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I hope this finds you safe, cozy and dreaming about miniature gardening! Our hearts go out to our fellow miniature gardeners in California - we hope you and yours are safe from the unbelievable flooding. We are with you! <3

I am working between the storms here in Seattle while trying a different way to garden: stopping to ask the right way to do things. Lol! I've been an experimental gardener for forever but I'm finding out that if I stop and ask the Internet when to move a plant, or how to divide one properly, it, um, is really helping... thought to share that tidbit. :o)  (Got a question about mini gardening? Hit reply!)

Grab a cuppa, I've got a mini lesson for you from today's featured miniature garden shown above and aptly titled, 'Let's Go All the Way.'

AND there's a head's up - the Lunar New Year is on the 22nd and we're headed into the Year of the Rabbit. But have no fear, we new rabbits and a Japanese Arbor in stock today! If we see your order with any rabbits or Asian accessories, we'll ship it ASAP! 

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A Mini MG Lesson: Let's Go All the Way

A continuation of my in-ground garden experiment that I'm doing for the Miniature Garden Society:

I almost didn't use these photos but thought they were a good way to show you what doesn't work well, if your a stickler for realism in the miniature garden, like I am. Or, at least a cohesive scene that makes sense.

This one shown here, is one of the fairy garden sections of my new-again in-ground garden. For a more whimsical scene, I used a blend of our Granite Pebbles mixed with the bright green pebbles, plus a faux pond with tumbled glass - instead of my usual real-water-ponds. My earlier display had fairy accessories and brightly colored furniture which worked. 

But you can see that I've changed-out all the fairy accessories for realistic garden miniatures. NOW something is lacking, missing or off - it's not making me giggle or smile like a lot of my scenes do. 

~~> What's Happened? 

It's the patio and pond that are pulling the scene back from the enchantment of a true garden in miniature. 

No one ever, in the full-sized world, would have a patio and pond like that, right? So, why would I think it would work in miniature? 

AND it doesn't even look fairy-like, does it?

What to do?

Stick to one or the other. Go all the way with the one topic, rather than be wishy-washy and try to blend too many ideas into a single garden-space.

~> If you're making a miniature garden, keep it as realistic and as authentic as you can. The individual authentic plants and accessories will add up to a cohesive scene.

~> If you're making a fairy garden - then go all the way "Fae" and focus on fairy accessories that actually look fairy-like. And remember, less is more.

~> And, if you don't want to any of this - don't! Lol! It's your own world and if you love it, then it's PERFECT. :O)

And, I'll put this miniature garden scene back to fairyland now... 

The Limeglow Juniper. 

~> See it up in the store here.

~> See it's winter colors up in the Mini Garden Guru blog here.

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Thank you for reading!

Remember to water 
your outdoor miniature garden too. 

It's better for the roots to be frozen than freeze dried.