DIY Friday: Craft a Decorative Emerald Isle Tabletop Garden for St. Patrick’s Day!
For this week’s DIY Friday, Garden Designer Shirley Bovshow visited the ‘Home & Family’ set to demonstrate how to create a decorative Emerald Isle Tabletop Garden — just in time for St. Patrick’s Day!
(Copyright 2015 Crown Media Family Networks/Photographer: Jeremy Lee)
Follow the instructions below to craft your own DIY Emerald Isle Tabletop Garden!
Materials:
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An assortment of mosses (sheet, cushion, rock cap or reindeer)
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Large container
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Potting soil
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Emerald green glass boulder
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Stones and pebbles
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Small glass container (to hide mister pump)
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Mister Maker machine (small)
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Twigs to make “tree”
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Fairy or St. Patrick’s figurines for holiday theme
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Spray bottle with distilled water to water the moss
Directions:
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Fill your large container with soil
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Set your glass boulder in middle of planter
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Make a deep hole to bury your glass container, leaving 1/2 an inch lip over the soil level
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Insert Mister Maker into glass container and add water, cover with plastic to keep soil out
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Plant mosses, using different types to create a natural effect.
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Add small stones and cover with sheet moss to create raised, undulating hills
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Plant small fern or other plant
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Insert tree stems to stand in as a tree
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Detail with St. Patrick’s Day and fairy decor.
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Switch on Mister and Maker and enjoy the show!
Watch Shirley give a tutorial on how to craft the item in the following video!
‘Home & Family‘ airs weekdays at 10:00 a.m. EST on Hallmark Channel.