People need plants not only as a source of food and oxygen. The human psyche and his brain need to contemplate these green treasures of nature; such a sight not only satisfies aesthetic needs, but also has a beneficial effect on mood and well-being. Residents of big cities know this well, they treat gardens, parks, and public gardens with special warmth. Plants are also common in apartments and offices, bringing at least a little wildlife into the concrete jungle. One of the great ways to create a green corner in an urban environment is to make miniature garden in a bottle.
A mini garden in a glass bottle is perfect solution for those plants that are sensitive to air humidity. It's no secret that many of the city dweller's green friends do not tolerate dryness that occurs during work. central heating. Lovers are very humid air will feel much better being in a confined space, and the vessel may even be sealed hermetically! Such a community is able to exist for quite a long time, due to the balance of oxygen and hydrocarbons that arise inside. Creating a garden in a bottle with your own hands will take time and patience, but it will look unusual and stylish.
Drainage and soil are poured onto the bottom of the vessel. You will also need charcoal, which is absolutely necessary if the container is closed. Moss looks good in such gardens. Beautiful compositions are obtained if you add picturesque stones, pieces of wood, and driftwood to the plants. You can also use miniature figurines, similar to garden figures.
Step 2: choose plants
Plants with beautiful foliage are usually chosen for the composition. Flowering is not the most appropriate element for a closed container: the petals will quickly fall off and the plants will have to be removed. You can make such a garden colorful by using variegated forms. By combining dark green, yellowish, whitish, striped and speckled leaves, you can achieve amazing combinations and effects. Another vector for creativity is form. In a monochromatic mass, as in a black and white photograph, the quirks of nature, which created a variety of amazing shapes, will look especially advantageous.
Corner garden desk– reality!
Plants for a garden in a bottle are selected to be small, slowly increasing their green mass, with a small root system and increased demands on air humidity. In addition, they must be quite shade-tolerant, since there is not too much light inside the vessel. First of all, these are ferns, which are simply created for a closed, moist, semi-dark space. Amazing adiantums, pteris and pelleys will feel comfortable in such conditions and will delight you for a long time with their elegant, delicate foliage.
It is also worth paying attention to selyaginella - an excellent ground cover plant for a mini-garden. If the container is large enough, then you can take small-leaved begonia; such a plant will look good in the center of the composition. You can also plant some bromeliad in the bottle or decorate it with a miniature orchid. Another genus of plants characterized by slow growth, spectacular leaf shape and relative unpretentiousness is ivy.
You can often see photos of a garden in a bottle consisting of succulents. Since these desert inhabitants are not accustomed to high humidity, they require special care: the soil for them is selected very carefully, watered extremely rarely, and all dead residues are promptly removed. Such measures will help avoid rotting and fungal diseases.
Step 3: compose the composition
In order to make a garden in a bottle, almost any glass container is suitable, from an aquarium to a flask or glass. In addition you will need:
- wooden sticks;
- spoon with long handle;
- spool of thread;
- a funnel made of thick paper;
- safety razor or other sharp cutting tool;
- a piece of thick wire with a sponge at the end, which can be used to clean the glass.
- First, drainage is poured into the bottle through a funnel, the thickness of which should be at least 3 cm, and upper layer consist of charcoal. After this, a substrate is placed on it, previously abundantly moistened with water. The composition of the substrate depends on the plants that are supposed to be planted in the bottle.
- The composition of the garden should be thought out in advance, since changing objects from place to place during the work process will be quite difficult, and it can also damage delicate miniature plants. First, planting is done along the edges, then in the center; large specimens should be added to the bottle before small ones.
- Plant the plants one at a time, each time digging a small hole with a spoon. Having taken the future resident of the bottle out of the pot, they carefully cut off the earthen lump so that it becomes smaller, especially since the rapid growth of green mass is undesirable. If the neck of the bottle is narrow, then the plant is brought inside, holding it between wooden sticks.
- When planting is completed, the soil is compacted with a coil mounted on a stick, the glass is cleaned with a sponge and the entire composition is sprayed with water from a spray bottle. Now the bottle can be corked and placed in a bright place - the garden in a bottle is ready. It is not advisable to place it in direct sunlight - this will cause too much evaporation, high humidity and can cause the plants to rot. Some residents of a mini-garden in a bottle can actively grow and need to be pruned from time to time.
The modern world is increasingly accelerating the pace of our lives, so eco-design is becoming not only fashion, but also an urgent necessity. Fortunately, our plant friends save us in this urban race: they are increasingly coming into the home or office, forming very original forms and compositions.
Agree, flowers in pots on the floor or on the windowsill are already yesterday! In their place in landscaping the interiors of apartments and public buildings came vertical gardens, green walls and roofs, as well as florariums and winter gardens.
Today, one of the fashionable and promising trends in phytodesign is the creation of a mini-landscape in a bottle.
After all, it’s very interesting to have a miniature thicket at home tropical forest or your own arid desert! Or maybe you like a ringing mountain stream? 
Sleek and stylish "garden in a bottle" can become a real decoration of any room, but you need to take into account that the choice of its shape and style should depend on the interior. Become a designer for a moment and imagine what kind of corner wildlife will fit in as best as possible and highlight all the advantages of your interior.
So, if you are a fan of creating perfect landscapes in miniature, combining and finding interesting combinations of plant shapes and colors, then “garden in a bottle” (or florarium) you will probably be interested. It is very interesting to work on its creation, and the result will delight you with its unusualness and elegance.
So where to start?
Step 1. Choose a “garden in a bottle” style: desert, lake, or maybe forest.
Option #1
"Natural florarium"
- this is a man-made corner of wild nature, it can be a “piece” of a rocky landscape, forest, semi-desert or even a small lake. 
The main thing in the design of a natural mini-garden in a glass container is the overall resemblance to the natural landscape. In this case, it is worth taking seriously the style and design of the florarium, as well as the choice of plants, fills, stones and other materials. They should create the illusion of presence in precisely the natural area whose landscape you are trying to reproduce.
Option No. 2
Quite often, lovers of miniature gardens arrange so-called botanical florariums.
In this case, the emphasis is on planting one type of plant, for example orchids - in this case, the “garden in a bottle” will be called orchidarium.
Step 2. Choose the shape of the florarium
We've sorted out the style, now let's move on to choosing the shape of the mini-garden. 
First of all, you need to choose a suitable container for the florarium. This can be a bottle of an interesting shape, although it is not at all necessary to use a bottle; you can choose a round or rectangular aquarium, a wide glass, a chemical flask or even a glass tray. In principle, any glass container will do. It all depends only on your imagination and, I repeat, the interior of the room where your work will be located. So the field for creativity is very wide...
1. “MINI-DESERT” is characterized by a horizontal composition, therefore for a desert florarium A container with low sides or a wide neck is suitable, because succulents and other green inhabitants of the “little desert” are not afraid of the dry air of the apartment. However, you can also use a closed terrarium (also an interesting option)! 
In a desert composition, plants can be divided into plans: low ground cover, background plants and structural elements (dominants) - this will give the mini-garden volume. To imitate the cover of a “mini-desert”, you can use lithops, sedums and creeping crassulas, and tree-like crassulas, slipways, euphorbias, and cacti as structural elements.
Don't forget about design and style, because the plants should be in harmony with the vessel and set the tone for your entire creation! Therefore, it is desirable that representatives of the middle tier optimally combine with the “structuralists” and emphasize their attractiveness. These can be squat aloe, haworthia, gasteria, mammillaria.
The most common type of “desert garden in a bottle” is succulents. Since these desert inhabitants are not accustomed to high humidity, they require special care: the soil for them is selected very carefully, watered extremely rarely, and all dead parts are promptly removed. Such measures will help avoid rotting and fungal diseases.
To decorate a desert composition, use suitable inert materials: gravel, sand, small stones.
2. FOREST FLORARIUM- the main idea of such a mini-garden is a tropical rainforest landscape.
In order to make a composition in this style, you need to acquire a sufficiently large container. This will make it possible to use it in a “bottle garden” different kinds tropical plants. As for the shape of the vessel, it is not so important, because the miniature landscape will need to be worked out from the inside.
When selecting plants for this type of natural composition, it is necessary to take into account that all plants must have similar requirements for high air humidity, light and soil conditions. Also, “green pets” should have a compact shape and moderate growth.
The best plants for a forest florarium are arrowroot, peperomia, pellionia, fittonia, helxina, ficus benjamina, oxalis, and ferns. 
To make the tropical forest landscape more authentic, it is necessary to place plants in several tiers (be sure to take into account the need for sunlight and the height of each species).
Climbing plants and epiphytes on picturesquely curved snags will look very beautiful in a glass container, while their surface should be masked with bark or sphagnum moss. In addition to the plant composition, you can use stones and roots of original shape, miniature figurines - all this will add authenticity and mystical mystery to your garden.
3. For « MOUNTAIN MINI-LANDSCAPE" try to find a tall glass container. It is convenient to create vertical compositions, and “mini-rocks” will turn out to be especially convincing.
In this case, plants should be arranged in tiers. Original stones, rocks and grottoes – an important part compositions in this case. Here are some interesting examples.
4. No less interesting may be the design options for miniature WATER FLORARIUMS .
Yes, this is possible! Water mini-worlds can be done not only in a bottle, but also in aquariums, large vessels and flasks. In addition, if you install a small pump in the system, you can create a miniature waterfall or fountain.
Important factor When choosing plants for water mini-gardens, it is their size and how quickly they grow. In a water mini-garden you can plant one floating on the surface of the water. water hyacinth(Eichhornia) or plants fixed in the ground with floating leaves - medium-sized egg capsules (Nuphar) and dwarf water lilies (Nymphaea). 
For the water garden itself and its “coastal line”, choose exclusively moisture-loving plants. 
5. The shape of a glass vessel can be so unusual that it will dictate an interesting composition for you.ORIGINAL “GARDEN IN A BOTTLE” It will work if you successfully adapt a teapot, coffee maker or large glass.
Even an electric light bulb will do, why not?!
What plants should I use in this case? Let's think...
Succulents look great in an original glass vessel; sphagnum moss is also good. What if you play with shape and color and plant an interesting bromeliad in a mini-garden, decorate it with a miniature orchid, or come up with something of your own, original! What do you think of these options?
Step 3. Selection of plants for the florarium
Selecting plants for a mini-landscape is an important and responsible part of the work. After all, your “green pets” will have to live together for a long time, so they should get along well and not interfere with each other. It's no secret that many of our “green friends” do not tolerate dry rooms with central heating.
Plants that love very humid air will feel much better if they are in a confined space, and the container can even be hermetically sealed! Such a community is able to exist for quite a long time, due to the balance of oxygen and hydrocarbons arising inside.
For a florarium, plants with beautiful variegated foliage. By combining dark green, yellowish, whitish, striped and speckled leaves, you can achieve amazing combinations and effects.
Please note that for a “garden in a bottle” it is worth selecting small plants that slowly increase green mass, with a small root system. In addition, they must be quite shade-tolerant, since there is not too much light inside the vessel.
A sample list of plants that can be grown in a “garden in a bottle”
- Adiantum capillus-veneris
- Adiantum raddianum
- Adiantum hispidum
- Adiantum raddianum
- Calamus (Acorus gramineus)
- Asplenium nidus
- Royal begonia (Begonia rex)
- Blechnum penna marina
- Didymochlaena truncatula
- Dracaena sanderiana
- Hanging zebrina (Zebrina pendula)
- Cryptanthus acaulis
- Cryptanthus bromelioides
- Cryptanthus zonatus
- White-veined arrowroot (Maranta leuconeura)
- Pellaea rotundifolia
- Beautiful Pellionia (Pellionia pulchra)
- Peperomia magnoilifolia
- Peperomia caperata
- Pilea cadierii
- Common ivy (Hedera helix)
- Cretan Pteris (Pteris cretica)
- Pteris ensiformis "Victoriae"
- Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides
- Sansevieria trifasciata
- Selaginella kraussiana
- Selaginella uncinata
- Soleirolia soleirolii
- White-flowered Tradescantia (Tradescantia albiflora)
- Ficus pemila
- Fittonia verschaffeldii variety Minima
- Chamaedorea elegans
- Hatiora salicorniodes - Easter cactus
- Cyrtomium falcatum
Step 4.We collect everything you need to design a nice mini-garden
What you will need to create a “garden in a bottle”:
- Special soil (we select it based on the requirements of the plants that we will plant).
- Charcoal.
- Drainage mixture (fine gravel, sand, pebbles, expanded clay).
- Plants.
- Sphagnum moss.
- Small scoop.
- Spray.
- A pair of long sticks.
- Knife for pruning plants.
- Empty reel.
- Decor (shells, sea pebbles, small twigs and driftwood, glass decorative stones, miniature figurines, etc.).
Difficulties in design can be caused by a vessel with a narrow or long neck: in this case, you will need to lengthen the tools. They can be attached to sticks, tassels or knitting needles.
Step 5. So, the process itself: making a “garden in a bottle”
- First, pour drainage (about 2-3 cm) into a glass container.
2. Pour charcoal on top (1 cm). In case of excessive moisture, charcoal will get rid of the unpleasant odor.
3. After this, lay the substrate(special soil 3-4 cm), pre-moistened abundantly with water. The composition of the substrate depends on the plants that are supposed to be planted in the bottle. Using an empty spool of thread, we level the top layer of soil and give it a relief.
4. Now we plant the selected plants.
The composition of the garden should be thought out in advance, since changing objects from place to place during the work process will be quite difficult: they are fragile and you can damage them. First we plant along the edges, then in the center; large specimens should be planted in the bottle before small ones. After removing the future “bottle inhabitant” from the pot, you need to carefully trim the earthen lump - this will help the plant adapt and prevent the rapid growth of green mass. If the neck of the bottle is narrow, then the plant is carefully brought inside, holding it between wooden sticks.
5 . When the landing is completed, compact the earth with a coil, impaled on a stick and carefully decorate the composition with moss or bark.
6. We are completing the design of our exclusive mini-landscape, decorating it with interesting stones, shells and colored fillings with inert materials.
7. Clean the glass with a sponge and generously spray the entire composition with water from a spray bottle.. Now the bottle can be corked and placed in a bright place. Your original “garden in a bottle” is ready, congratulations!
Step 6. Selecting the moisture level and caring for the “garden in a bottle”
After you have completed work on creating a florarium, you need to do one more important thing - select the required moisture balance. To do this, leave the “garden in a bottle” closed for two days and monitor the appearance of condensation on the walls of the vessel. Usually the walls become a little foggy - this is normal.
If the condensation does not disappear, then the garden is over-hydrated. Open the container for a day, during which time the moisture will evaporate. Next, close the vessel and again monitor the humidity level.
If condensation does not form, the humidity level is too low. In this case, spray the garden with warm water. Once you find the optimal balance, you will have no trouble controlling your humidity levels.
Since the “garden in a bottle” is a greenhouse, a tropical, humid microclimate is formed inside the vessel, so there is practically no need to water the plants. The level of soil and air humidity is regulated by plants. Spraying or watering is necessary only if condensation has ceased to form.
I congratulate you, you are a true creator and have created your own original piece of living nature!
Believe me, everyone who at least once sees this plant world in your place - ideal, and sometimes mystical and filled with secret meaning, will want to create the same miracle for themselves.
Indoor landscapes can be changed over time, supplemented with other plants or decorative elements. Human imagination is limitless, and what could be better in our nervous and stressful times than such creative meditation?!
Friends, if you need help, specialist advice or creative advice, I will be very glad to be useful to you! And if you share this article on in social networks, perhaps your friends will need it and they will also join in the beauty in miniature.
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Dimensions: overall height 40 cm, width 30 cm. Plants are shade-tolerant and need spraying. Minimal care!
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Dimensions of the composition: height 25 cm, width 25 cm. Plants love light shade or partial shade and are unpretentious. Minimal care!
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Do you want to dive into the mysterious depths of the sea and see bright corals, shells, mysterious algae and even small goldfish? Now a piece of the ocean can always be with you and it is made from unpretentious plants: sedums, succulents, ferns and mini ficus. Dimensions of the composition: height 35 cm, width 45 cm, and width only 12 cm!
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A very romantic composition pink tones with decor of blue glass shells. Dimensions of the composition: height 25 cm, width 10 cm. The orchid loves the sun and light shade. Unpretentious, requires rare, minimal watering.
made to order with individual design development MINIFLORARIUM “BIRCH GROVE”. This spectacular composition will take you to the coolness of a birch grove, filled with the smells of the forest and the singing of birds. Interesting shape of the big one glass goblet will become a highlight in your interior. Original accessories: sections of bark, birch branches and original decor white pebbles create a unique atmosphere. They are emphasized by variegated plants that love partial shade and are very unpretentious, and a small bird and a frog made of colored glass will complement the effect of being in a real birch grove! Dimensions of the composition: height: 50 cm, diameter 26 cm.
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Growing tropical plants at home can sometimes be a difficult task. Many “exotics” require high humidity air, warmth and absence of drafts. It was this feature of delicate ferns, which were incredibly popular in Europe in the 19th century, that forced the British to look for ways to artificially recreate the climate of the humid tropics. And a solution was found! It turned out to be Ward's box, which is a box with walls made of sheet glass connected by metal strips. Sunlight penetrated Ward's box perfectly, which could not be said about air, the access of which was limited. Due to the fact that the water in a closed vessel did not evaporate outward, but settled on the walls and plants, a constant high humidity. This allowed the enterprising English to grow many varieties in their homes. exotic plants: ferns, orchids, bromeliads, etc.
The invention of Ward's box turned out to be so successful that it is not forgotten even now. Modern florists, wanting to grow whimsical tropical plants, place them in transparent vessels - florariums. This composition is called a “garden in a bottle,” although the container used is not necessarily an ordinary bottle. Is it possible to make a garden in a bottle with your own hands? Yes, it’s easy - just arm yourself with a suitable vessel and select plants for the composition.
When searching for a suitable vessel, you can give free rein to your imagination. Any container that is large enough, with a tapering neck and a widening bottom, will do. It could be big bottle from wine or chemical liquids, a round aquarium, a jar for bulk products. For plants that prefer maximum humidity, you should select a container that can be hermetically sealed.
In this case, the narrower the neck, the more humid the microclimate can be achieved. However, the neck should allow for procedures to care for the internal contents - loosen the soil, remove dead plants or their rotten parts. Inside a non-sealed florarium (aquarium or bottle without a cork), the humidity will be lower due to constant ventilation.
It is easier to grow plants in open florariums - constant ventilation reduces the chances of rotting
Choosing plants for a garden in a bottle
When looking for plants for a mini-garden, you should give preference to small species that are not prone to growth. Otherwise, within a few months the large size will outgrow the capacity and will have to be either trimmed or replaced with a new one.
Since the garden in a bottle serves as a decoration, it is undesirable to fill it halfway soil mixture. The soil should occupy no more than ¼ of the volume of the bottle, or better yet, even less. Therefore, florarium plants should have a small surface root system, which does not require much soil.
Moisture-loving violets with a small root system are a good choice for a bottle garden
In a glass greenhouse, regardless of whether it is completely closed or not, the air humidity is increased. This means that only moisture-loving plants that are accustomed to tropical downpours or marshy soils can thrive in it. Obviously, growing desert cacti in a bottle garden would be reckless - the likelihood of them rotting is too high.
The easiest way to cultivate decorative foliage plants in a sealed bottle. Flowering species should be grown in an open-mouthed container or round aquarium without a lid, promptly removing faded flowers so that they do not begin to rot. Among such flowering plants for a garden in a bottle, orchids and Saintpaulias have already become traditional. Fittonias, ferns, ivies, chlorophytums, pelleys, royal begonias, bromeliads, some dracaenas and dwarf ficuses, mosses, etc. are also suitable for “green” compositions.
Making a mini-greenhouse under glass
Step 1. Prepare the substrate for planting
At the bottom of the selected container we place a layer of drainage 1-2 cm thick. This can be expanded clay, small pebbles or crushed stone. Then add soil substrate mixed with charcoal (you can use Activated carbon) in a layer of 5-10 cm. Coal is necessary as a disinfectant and antiseptic that prevents root rotting. As for the substrate, it should be light and breathable. No clay or heavy soils! The roots of plants in a bottle garden must “breathe”.
Step 2. Planting the plants
Using a teaspoon, fork or spatula, make indentations in the substrate and carefully plant the plants. If the neck of the bottle is too narrow, then it is most convenient to use large medical tweezers to place the plants.
Between the plants you can place several unusual stones, ornate driftwood, or garden figurines suitable for the composition. Such an imitation of a natural landscape will make a mini garden in a bottle a full-fledged alternative to a real garden.
Step 4. Caring for a garden in a bottle
After the plants are planted, it is time for the first watering. Carefully spill the soil - in this case it is important to take precautions so that excess water does not stagnate for a long time in the drainage layer.
Cover the sealed bottle garden with a lid or stopper. After some time, condensation may form on the walls of the vessel - this means that waterlogging has occurred. Drops on the walls should be wiped off and the lid of the vessel should be opened for a while. Once the condensation is removed, the bottle garden requires virtually no special care. Sometimes (in summer - about once a week) you will have to open the lid and spray the plants. At the same time, the humid climate will remain.
If the bottle garden does not close, then it will have to be watered more often. In any case, with the right composition of slowly growing plants, the garden in a bottle will retain its decorative properties for a long time with virtually no effort on your part. Of course, florarium plants will not be as unpretentious as artificial plastic flowers from bottles for the garden. However, you can afford to go away for a week without fear that the plants will die without watering.
Bottle Garden Options
We have selected for you several examples of how you can design a garden in a bottle (photo) - we hope they will inspire you to create your own mini-greenhouse.
The florarium in a glass teapot can be ventilated at any time - just open the lid
Composition in a glass - impeccable taste
Several small bottle gardens are an alternative to flower bouquets on the serving table
Florariums in living room design
Is it possible to grow plants in a bottle? As much as possible! Of course, you need to have some experience in growing plants, and you also need a lot of patience. But rest assured, your efforts will not be in vain, because you can grow not just plants in a bottle, but also create various landscape compositions.
In order to grow plants in a bottle you need to choose the appropriate dishes. It is better if it has a wide neck. This will make it much easier further care for plants. You can take an aquarium or even a jug with a lid. If there is no aquarium, then you can use glass bottles, and flasks of various configurations.
In addition, when creating your own garden in a bottle, you need to know that this vessel can no longer be placed under straight lines. Sun rays, otherwise the walls of the bottle or aquarium will play the role of a lens, and burns will appear on the plants, which can lead to the death of the entire plant.
To grow in a bottle, take young plants that tolerate pruning well, for example, dwarf ficus, chlorophytum, arrowroot, hyposthes, fittonia, asplenium and even fast-growing indoor tradescantia.
Place a drainage layer on the bottom of the vessel, consisting of fine expanded clay mixed with charcoal. Don't neglect charcoal. If you suddenly water a little more than you should, the charcoal will prevent the development of greenery. The drainage layer also depends on the height of the vessel, but it must be at least five centimeters. In a tall vessel, drainage may be higher.
After the drainage layer is made, you can begin the earthen mixture. The choice of soil mixture depends on the requirements of the plant you are going to plant. The earth mixture is poured into the bottle in a layer of about ten centimeters.
Remove plants prepared for planting in a glass container from their pots and shake off some of them old land from the roots and plant them carefully in the bottle using bamboo or wooden sticks and wire to support the plants. Start planting plants from the walls of the bottle, gradually moving towards the center. There is no need to plant too many plants. We must remember that they will all grow up, and each plant should have its own feeding area. A stronger plant can become an aggressor in a confined space and choke out a weaker plant.
Once all the desired plants have been planted, cover the surface of the soil in the bottle with moss and water carefully. The water should flow gently down the sides of the bottle. Leave the bottle open at first so that the plants can breathe and the moisture can evaporate. When pruning fast-growing plants, try not to leave a single leaf in the bottle, otherwise in a humid environment they will begin to rot and become a source of infection.
At correct landing, and proper care like this flower composition of plants in a bottle will feel great for several years. David Latimer's garden in a bottle continues to grow for more than forty years!
A beautiful miniature garden inside a bottle will decorate any home. Creating such a garden will bring many benefits.
This exciting hobby of creating unusual compositions quickly becomes addictive and helps relieve stress.
But it can also become additional source income - compositions under glass are becoming very popular today. And peace of mind and a beautiful result will give you a good mood.
Creation of a florarium
To create own garden in a bottle, you need to visit a specialized store and purchase the necessary components:
- container for creating a garden;
- Activated carbon;
- priming;
- plants;
- cardboard;
- decorations.
The main thing in such a garden is the variety of fantasies. You need to start by choosing a suitable vessel. You can find a non-standard bottle. The main thing is that the neck is wide.
Ordinary objects such as a glass, jar, vase will also work. An aquarium can also be used for this purpose. The main condition is that it must be a transparent glass container.
As a decoration, you need to choose good drainage that will help drain water. Depending on the initial idea, ordinary sand or beautiful pebbles may be suitable.
You don’t need to pour a lot of soil into the container, just fill it a quarter full. activated carbon is used as an antiseptic. As additional decorative elements Moss, shells, stones, plant branches are suitable. You can use miniature figurines.
Choosing plants for the garden
Particular attention should be paid to the choice of plants. Here you need to take into account that there will be little space and plants with a small root system and small sizes are suitable.
At the same time, they must be unpretentious to the conditions. While caring for flowering plants You will need to remove faded flowers, and this is inconvenient to do in a glass container. It is better to opt for decorative foliage plants.
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Calamus will be a good decoration for a garden in a bottle. It grows slowly, tolerates lack of moisture well, and grows to a height of just over 20 centimeters. And its green leaves with a creamy tint will look good in any version of the selected landscape.
The decoration of the garden behind the glass will be a royal begonia, its height does not exceed 20 centimeters. A fern will look good in a low container and will add mystery to the composition.
Can be used different plants, but you need to take into account all of them; they should not exceed 20 centimeters in height and should tolerate high humidity.
Handy tool
To create and maintain a garden in a bottle, you will need some tools. A spoon with a long handle will replace the scoop here. To trim plants, you need to attach the blade to a long handle.
It will be convenient to compact the soil with a spool of thread. You can pick up and carry plants using two long sticks. To spray, you will need an appropriately sized spray bottle, and to wipe the container you will need a sponge.
The process of creating a garden
Pour drainage into the bottom of the selected container. If necessary, you can make a “hilly relief” out of paper before doing this. Next we add activated carbon, which will fight bacteria and mold.
Sprinkle on top fertile soil. Regardless of the plants chosen, the total volume of all layers should not exceed one fourth of the volume of the container. Finally, compact the soil a little with a coil.
For the planting process, you can use a regular spoon. It is necessary to take into account when planting plants that if the seedlings have already grown large roots, they need to be trimmed.
This will simplify the planting process and slow down plant growth in the future. At the end, spray the plants and soil with a spray bottle.
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For small containers use 2-3 plants. If you want to plant more plants, then the container must be selected in appropriate sizes.
In the future, the plants do not need constant watering; they only need the moisture that evaporates from the leaves. When the plants grow, they will need to be pruned.
A garden in a bottle can be a great substitute for growing indoor plants, looks more aesthetically pleasing and can go for a long time without replenishing moisture.
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