Table of Contents
Introduction 8
Getting Started 11
Creating a Miniature Garden Workshop 13
Tools, Materials, and Techniques 17
World Tour 29
America 31
Aging Adirondacks
Snail Shell Planter
Great Britain 45
Ancient Brick Patio
A Folly in the Park
Spain 55
Aging a Fountain
Pretty Mosaic Patio
India 67
Meditation Altar
An Indian Parasol
Japan 75
Zen Sand Garden
Easy Bonsai Pruning
Make It Special 81
A Little Birthday Wish 83
A Good Sign
Let Them Plant Cake
An Enchanting Garden Wedding 89
Making Arches
Let There Be Light
Wedding Bouquet
Mother's Day 103
Country Garden Posy
Hanging Flower Vase
Independently Yours 117
A Patriotic Perch
Light Up Your Life
A Haunted Halloween 125
A Spooky Ghost
Reduce, Reuse, Revive from the Dead
Have a Merry Little Christmas 135
A Christmas Tree Dress
A Holiday Snowman
Miniature Imaginings 145
Fairy Haven 147
Fairy House Redux
Customize a Fairy Bench
Gnome Garden 161
Door to a Gnome's Home
Log Border
Deserted Island Survival 173
Tree House
Make a Cave
Colonizing Outer Space 181
Make an Alien
The Mothership
Under the Sea 193
Glass Float
Sea Throne
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Wardian Case: A Miniature Atrium 205
Your Own Miniature Atrium
Broken-Pot Gardening 215
Break Your Own Broken Pot
Cachepots and Vases: Fast and Fun Miniature Gardening 223
Make a Scene
Guerrilla Gardening 233
Sharing Miniature Garden Fun
Miniature Scales 238
Metric Conversions 238
Recommended Reading 239
Shopping Resources 240
Acknowledgments 241
Photography Credits 241
Index 242