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Make an inspiring garden spot inside your home by creating four beautiful indoor container gardens.. Make a couple of topiaries out of greenery in two large separate containers. Add some sedum and flowers around the base of the topiaries for added show. Grow an herb garden in a wooden box. Plant a succulent garden in a container of your choice. Add a comfy chair, some books, and a warm lamp. Then make your space a comfortable, cozy ,inviting place to be.

Choose a spot in your home to grow your garden.
Determine how much light you have in your space.
Pick plants according to the amount of light you have.
Purchase garden gloves, trowel, hand cultivator/ fork, compost/hand soil scoop.
Purchase plant containers at thrift stores, home improvement stores, or use what you already have.
For succulents you will need soil made for growing succulents. For topiaries, herbs, and flowering plants you will need quality potting soil and mix in some fertilizer like Osmocote.
Create a wooden box herb garden.
Create a succulent container garden.
Grow lollipop topiaries in your garden space.
Grow plants around a wreath form in a container.
Create your garden spot by putting your containers in your chosen garden space.
Add accessories to make your garden spot enjoyable.

There is something about bringing a splash of nature into your home that invites a peaceful feel to the spot you put it in. You don’t have a lot of plants but a few well planned and well planted containers can make all the difference in your indoor garden place.

Find Your Spot

Walk around your home and look for the perfect place to put your indoor garden. Well maybe not perfect but a spot that you think would be the right spot for growing plants and where you can relax and enjoy your garden. You don’t have to have a big space either to have an indoor garden.

I took a look around my home and decided to create my indoor garden in my living room. You know the room that always stays clean because you use it mostly for guests that drop by. It’s a room that you can go into at anytime and it gives you some hope because it may be the only clean room in the house but at least you have one room clean. I had originally pictured setting up a corner just for my indoor garden. Instead I created my indoor garden in my front room by placing my containers in strategic spots. It was surprising what an up lift it gave my room! Find a spot that will inspire you. A spot where you can retreat for a few minutes each day and just stop and give thanks or mediate.

Look For The Light

If I told you by spending twenty minutes of your morning each day in the sun, it could help you sleep better, lessen your stress, help with depression, and your general well being, what would you say? (By the way , that advice is found in Dr. Rangun Chatterjee’s Feel Better in 5 love this book!) What a great natural way to feel healthy right?. Same goes for your plants. When you look for your garden spot in your home, look for sunshine streaming through a window if the plants you choose require light. You can imitate light with special grow lights made for plants if you need more light in your room. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes so put in grow light in your search bar and you will see a variety of choices come up.

Gardening Tools You Need

To enjoy your garden and maintain it, you will want a few tools to make your job easier.

A good pair of garden gloves. This is a basic and I know this is a given but it makes planting more enjoyable.
Small garden trowel. Very useful as you plant your plants in either containers by themselves or in containers with additional plants.
Hand cultivator/fork. With this garden hand tool, you can move mix and move around your soil mix before putting your plant in your planter.
Compost/ hand soil scoop. Great for filling your pot with potting soil as you fill in around your plant in your container. Helps you keep the soil inside the pot and not on your counter or floor. as you pour it into the planter. Well worth the investment! Saves time and effort! Believe me! I know…yep speaking from experience!
Spray bottle will be very useful as you plant your indoor garden. Sometimes your plant may need just a gently misting. A spray bottle takes care of that!
Also a large syringe that holds water is very helpful for watering succulents and other plants. (I got mine on Amazon) just the right amount. Very handy to use because you can manage exactly how much water you give your plants when giving them a drink of water.

The Right Soil

You will want to use a quality potting soil for your container gardens. I use a variety of potting soil so I don’t have a favorite but Espoma, Burpee, Miracle Gro, Black Gold , Pitmoss, are just a few of the more well known varieties. You can get a specialized indoor potting mix created for indoor gardens or make your own by mixing a quality potting soil and add some Osmocote fertilizer to it. The Osmocote is good for indoor and outdoor plants. Succulents, require a different type of soil that is usually a mix for succulents and cactus. Here we go with the really exciting part of creating your indoor garden. Read on!

First Container Garden: Wooden Box With Herbs

An herb garden is a garden that is fragrant and keeps on giving. Once it starts growing, you can snip a little greenery to use in your cooking and it keeps on growing. Perfect using over and over again if you take care of your herbs properly. Add some flowers and some accessories to this box and it will be a highlight of your indoor garden.

Start with a wooden box, a metal window box or a basket if that is what you have. . You could even use an old wooden or metal toolbox or, perhaps a fairly good size metal tub. . Look at your local hardware store or a thrift store for a container that you think will fit in your chosen garden space.
Purchase herbs like thyme, rosemary, oregano. Add to that assortment of herbs some easy to grow flowers like lavender, pansies, alyssum, etc… make it colorful. Depending on how big your container is, you could add some ferns, scotch moss, or other small plants or flowers that you want to access your container with.
Put drainage holes in the bottom of your container so just poke three holes with a drill or a screwdriver whatever you have on hand. You need some holes for the water to drain properly so your plants will be healthy. There is an alternative to this method if you don’t have drainage holes in your pot. Put your plant in a plastic pot that already has holes in the bottom and set it in the decorative pot you want to grow it in.
Then line your wooden container with plastic, a grocery bag, whatever you have and put holes in your sack for the drainage effect. This protects your container from rot. If you use the plastic pot method, you won’t need a plastic sack.
Fill the container with some good wholesome potting soil. Read the label on your plants to see if you need to add anything else to your soil to make them happy in there new home AKA your container garden! It is a good idea to add something like Osmocote to your new plants as you put them in pots to encourage new growth.
Now add your plants.There are all sorts of ways you can place your plants. Don’t take your plants out of the pot yet. Keep them in their pot to place them in your container to get a feel for where you want them. You can alternate herbs and flowers or put all the herbs in the middle with flowers and plants on the sides. Try putting your herbs at the back and the smaller plants and flowers in the front. Arrange your flowers in the way you think they will look the most attractive. Look on the tag as you buy each plant, herb, or flower and notice how tall they get. This should influence where you put your plants in your container.
Accessorize the container. Add some fairy garden items, or decorative plates, teacups, silverware, pinecones, small birdhouses, or small birds whatever sings to you to make your herb garden inviting and beautiful.
Once your wooden box garden is assembled, plan out when you need to water it and if you need to add some fertilizer. Maintain and enjoy it. Oh ya, don’t forget the sunshine. Make sure it gets the sun that it needs in your little garden corner.

Grow A Succulent Garden

The nice thing about succulents is they are resilient and easy to take care of. You don’t have to water very often. They do need sunshine and lots of it. So let’s talk about planting and creating the second indoor container garden to make your garden a serene and beautiful retreat.

Find a big or small container that you want to use to plant your succulents. A unique container to use is a decorative lantern.
You will need to get a potting soil made for succulents and that usually includes cactus mix.
Head to your local nursery or even a Home Depot where they sell succulents. Pick a few plants that will compliment each other. Make sure the plant parts are green and not brown. That could mean that there is some root rot going on. Mix textures and colors. You may want to add some gravel or rocks, moss, and again some fairy garden accessories or other fun items to liven up your succulent garden.
Once you have it planted and you are satisfied with it, then place your succulent container in your garden spot in your home. Make sure it gets plenty of sunlight. You won’t have to water it very often. Find information on watering your succulents so you give them the right amount when they need it. Also try not to get water on the plants but water underneath.. You might even turn your container around every so often to make sure your succulents get equal amounts of sun.

Lollipop Topiaries

Topiaries add whimsy and fun to any space. They can look stately and elegant or more casual and relaxed just depending on how you display them. They would look fabulous in your garden space. A lollipop topiary suggests that you have one rounded topiary on your plant at the top of the plant trunk. Here is what you will need:

You will need a couple of containers for your topiary. It works well to have terra cotta, cement, stone or unique looking planters you find at the thrift store. You can also use containers that look like terra cotta but are plastic containers. You can get terra cotta at most any home improvement store. Get the size pot that you want your topiary eventually to be.
Topiaries can be made from a variety of plants such as baby gem boxwood, variegated boxwood, Japanese Holly, green mountain boxwood, lavender, and rosemary.
You will want to buy a plant that has a sturdy trunk up the middle of the plant that the individual small branches are growing out of. Start by surveying where to make your first cut with your snips.
Cut the underneath branches first after determining about how high you want your topiary to be.
Continue snipping off branches until you have a rounded type look or just a plant without branches underneath. So you have a space between the soil and the upper remaining branches.
Trim around the plant left on the trunk to make it even all the way around to resemble a rounded shape. You may have to let the plant grow for awhile, while you get the desired round shape and that is okay.

Topiary Wreath Form With Growing Plant On It

Start by getting a planter, a rounded wreath form made by you or purchased and some vine plant that you can train to grow around it. Here is what you will need: Container, small wreath form, potting soil, florist wire, floral u pins and your plant.

Fill your container (make sure your container is the correct size for your wreath not too big not too small) with potting soil and fertilizer. Secure your wreath in the soil with your u pins. Carefully plant a vine plant on each side of the bottom of your wreath. Then take the vine and wrap it around the wreath so it can grow up the wreath. Hmm vine plant? Are you wondering what that is? I love Angel vine plant also called Muhlenbeccia, Ivy, or even Rosemary can work.

Create Your Indoor Garden Space

It’s time to put your green creations together. I carefully thought out where I wanted to put my indoor garden. I love planting plants and putting them in festive containers. Old containers that I find at the thrift store or that I have been given. New pots that I find at the lumber store. Whatever I have on hand. I have even made brand new tin buckets look rusty and old to look vintage and have planted in them. Look around and see what you have got before you go out and buy new pots to plant. I put my planters around my front room in places that you can readily see where they are at. I wanted them to be a delightful focal point for my room.

If you have a plant that passes on after all the care you have given it. say your goodbyes and replace it. Trial and error and not perfection here. You are learning the process of gardening indoors. That’s a great new hobby to develop! Hobbies help redirect stress so that you can function better in your day.

Add Accessories To Finish Off Your Indoor Garden Spot

Bring in a chair, a lamp, a rug, a footstool or side table. Whatever will make your garden comfortable and a place where you can relax. Keep your plants watered and happy. As they grow, they may outgrow the original planter you put them in so be ready to replant them in a bigger container if needed. Make this your space! Peaceful and serene. Make sure to think positive thoughts when you look at the indoor garden YOU made! Well done!

Happy planting and gardening indoors! Find time during your busy day to relax, recharge, and restore!

Make A Unique Garden Indoors