INDOOR MINIATURE GARDENS
Indoor minigardens are nearly always associated with Japanese
dish gardens. Some people, indeed, call every type of dish garden
a "Japanese Garden" although very few really are; the Japanese
is only one of many styles of treatment (more fully described in
subsequent chapters).
Indoor gardens can vary in size from about that of an eggcup
upwards. The most popular are those made in bowls, dishes,
trays, pans and pots from 8 to 12 inches in widtn. These containers should preferably be of a porous nature and have drainage
holes in the bottom. They can then stand, raised a little, either
on an absorbent mat, a tray, or within a more decorative container. Gardens can be, and frequently are, made in glazed bowls
but the practice severely limits the life of the garden.
The general construction of the actual garden is on the same
lines as for the outdoor types, although usually of finer detail and
smaller scale, and using the plant forms which will live indoors.
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