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Miniature gardens are ruling in today's trends with gardening. With space crunch and going eco friendly we see a lot of self sustaining and vertical gardens today. Available online are a vast collection of plants especially best for miniature gardens. Its a transformation just like in all fields, so also gardening trends are more focused today on recycling, up cycling, promoting healthy air plants and saving mother earth resources.
Fantastic miniature gardens can be grown in containers, glass bowls, conches, and even rocks assembled to form a creative display.
Garden stands for balcony window gardens
I myself have had to let go of many of my old heavy plant container due to difficulties in handling, shifting and even growing plants in the limited balcony/rather window garden. The trends today is for earthen pots with a rustic feel. Few years back the ceramics ruled, so also metal containers.
There are so many options with gardening and I am blessed to have continued the passion with whatever environment changes we go through. From the small window gardens and struggling to make them flower , packed amidst one another a large number of plant containers, then the terrace garden which had huge bigger plant containers with even the Happy Gulmohar blooming above the high rise, a majestic view of bright vermilion against the blue sky, now the entry way and the window gardens are an exciting part of my life.
Gulmohar/Flame of Forrest growing in Huge container Terrace Garden
snow queen plant growing in huge drum container in terrace garden
Entrance gardens rule today with the Best feng shuii energy to activate wealth and happiness. If you have a south, east, southeast entrance this is the best place to have your entry way garden. The only limitation would be of limited sunlight(like for us) I wanted the pathway effect so my plants were lined up for the long passage way at out entrance. Otherwise you will be amazed at how easy it is to install a vertical garden with very low maintenance.
Wall Decals for decorating Feng shui entrance Garden
Spray Gun for watering window garden plants
Rectangular plant containers
Hanging plant containers for window gardens and balcony garden trends
Very important tip for growing plants
Gardening never seems to stop testing my creativity and passion.The trends are a lot of sustainable gardening. The support matters, especially with new plants and tall plants supporting them with rocks helps them get the desired support till they root well.
Dead body at your entrance! Really very important to remove the dried dead plants from your entrance garden and do not keep for long as it is similar to having a dead body as per Feng Shuii energy. Read on- Cinnamon uses as protection cures why and how
empty containers, Thank you for being such an important part of my journey
It was time...to let go. However beautiful and however mush the journey has been with these large containers, I had to give them away. I no longer am able to lift heavy containers and also with the limited sunlight and gloomy environment here in my entryway and window gardens,I really found it difficult to handle large containers with so much soil. the roots that had over grown did not allow the plants to flourish and caring too became difficult. It is better to uproot and grow in smaller container than to have dull sick limy plants growing in your garden, that is the decision you have to make.
Garden stands and grill metal racks for plants window balcony garden trends
Space crunch and low maintenance gardens rule today. Working category people are so busy with their lives that they prefer online ready container plants. It is also easy to call them online garden websites and let them make your vertical garden or install a low maintenance garden in any space.
Plant stands have helped me keep my gardens organised and attractive with the creative display.
Use the Feng shuii knowledge and make miniature gardens to attract health wealth and prosperity in your home. Amaryllis bulb care video 9 Best Feng shuii plants for miniature Gardens-
You will have to keep them small, low maintenance, so think about garden design before hand while you choose the plants. We must understand the symbolism of feng shuii plants to benefit from their placement in your miniature garden. This is not just about beauty and gardening, it is about activating energy and feng shuii sectors to attract good health, wealth and happy relationships.
I am mentioning nine Best energy plants that I have personally found to be low maintenance and grow in small containers happily in harsh, challenging, and limited environmental conditions. hence I love these and am sharing my knowledge for the benefit of others.
1) Jade, Crassula argentea, best Feng shuii wealth plant, in fact Masters say that if you have two plants in your home, healthy growing, that place will never lack wealth! I have not been able to grow succulents successfully till date, still I keep trying. Succulents, you have a lot of choice here with low maintenance.
3)Add colours! Cypress, Chinese ever green, crotons for bright coloured foliage. Spider Plant- Chlorophytum comosum. There may be difficulty in having flowers, of course bougainvilleas grow so well with their fat stubs and riot of colour blooms!
4) Rubber plant is amazing energy of strength and prosperity. And very hardy with low care.
5) Boston fern.Best energy of bright green and grows from small oval bulbs. Why boston fern did not grow? Transplanting boston fern practical tips photos
6) Lucky Bamboo. best survival energy plant, Dracaena sanderiana, you must have these, you will love them and they are best feng shuii. If your plants are dying read this Important tips for growing Chinese Bamboo plants
7)Money plant .Golden Pothos -Epipremnum aureum Why money plant rules as Best feng shuii wealth cure?
8) ZZ , Fat boy is the best, and also very good feng shuii goodluck plant.
9) Snake plants,Snake Plant- Sansevieriatall, circular and different variegated varieties that require very less care. How to use this as Natural pest control plant. Strong evil eye protection plants and air purifiers.
When you choose to have a miniature garden remember there must be caring and specific requirements knowledge of all the plants you are growing. You will have to keep regular alertness while watering and also trimming them to keep them contained in your miniature garden container. A important tip when you are placing your miniature garden, in fact choosing which type of miniature garden to have- read my article published on space saver gardens in Trujetter in flight magazine.
East and south east are so good with growing energy activating health wealth and relationships. If you choose to place the miniature garden in north and northwest it is good to choose whites and grays succulents and also a rock garden is great feng shuii. So if you follow the Ba Gua and understand the five elements theory you will see that there will come understanding of what plant type of miniature garden to have in which sector of your home or garden.
3 practical tips for window garden-
1) Don’t cram them! Let each plant breathe! Especially the Palms
need to sway other wise it is bad feng shui.
2) Garden stands help a lot for having great arrangements according
to size, watering requirements, colour, and growth habits.
3) Have plates under neath! Your passion must not be a nuisance to
others! we have made a stone barricade to stop water from flowing on the outside
wall. This helps prevent discoloration and staining of the outside your window
wall by muddy water.
Do share in comments your doubts and experiences with miniature
gardens.
We all love big sized flowers isn't it! majestic sizes and ask any gardener we strive to bring out healthy blooms with love care watering and the magic touch! sharing here practical workable tips for growing big sized flowers and a fantasies video and of course make Amla murabba at home-recipe.
Huge size Anthurium flower in small plant
Anthurium flowers overflowing in Container window gardening
Magical land of enchantment, a fairy tale inspiring positive and story of hope and encouragement. A story with illustrations and drawings paintings bringing in some magic back to your life! A Kundalini Awakening experience in such a simple manner, flow with me! Take this trip to the magical blooms land. Just made this for personal joy wish list.
I may not have been able to do a great job as an narrator and illustrator, but this was a dream and had to do it.
Sharing hope, moral of the story of positive energy excitement and magic.
Window sill Garden is flourishing with over flowing plants that need regular trimming, That is one of the biggest challenges of container gardening.
How to grow Anthurium flowers of large size? the Anthurium flower plant sure loved winters and even though we get no direct sunlight or to say even no indirect sun, its just a environment having a north facing home where it is difficult tog row flowering plants. So there was magical joy to see these Anthurium flowers blooming in my window garden. They just bloomed and bloomed and I too was surprised with the love they gave me back!
For those who know me over the years with gardening, I usually avoid giving them anything extra. I do understand that adding fertilizers helps but I prefer to care for my plants with as much natural environmental support and love care.
Why I avoid fertilizers and supplements? during early years with gardening many plants would die off. There sure comes up a greed factor to see flowers, big flowers fast,and we tend to add more. That is the sad part, people just add without any prior knowledge and then plants die. I do offer regular prayers blessings those who left us, because for them that I learned gardening and practical tips for caring the later on ones.
That's the photo when we had added them one year back
Growing Huge Anthurium flower in container three tips-
1) Keep the plant root bound. they may spread fast but if you want more flowers don't allow more foliage to grow.
2) Well draining soil but do have some soil. My plants were growing in coco peat as I had bought them but the feelings of emptiness kept coming up and I added some soil and bravo it picked up growth immensely!
3) What to feed them after giving them love? I have seen that you can add some cowdung but for me this was not possible. Probably we have no direct sunlight so it will stink and we have our window garden in our living room so again the issue of smell. But, I have seen ,limitations bring out the best in me! Gave it a very mild dose of water dissolved fertilizer before winter set in. ( I have killed too many plants over the span of past twenty five years while feeding them in winters...the strong climatic conditions and leaf drop setting in triggers instant death is given in high dose for any plant, better to avoid feeding any plants in chilly weather)
And egg shells, yes crush the boiled egg shells , they work best. I tried adding fresh egg shells too but I have seen the boiled egg shells work better, maybe my plants like cooked food!
The most sturdy among Anthurium flowering plants are the red coloured after which come pink, the other color flowering
Anthurium plants, white, yellow, greenish peach, I have found to be slow in flowering and the wait is too long
sometimes. Our peach colored Anthurium plant has after a year not given any blooms,
every time the leaves grow smaller in size and also the blooms are quite tiny. Though they remain on the plant for longerperiods.
Choose to buy Red flowering plants and place them in indirect sunlight spots for bestflowering. Wintersbring out Amazing blooms. Do not skip watering for long and also avoid too much watering. The genes matter and if you are lucky buy Anthurium plant with flowers. But the large size part still I havenot found correct reasons and answers, only that maybe they lobe me muchmore!
The reminders of my struggle of growing the Brahma Kamal plants
Joy of Growing Brahma Kamal plants
Very happy to see my Brahma Kamal plants growing. I know the flowering part is the miracle part for which I don't know when the Universe will bless me, but at least they are growing here in my window garden.
Succulent plant
painting recycling garden containers
new plants for window garden
Goose berries have high immunity boosting properties and in general gooseberry fruits have high nutrients and vitamins boosting good health. Gooseberry in Hindi is called Awla/Amla/Awlahe. We can make Amla murrabba at home very easily and this way you can preserve the fruit in sweetened form for even a year. With market ready sweetened fruits you may have the doubt of purity and also there are always some preservatives added. The first time of the year it has gone a bit more brownish with sugar syrup caramelization. Also prepared Amla sherbet that too is very easy and a small amount daily helps protect from seasonal diseases. I add ginger, rock salt, chat masala, mint leaves jeera black peppers cinnamon cardamom, for the taste into the boiling part. Digestive properties and aids in gastric problems. High in minerals. Immunity booster and helps to lower cholesterol.
Recipe for making Amla Murrabba at home-
1) Choose green fresh Gooseberries. This fruit must be fresh and not too ripe or soft. Take quantity 1/2 kg or 1 kg as you wish to make.
2) wash the fruits well and remove any dark or spoilt portions. Give the round ball shaped Amla fruits a few slits. this is done to help the fruit absorb the sugar syrup sweetness and also become soft.
3) Boil the fruit in water. I was doubting whether to throw away the complete boiled water as all the nutrients have overflowed in the boiled water. When in two minds take the mid way. So I kept some water and threw most of it.
4)Take sugar almost double or triple the weight of the fruit you have taken, boil in water. I took approximately water of a few glasses. Too little water and the syrup becomes thick fast. Too much water and you have to keep boiling it to get the right consistency of the sugar syrup.
5) Once the syrup boils add up the cooked Gooseberry fruits. Keep boiling at low temperatures as the syrup will overflow on high flame and it becomes a mess cleaning the sticky syrup on your gas stove. Stirring.
6) Check the syrup as it becomes thicker and put off the flame. let the sweetened murabba cool a bit. Check the taste, if sour , then you may need more sugar. Add sugar and boil. It looks a golden yellow colour. I went ahead for the brownish as the fruit soaks the caramelized sugar and fruit tastes good.
7) never store in aluminium vessels or container as the fruit is sour. You can choose steel, plastic or ceramic jar to store the Amla murabba. Can be stored outside and also in fridge.
To increase its life never put wet spoon to remove the fruit. Also do not keep the jar open for long periods as it will be exposed to outside dust and minute insects that may spoil the murabba.
Try it and eat it, for good health of you and your family!
Gooseberry Sweetened preserved fruit dish / Amla Murabba at home simple recipe
With the New year, 2020 more garden excitement continues to add
fresh energy. Goals this year for making happiness gardens , add more, green
and more colours! 2020 has a more powerful energy especially February is the most auspicious month for activating new goals. 2nd February 2020 the most Amazing energy from the Universe and will be spreadingthisyear around. begin new projects, mend relationships, set new targets and goals, prioritize your priorities, get clarity focus and what your heart desires...just go for it! No replacement for hardsincere effort! the Universe loves it!
Setting Goals 2020 for my Gardening as always every year new focuses emerge. Especially for whatever the Universebrings for me, I continue gardening, my window garden.
1) more focus on ornamental pretty plant containers ( my
containers were hand painted, but now we r spoilt with choice! So many unique
plant containers!)
2) Focus on what grows happily in restricted environment.
Add those plants.
3) No sunlight no flowers, doesn't matter. Add plants with
coloured leaves, always a colourful garden!
4) Garden design. The terrace
garden had its own design. Now focus on setting unique and workable garden
design , easy maintenance gardens are priority. No more excuses for starting
happiness gardens!
5) On a travelling spree, so minimal care container plants
would be good. That's one thing I am blessed with, whenever we go for a week or
so, my gardens are taken care of by fairies. And what a beautiful care they
give. In fact telling someone to water my plants last time we were out, was a
mistake, my plants don't take well to new hands energy. Choose plants that
require less frequent watering
6) Always be prompt in keeping your garden neat
and trimmed! Overflowing gardens look so happy, but dried overflowing gardens
do not! There is a difference! Dried pots and plants bring negative energy and
are bad feng shuii.
7) Go vertical! Best way to keep floor space clean in
entryway garden. Have grown some plants in bottles, they look great!
Recycling, focus, 2020!
8) They need more love than care! Accept this! Those
who are gardeners and those who have gardens know! When you see a beautiful blooming garden understand and know that the gardener has done a great job! There is someone who takes regular care and maintains the garden afresh. More love, lots of love,
love is so enough! Most times! For me there is the magical element of fairies taking care of my garden. At times I too wonder how, but then they do take care as there are signs and symbols of their presence in the blooming garden. You may keep a fairy stool, small places for fairies to rest and see the difference in your garden. I have made a hand made paper mache fairy stool.
My Garden Fairy stool
9) Never give up! Nope! Never give up on
gardens! I always advice people, some plants may not have worked for you,
doesn't mean you have a sore thumb for gardening! Plants are so cheap, you can even get cuttings to grow new plants. And we now get ready potted plants, no hassles. Absolutely please do keep adding!
While you may be spending
on so many other things, put GARDENING on your priority list. A small amount of happiness in
your financial budget! You will see how your health and wealth will transform.
Try it, it works! Have a Blessed 2020!
Happy Gardening from Rizwana!!
I do not
sell plants this is my love and passion. I am a symbolist painter, healing
artist since year 2000 selling original art to spread health wealth and Joy
with world through my Reiki symbol healing paintings! Buy Reiki paintings for health wealth and joy.
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Simplified and my love and passion for plants, and of course I blush and go on
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