nurseries here in Seattle. ~ Do you like the fairy garden idea but don’t care for too much froufrou? With the recent surge in fairy gardening we are seeing a lot of fairy ideas flitting about with lace, glitter and...
