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Happy Fourth Fellow Miniature Gardener!
Remember to take photos of your miniature gardens, especially if you are decorating them for a party this weekend.
QUICK TIP: Photograph your garden (full-sized and miniature,) when it's overcast. The cloud-cover diffuses the light and gets rid of the hard shadows that the direct sun creates. You can also wait for the garden to be in the shade, or you can use an umbrella to create the shade while you take the photo. You might have to lighten them up afterwards, however,
but all photo apps have a way to edit the exposure (- just look for the edit button or ask Google.)
Stay safe! Whatever you do make it fun - and keep it fun,
Above: See below for more details on the plants and accessories in this garden.
PS x 2 - Shipping News: we're a bit behind in our shipping this week. We guarantee our plants during transit so we have to err on the side of caution and work between the heatwaves and holidays. (Monday is the Fourth holiday for the US.) We're geared-up to catch up on Tuesday and Wednesday though! And the good news is that you'll receive healthy plants!
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LOOK for tiny flowers in your full-sized garden,
as well as the miniature flowers from your mini garden plants. The tall flowers in the back are lavender, (I looked for the smallest blooms,) the two really red flowers in the middle are Salvia, (I would have plucked more but the hummingbirds love this one and there weren't many in bloom,) The big pink bloom on the right is a single Geranium flower. The white ones in the middle are from Sedum Stonecrop, the gold-balls are from the New Zealand Bur. See the link below
for the how-to. >>
From the Mini Garden Guru Blog...
Can be translated into any language,
just scroll down to the end of this page
and choose your language!
See that pretty
Blue and White Ceramic pot here. The "painted-looking" stakes are from the USA flag toothpicks with the flag-part trimmed off. I went through the bag and chose the less-than-perfect toothpick flags for this idea, and saved the "good"
flags for the garden bed decor.
Miniature cinderblocks are from our friends down in Orlando, FL, MiniMaterials.com - I painted them here, at my studio to have some more patriotic color-schemes to play with. Those are
our Sedum Cuttings, available here.
The Bishop's Form Cranesbill - more coming in stock next week.
The cooler and beer is from a toy set bought long-ago. The napkin, plate and cupcakes were found at my local dollhouse miniature show. The Red Adirondack and the blue pot (off camera) are up in the our online store now.
A HUGE AND VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU
TO ALL THE FRONT LINE WORKERS,
THE FIRST RESPONDERS
AND ALL OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS!
I'M JANIT CALVO, YOUR FELLOW MINIATURE GARDENER (YFMG)
Seattle, WA. - USDA Zone 7
Thank you for reading!
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ABOUT OUR SHIPPING:
We ship internationally (- but not the plants!)
All shipping costs are checked by Steve and we refund any savings promptly because of our wide range of unique inventory: we ship tiny miniatures, heavy patio materials and living plants, sometimes the automatic shipping calculator "packs" the order in multiple boxes which costs more. Steve can pack better than any online shipping calculator can - if we can save you money on
shipping, we will.
MORE ABOUT OUR SHIPPING: There is some confusion when checking out of our online store and seeing the shipping option of "Priority Mail." Priority Mail is the term the United States Post System calls their services. Anything over 1 pound
gets shipped by Priority Mail. They have done-away with Parcel Post. ~> It does not mean you get "priority" over anyone else's order. It's just what they call it. We are not able to send any order over a pound any other way. We choose to stay with USPS because they are least expensive, 98% reliable and they usually get your orders to you within 3 days at most. We've priced other services and USPS is our choice to save you money and ship your plants to you safely and quickly.
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