Miniature Moss Gardens : Create Your Own Japanese Container Gardens (Bonsai, Kokedama, Terrariums & Dish Gardens)

**__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!** 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! Miniature Moss Gardens presents expert advice and techniques from Japan, the birthplace of miniature gardening. In Japan, moss is revered for its sublime colors and textures, inspiring gardeners and non-gardeners alike. Moss can be found everywhere--in your garden, in crevices between stones, and in cracks in the city concrete. In the tiny world of terrariums, container gardens, dish gardens and kokedama (moss ball gardens), moss is a magic carpet that turns a diminutive plot of soil into a self-contained living world. You'll learn about : Miniature Moss Gardens offers expert advice and techniques from the birthplace of miniature gardening. One of the only books in print to focus on moss and miniature gardens, it is friendly enough for total beginners and full of ideas and tips for experienced gardeners. Moss can inspire gardeners and non-gardeners alike due to its variety of colors and textures. Oshima and Kimura offer expert advice and techniques to provide ideas and tips, from collecting moss and choosing soil and containers to designing a terrarium with a variety of design elements.--Worldcat Foreword : a peek into the secret world of moss An introduction to moss Observation, discovery and gathering Care and maintenance Making and displaying moss creations Finding moss in cities and mountains Moss identification guide Glossary of moss terms. 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 Readers will ooh and ah while riffling through the pages of Oshima and Kimura's illustrated guide to miniature Japanese moss gardens. — Publishers Weekly |ING_08 Review quote