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HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE DECEMBER 18 – YA’LL COME!

It’s that time again, what with the cold and gray of winter descending on us, to get a little green to brighten your home or office.  Terrariums are great gifts for anyone who likes nature (and, really, who doesn’t like nature?) and particularly for us urban dwellers, with no space or time to garden.

 Come see me Sunday December 18, from noon to four pm, and I’ll help you pick just the right creation, whether simple and low maintenance for the novice, or more elaborate for a plant enthusiast to trim and train.

Seeking something truly unique?  Think kokedama!

And that’s not all!  Alisa Botto will be here with some photos from her Suburban Skies series, and they’re fabulous!

I’ll be cooking some nibbles, too, and hope you can come share some holiday cheer.  Check it all out below, send me a message, or call me at 901-828-3685 for more information.  Ya’ll Come!

 

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Creeping ficus kokedama

 

 

 

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Kokedama

Kokedama for Elegant Greenery All Winter

Kentucky Blue Rabbits Foot Fern send their little toes out around thr moss ball, with its fronds floppy ears a oce
Kentucky Blue Rabbits Foot Fern send their little toes out around the moss ball, with its  fronds like green ears above

Creeping ficus kokedama

Creeping ficus

Kokedama are a form of bonsai, and make an elegant, unusual display for plant enthusiasts.  The soil mix for the root ball is long fiber sphagnum moss, a special soil mix, and potters clay.  It is covered in live moss, then wrapped securely with waxed thread.  Put them where they will get bright morning light, or dappled afternoon sunshine.  Try to heavily mist the moss every day for best results, and soak the root ball every week or so.  Wait till you can feel it becoming lightweight, then soak thoroughly till it draws water all the way to the top.  Don’t let it stay saturated, it will suffocate.

 

Cryptanthus are perfect for Kokedama. You can sit them on a plate with pebbles or a grate, to allow air on most of the surface of the moss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Build Your Own Terry Classes and Workshops Events

Sept 24 and 25 – Build Your Own Terrarium With An Expert, Enjoy It For Years

The base price of $50 includes the gravel, activated carbon, sphagnum moss, and my special soil mix designed for use in terrariums, plus detailed instructions and information from the Memphis Plant Lady herself, who will always be available to answer any questions you may have as your little green friend grows and changes.  I have some very nice plastic bowls, about 8 inches in diameter, that can be included in the base fee, but glass is much more elegant.

Workshops will be conducted in my studio at 700 North Belvedere in Midtown Memphis on

Saturday September 24, 2016, at 2:00 p.m.

Sunday September 25, 2016,

at 12:30 p.m. or 4:00 p.m.

Here’s how it works:

I collect and propagate miniature exotic tropical plants suitable for low light and high humidity conditions, for use in my living art creations, and my mini-greenhouses are popping their tops with an abundance of extras, so I’m having a build your own workshop to share the largesse. If you want to learn the art and science of designing, building, and maintaining these miniature rainforests from an expert, don’t miss this opportunity.

I’ll show you how to customize the terrarium to suit your space and taste by your choice of glassware, plants, and accessories.

Plants cost $5 to $15 each (most are $5 but for the true collector I have a few rare gems I can share).

I suggest you buy your own glass in advance for better price and selection.   I’ll have a limited variety of sizes and shapes of glassware on hand, from $10 to $60 or so dollars.  Make sure the glass is clear, no ripples or waves, and that you can get your hand easily through the opening; it should be at least 10 inches deep; it must be watertight; remember it will be much heavier going home, so not too big.

Accessories are things like geodes and crystals, petrified wood, fairies or dinosaurs. Again, bring your own to make it just how you want it, or buy some from my huge stash of little interesting things. No metal or plaster items are suitable.

You can make more than one; an additional charge for the planting substrates may apply. Send me a message at the link below or call me at 901-828-3685. Hope to see you there!  Nancy Morrow

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Neoregelia - nice jungle look, looks like it would get big but not much more than this. And button fern, so sweet

 

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Space is limited to 4 people for each workshop, so sign up today, then go buy a cool glass container and come have fun playing in the dirt with us.

 

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Interesting Tidbits

Jewel Orchid Joyous February Bloomer

I know, it’s March 1, but this beauty has been blooming since early February and still going gangbusters.  It blooms once a year, always early February.

The blooms last a month or more.  No scent that I’ve noticed.

The show starts in December as the buds begin to develop, growing plump and elongating as the weeks pass until one morning, poof, the first flower has unfurled.

Unlike the epiphytes more commonly seen in stores everywhere, this is a terrestrial.  I found it as a two or three inch baby by itself in a display of succulents in a nursery down in Kenner, Louisiana, and knew it was special. Kind of gangly, pink veined purple leaves, what’s not to love?

Have a great March, Spring is busting out all over, hooray!

Peace and Love – Nancy