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Although this could very well be a picture of me finding a new treasure at a favorite nursery, it's actually an illustration by David Catrow for a children's book called Plantzilla.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Miniatures

When one hears the word miniatures, visions of Hummel, Dresden, Lladro figurine or tiny alcohol bottle collections might dance through his/her head.  Farthest from my mind is gardening. However, it seems that miniature or fairy gardens are a growing trend.  These would get lost in the wild jungle I call a garden and I'm not interested in fiddling around with wee pieces, I admire them when others do them.  Here are a few from a display at Sorticulture, a garden arts festival, which I attended for the first time over the weekend.  Several posts will follow about this amazing event!

 These are very well done and may look familiar if you've read the book Gardening in Miniature: Create Your Own Tiny Living World by Janit Calvo.  Janet is the designer of these tiny gardens.

This one even has it's own cinder block garden!

You could keep adding progressively larger sizes of barbecues.



With the attention to detail, this pot garnered numerous oohs and aahs from observers.  
What do you think of miniature gardening? 

11 comments:

  1. They do look cute! Not for us though, it'll just get constantly covered with bamboo leaves...

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  2. I do like the attention to detail in that last one too. But like your garden, these would get covered up very quickly in my garden, unless I put it somewhere I was really committed to keeping cleared and open, and I'm not sure there's anywhere like that. Maybe inside the house?

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  3. From past comments you probably know that I LOVE miniatures. I appreciate fairies and gnomes but they aren't a must. It can be a zen rather then fantastical display. A tiny landscape, a dwarf conifer, imaginative garden art. Or hilarious, like that BBQ; it reminds me of the Russian dolls.

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  4. "What do you think of miniature gardening?"...ugh. Run run away as fast as you can. Look forward to seeing what else this Sorticulture event has to offer.

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  5. I'm not usually a fan, but some of those gave me ideas -- I'd love to see architectural models with real gardens surrounding them.

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  6. Whew! I was afraid you were going to show us your collection. Then again, I have an area called The Sacred Grove in my garden whete one might see the Oracle from Delphi. To each his own quirky preferences.

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  7. You certainly gave this display more attention than we did. I missed most of the detail. I guess that indicates my interest in miniature gardening.

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  8. I've noticed as well that miniature gardens are popular, Peter. But I don't have this, I have too much work in my garden to create another on a chair:D.
    Interesting display, I liked the last one.

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  9. I am not a big fan of miniature gardens, but you showed a nice one. As you, I'd rather admire them in someone's garden.

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  10. Little kids must love them. As for me, it's one of the few ways I have matured.

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Thanks so much for taking the time to comment! I love to hear your thoughts.