Miniature Moss Gardens
Create Your Own Japanese Container Gardens (Bonsai, Kokedama, Terrariums & Dish Gardens)
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- $25.99
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- $25.99
Publisher Description
Miniature Moss Gardens presents expert advice and techniques from the birthplace of miniature gardening—Japan.
Friendly enough for total beginners and full of ideas and tips that experienced gardeners will love to read about, this moss gardening book brings you information on the following: Finding and collecting moss Cultivation and maintenance Choosing soils and other components Designing your garden for visual effect Choosing the best plants for your mini garden How to make a perfect Kokedama or moss ball Enhancing your moss garden with rocks and other elements How to make a gorgeous terrarium and much more!
A section on finding moss on city streets, parks and mountains opens your eyes to the beauty that's all around you every day! Moss can be gathered to make a complete and perfect miniature gardening world. Let this fun Japanese gardening book set you on the path to a deeply satisfying new way of expressing yourself.
With full-color photographs and step-by-step instructions you will be creating your own Moss Garden in no time!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Readers will ooh and ah while riffling through the pages of Oshima and Kimura's illustrated guide to miniature Japanese moss gardens. Pictures of little bits of moss magnified, wrapped around an ivy root ball, or nestled in teacups seduce any admirer of green. A closer inspection also nets distinctions among types of moss: Bryum and Leucobryum, Hydrophila and Hypnum. Coauthors Oshima, a Tokyo interior designer who specializes in kokedama (moss ball) gardens, and Kimura, a master of bonsai, believe that "simply gazing at can bring about a warm, relaxed feeling." However, readers soon realize that moss requires serious responsibility. Kimura and Oshima do their best to kindly inculcate the demanding discipline required of miniature-moss gardeners. They teach about moss's spreading habits and structures; they insist on proper observation, gathering, and revitalizing. They speak to the distress of buying moss only to have it turn brown and add levity with a cartoon kokedama bouncing about the pages, offering tips in speech bubbles. Color illus.
