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Published: Fri, 05/19/17

  
        
 Mini Garden Gazette
Happy Victoria Day! 
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Hi ,

Okay I'm showing my Canadian roots but Victoria Day weekend was always the official start to summer up in Canada. Now the weather-people said spring is coming this weekend to the Seattle area - just in case you were looking for it too. It never showed up for the longest time in the Great Northwest but apparently it is working overtime on the east coast! Hope you are enjoying spring wherever you are.

It's been a busy week so I'll keep this short and sweet so you can dig into the gazette to find out what we've been up to. Be sure to glance through the gentle reminders for spring - click into the link if you need to know more. 

Oh, and if you are in the Great Northwest - come and see us at the huge Sorticulture Garden Art Show. If you've never been, it's a real garden-y treat. Plan to spend a few hours and stay for a bite to eat too. More below. 

Oh and ICYMI - Here's the link for the pre-order for new Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop: Handmade Projects for Your Tiny Living World. 

(If you don't care for the autograph, (sniff!) Amazon has it at a better price (of course!) here, in our affiliate Amazon store.)

As always, whatever you do, make it fun,

Linda and I at the trough. Lol! Linda head's up a number of different garden clubs. It was the Hill and Dale Garden Club that did the heavy lifting of installing the trough and filling it with styrofoam and potting soil. 

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Sparking Joy


It's official! The Miniature Garden Society, in collaboration with the Hill & Dale Garden Club, installed our first miniature-garden-therapy-garden (okay, so my name needs work, :o) this past week in the Old Soldier's Home in Orting, Washington, almost an hour south of Seattle.


I've always wanted to find out if a miniature garden can really deliver some garden therapy to non-miniature-gardeners if it was put in the right spot. If a full-size garden can be therapeutic for everyone, why not a tiny one too? And now that the Miniature Garden Society is established, we can make time to reach out into the community, to see what we can do with our hobby to share the joy of gardening in miniature.

See what happened here, on the Mini Garden Guru blog.


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COME AND SEE US!
PLANT A MINIATURE GARDEN TO TAKE-AWAY!

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It's our BIG Book Launch
at the

BIG
Sorticulture
Garden Art Show!


Sorticulture Garden Arts Festival 
June 9-11, 2017 @ Legion Memorial Park


It really is the best garden show in the Pacific Northwest. Lots of plant vendors, lots of local garden art, fun speakers and entertainment, delicious food trucks and events for kids in a beautiful setting overlooking the Puget Sound!

Oh, and us. Lol! 
Come the miniature gardens in the new
Gardening in Miniature Prop Shop book,
up close and personal! 



Sorticulture Hours:
Fri, June 9,  10 am to 8 pm
Sat, June 10,  10 am to 6 pm
Sun, June 11,  10 am to 4 pm!
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Miniature Cinderblock Couch! We're just starting to get into making these again. If you miss them, email us to get on our wait list and we'll make it happen. More things are starting to happen up in our Etsy store this week and next. See it here. 

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Digging into Spring
Some Gentle Reminders
From the Mini Garden Guru Blog


Click into the titles if you need more info:

Use the extreme weather to learn what works


For temporary heat waves or prolonged water-bans


Don't use Miracle Gro with our plants ~ use potting soil for pots


Repotting, cleaning up, aerating the soil, dieback and more 


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~ New or Back in Stock this Week ~


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Cobweb Houseleeks - aka Hens & Chicks with cobweb-like threads

Miniature Propane Barbecue - comes with a mini rubber chicken!

Classic Garden Hat - add a perfect personal touch to your mini scene.

Irish Moss - is really a miniature lawn that doesn't need mowing. :o)

Dwarf Lacebark Elm - really nice trunks this season! 











The above photo is from our display last year, 2016. If you recall, I had to keep all the gardens small because of Steve's accident - he was only able to "root" for me last year. :o)