HEY!!

OREGON
RESIDENTS!!

- Learn all about indoor and outdoor mini gardens, plants and accessories

- Make your very own worlds: as big as you like, or as small as you like!

- Make some for gifts for the holidays (outdoor gardens are really easy to maintain)

- Learn about all the different plants you can use - for the novice or the experienced

- Get the plant knowledge you need to make your own in ground miniature or fairy garden at home

- Learn about weather proofing your mini accessories

- Learn tips and tricks to make your own accessories from the materials found your own garden

- Learn how to maintain your  miniature garden easily, throughout the seasons

- Learn how to create a memorable AND inexpensive children's Fairy Garden Party

- Bring your own pot or we have some to choose from

- We have take-away notes on all these topics to make it a fun day for you!

- Get free admission to the show

- Register with:
NWMiniatureShow.com
under 'Workshops'

or Email: PatBennentt@nwminiatureshow.com

or Phone Pat at:
503-362-6012

NEW PLANTS!

I'll have the all of the above at the Sorticulture show.

NOT ABLE TO COME TO THE SHOW?

Email me to reserve your plants RIGHT NOW!

!!~ Handy-Dandy Tip Alert ~!!

To slow down the growth of your miniature or dwarf tree or shrub even more: cut the bottom out of the nursery pot that the plant came in. Put the plant back in the pot and plant it, pot and all, in the ground where you want it.

It will constrain the side shoots of the roots, while the tap roots from the bottom-side will be able to get the water and nutrients it needs.

The plant will think it is still in the pot and thus limit its top growth, (kind of how Bonsai works) but it can't get root-bound because the roots can grow into the soil from the bottom.

We'll have to try in here in our gardens! The only question remaining is how long can the plant be kept like that? How long until it tires of being constrained? ... Inquiring minds will need to know.....

Attention
University of Washington

mailing list subscribers:

Haven't heard from
me lately, eh?

The server that you changed to awhile back it not letting my newsletters through to you!

I have quite a few of you on my mailing list. Let me know of a different email address for you or, enable your server to accept emails from Me, Seattle's only professional mini gardener, TwoGreenThumbs.com!!

Thanks, eh?

We have new things in store!!

New sets
New custom items 
New statuary
New equipment

and

More New Plants on the way!

Go to your miniature
garden store now

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES: 

WINTER, 2008

FALL, 2007 

SPRING, 2007

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!

 I'm not doing a very good job in keeping these newsletters consistent am I? Various roadblocks which turn into seemingly viable excuses are now surfacing as I write this... I apologize, yet again.

I see my main job as serving you the best way I know how - to be here to answer your questions and to make sure you have everything you need to create your own worlds. I have the best customers in the world and you deserve the best service that I can possibly give you. Which brings us to the upside of the busy-ness: we are gaining subscriber's from all over the place and our web-store is just humming with activity! This gives us a  chance to try new products AND to have new ideas constantly flowing through the store.

So, solutions, solutions!! I would like to try smaller newsletters and perhaps more frequent (Don't laugh - it's worth a shot, eh?). Instead of letting things accumulate for the quarterly newsletter, maybe a short and sweet monthly newsletter would be easier and more fun to do. This way I won't get bogged down with ideas and end up with a daunting pile of work to sift through before I even sit down to write. I can get out the ideas faster and you can have more fun that way!

So, onward and upward, tally-ho! Let's get on with it!

Happy Summer,

Janit

Sorticulture, Everett's Garden Art Festival

This four-acre park is situated on the bluff overlooking Port Gardner Bay. It features spectacular views, tennis courts, baseball fields, a playground, a picnic shelter, Legion Hall, the Horticulture Center and Greenhouse, and the Evergreen Arboretum and Gardens.

Sorticulture is Everett’s Garden Arts Festival -- part art, part horticulture -- where art and nature are partnered perfectly in a three-day festival that celebrates the possibilities of outdoor living. Sorticulture will showcase artists presenting a variety of handcrafted, locally-made garden embellishments, and specialty nurseries presenting a wide array of rare and unusual plants.

Sorticulture will feature some of the Northwest’s noted garden personalities, demonstrations by local chefs using fresh and local ingredients, kids’ activities, live acoustic music, and hundreds of ideas to create your own beautiful outdoor environment.

A Miniature Garden Moment

The Constant Miniature Gardener

Just in case you haven't noticed, a miniature garden is really easy to maintain. I was about to assemble your list of "Summer garden to-dos" and it's just like winter's list! Skim through this checklist to see if there is anything you haven't thought about this season:

1. Clean out the dead leaves or needles from your conifers when you see them.
This is how conifers naturally shed their leaves but it does accumulate in the middle of the shrub. The dead foliage blocks air and light from getting in - which eventually leads to the death of the conifer. Get a pair of gloves on and pretend your shampooing the shrub gently (there you are, laughing again - but it works!), then clean up from underneath the plant with your fork (acts like a mini rake!)

2. Pull those weeds when you see them - get the roots and be done with it. Try not to leave it too long and let them go to seed - less work for you later on.

3. All outdoor pots should have at least one drainage hole, the roots will
rot if left sitting in water - water plants excluded, of course. 

4. Check your pots under your eaves and on your covered porches
and decks to make sure they are getting the water they need.

5. Miniature Gardens can go anywhere, tuck a bench and a birdbath next to the pathway, along side some ornamental grass or beside a rock to get more magic happening in your garden. - Go to our online store now.

**Contributions are welcome! I know a lot about the Northwest - do you have tip for your area? Submit your tip, if we use it you will receive a $10 gift certificate toward your next purchase and you'll get credit for it in the next newsletter too!**