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Grow a garden in a
tray ANYTHING in miniature and seeing it thrive immediately attracts our attention, more so if it is made with precision. Miniature gardens have a similar appeal.
As the name suggests, you need a tray as a base on which to develop the rest of the features. This does not literally mean a tray. While judging I once came across an exhibit, a landscape in miniature, created in the tyre of a car. It can be anything—a sink, tub, trough, slab, barrel or even an old and unused aquarium. Some people even prefer to make their own trays by using white cement and white pebbles with the edges raised. You may use anything
but make sure it has a good provision for drainage. For such landscape
gardens you will need various kinds of pebbles, stones, cinders, small
bridges, huts, swings, toys (frogs, garden lizards, insects etc.)
statuette, et al. The garden soil-sand-manure and leaf mould mixture
consists of one part of each. The mixture is the same as the one
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The display of plants and stones, etc could be carefully planned. Plants also need to be kept in a good shape and trained whenever necessary. Since the soil is quite shallow, use of shredded moss grass at the base of plants helps to conserve moisture. It also gives a natural, grassy look, especially when terraced gardens are created. Creating such gardens could be a good way to enable children to develop and hone their sense of creativity. |
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Capturing the beauty
of nature in miniature is basically a Japanese art. The Japanese have
perfected this art and have an explanation for each and every element
displayed in the landscape. Even the shape, size and the direction of
display of a stone has a different meaning. A simple, imaginative
creation of the landscape in miniature can also be termed a tray
garden.