by Lisa Steinkopf | Jul 26, 2016 | begonias, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Ferns, Foliage Houseplants, gesneriads, Houseplant Flowers, Miniature gardens
A couple of weeks ago, I talked about making a gnome garden, and talked a little about the miniature plants I used. I want to talk some more about the tiny houseplants I used. Miniature gardens I have been on a lot of garden walks this summer and in almost every...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Jul 12, 2016 | African violets, begonias, BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Ferns, Foliage Houseplants, gesneriads, Miniature gardens
Yesterday, I attended a horticulture industry trade show called Cutlivate ’16 in Columbus, Ohio. I’m always looking for houseplants, of course, and I wanted to show you the ones I found. First I stopped at the HGTV Home booth to talk to a friend and was...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Jun 10, 2016 | BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Profile, Miniature gardens
Last Sunday, I decided to go to The Flower Market in Dundee, Michigan to attend their Fairy Garden Festival. I was blown away by the amount of people there. This small bonsai nursery/florist is in a rural area in the middle of nowhere. The traffic stopped about 1/2...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Jun 3, 2016 | BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Kitsch, Miniature gardens
If you’ve been following me, you know I love gnomes. I was in a garden center last week and couldn’t resist buying some miniature houseplants. I thought they would be perfect to use to make a garden with one of my gnomes. These plants are from Faery Plant...
by Lisa Steinkopf | May 17, 2016 | BLOG, Ferns, Miniature gardens
I don’t like to cook. I’d rather be working with my plants. Or reading a book. Or gardening. Or anything. You get the picture. So to say my dining room table gets used maybe 2-3 times a year is stretching the truth a bit. I usually use the table for...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Feb 11, 2016 | BLOG, Houseplant Kitsch, Miniature gardens
It has been said , “It’s a jungle out there”, but I’m here to tell you, it’s a jungle IN here! Any guest that enters my home is amazed by the amount of plants and calls it a jungle. There are plants everywhere! But when my black cat wanders in, looking like a...