Make your tabletop moss garden in 5 simple steps .
tot up a little color to your tabular array with this light - to - do moss garden . This DIY project adds an artistic touch to an outdoor seating domain or brings nature at bottom with rocks , plants , and some touchable moss to finish it off . We used a ceramic dish to hold the dirt and moss in place , but you may choose any flat vessel you wish ( just be sure to add a drainage hole ) .
BHG / Adrienne Legault
Credit:BHG / Adrienne Legault
What You’ll Need
Equipment / Tools
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Instructions
How to Make a Tabletop Moss Garden
Drill Holes
Using the ceramic - tile bit , practise a center hollow in the ceramic dish . contribute just enough water to cover the bottom of the lulu , allowing weewee to settle the dust and cool down the drill fleck as it heats up . Begin drilling at a 45 - arcdegree angle to create a groove as a beachhead , steady the bit . Then slowly move the drill to a 90 - level slant and wind up drilling . moisten the cup of tea .
Add Fabric and Pea Gravel
delineate the bottom of the dish withlandscape fabric , so rock music and potting intermixture wo n’t clot the drain hole . tot a thin layer of pea crushed rock to assist in drainage .
Add Potting Mix and Accents
add together well - drainingpotting mixto just below the rim . start adding your " bones " of the dish garden . apply a kitchen spoon to dig cakehole for vascular flora ( such as baby ferns ) . In this task , David Spain uses a tilt and an ebony spleenwortfernfor structure .
Cut and Add Moss
Add a larger piece of moss than the space allow and , using your clipper , trim to a size a little larger than necessitate so the edges can be tucked in . Lay it atop the potting mixture and contract down firmly .
Tuck in Edges
habituate any tool to tuck in the edge of the moss . Spain use a bamboo skewer . Using tweezers or surgical clipper , remove any leaf debris . The net design include mosses Brachythecium rutabulum and Dicranum scoparium , reindeer moss ( Cladonia spp . ) , and ebony spleenwort ( Asplenium platyneuron ) .
Credit:BHG / Adrienne Legault
Credit:BHG / Adrienne Legault
Credit:BHG / Adrienne Legault
Credit:BHG / Adrienne Legault
