Hi everyone! It's that time of year where I find peace and harmony in the art of gardening, my way at least. For those who have a bit of a green thumb and enjoy entertaining outdoors, here are my few pins on my Pinterest boards, a gardening chic and inspiring outdoor spaces for your perusal to spark your interest. To start with is our home courtyard, which aside from the kitchen, is one of my favorite spaces to dwell in during the evenings this time of year. It's a refreshing space to be in feet up with an ice cold and fruity sangria while embracing the cool evening breeze.
This mini terrarium transformation is a start in creating my own personal oasis for our staycations at home this coming summer. For many years, I've had this medium sized terrarium from Crate and Barrel of which I've used as a garden decor for our courtyard. It's a bit weathered now from being outdoors for so long. It still remains standing to hold and help grow any plant combination depending on your gardening taste in botanicals. You can also try to hunt down a vintage terrarium at estate sales. I have one next to the other as pictured below.
The before picture:
The materials used are:
exotic pebbles, preserved live reindeer moss, a couple succulents, a perennial flower and potting plant mix
My DIY Instructions:
After thoroughly cleaning my terrariums, I scooped a handful of potting mix to place on the base of the terrarium. Carefully removing each succelent and perennial from it's plastic pot, I removed the excess roots and soil, enough so the succulent doesn't sit too high on the base. If you prefer, measure the height of your base before removing the excess roots and soil from your plant.
As I already had a design in mind on how I wanted to place each plant on the base, I do recommend that you have a plan in mind before starting this project so that no living thing goes to waste. What I had in mind was placing the larger succulent in the center and the other on each corner by dividing the plant in half. I also wanted a hint of pink and yellow in the background to add color as well as height to my terrarium design.
Try adding a few exotic pebbles to add another shade of green color and to hold your preserved reindeer moss in place. Next step is to grab a good book, sit and hopefully watch it grow and flourish over time.
The Results:
Lastly, please don't forget to add water to keep that moisture in the terrarium. Pictured is the final transformation.
Thank you so much for reading and I hope you all enjoy your time with that special someone on this Father's Day!
Happy Father's Day to my Dad.
~marissa