Bonsai-Inspired Art of Kokedama
February 12, 2017, 2pm – 4pm
Get your hands dirty this cold season by joining the Garden Club for a live plant workshop focusing on the bonsai-inspired Art of Kokedama, or moss balls, and hanging gardens. Employing creative soil forms, including hand-shaped balls, egg and sea shells, we will create our own low-maintenance tiny gardens to hang or display indoors and out. Laundry alert: We’re working with clay-based soil and water, so dress for a mess! Disposable gloves and all supplies will be provided.
On February 12 we had a full room of members and guests, around 38, who learned about the interesting art of Kokedama, a Japanese planting in a Ball of moss and twine which can be displayed hanging or set in a container. Chelsea Soneira gave a great slide show, talk and demonstration of this unique item, with samples. All participants made two or three balls, each with one plant ordered especially for this project: ferns, grasses, succulents and others.
One participant's finished product
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