A garden in a bottle. Growing dwarf plants. What is a garden in a bottle? Flower in a bottle

The business idea of \u200b\u200bgrowing dwarf plants in a bottle is great for making money without leaving your home, especially for creative individuals with design talent who love flowers and different indoor plants.

To start a business, almost no initial investment is required, it is enough to purchase seeds of dwarf plants, fertile soil and handy tool with the help of which it will be convenient to process plants in transparent vessels.

It's hard to please these days inexpensive giftespecially women. To receive a bouquet of flowers for a holiday is a matter of course. What about a garden in a bottle? In my opinion, this is not expensive and original, in your apartment there is already at least one bottle in which the life of a dwarf plant develops ?! Today, in general, for women, everything small (well, almost everything), but original, for example, small handbags, small cars, small dogs, etc. is becoming fashionable. So why not surprise the fair sex with a new exclusive item that your friends will surely appreciate.

Your task is to learn how to make miniature gardens in a bottle or other vessel, in fact, you will be the creator of a new life that carries all the best from nature, which you want to admire again and again. A life that you want to take care of, because you understand that it needs your care and, seeing how it lives and develops, you will enjoy it, even if this piece of nature is small and it is in a transparent bottle, but it is always at hand and you can take it with you wherever you want.

To create a miniature garden, you can use any transparent "container", these are bottles, aquariums, chemical flasks itself different shapes and much more. Then, drainage is created inside the bottle from coarse sand or fine expanded clay or pebbles. After that, a layer of rubbed charcoal is poured, which helps to protect against the smell of humus due to excess moisture. The soil can be made from grinding leaves with the addition of peat, but DO NOT use fertilizers, firstly, this is excess humus and faster plant growth, we DO NOT need this.
After preparation, we plant the plant we like. Then we need to deliver decorative elements to the resulting garden in a bottle, various shells, glass pieces, beautiful pebbles can serve as them.

The lifespan of a garden in a bottle is about one and a half years, provided that the plant is planted in soil as described above, if you use a hydrogel, then the lifespan of the plant will decrease by about three times.

The tools we need to create a bottle garden.

For vessels with a thin neck, tools are used, such as knitting needles, small spoons, sticks on which a piece of cloth should be wound to wipe the walls of the vessel, knives. Vessels with large necks may require more convenient devices, but the essence of the matter does not change, because the task is the same.

Decor elements of our garden.

Small pebbles, snags, shells, possibly snails, figures of people and animals are used as objects of decoration and decoration. But it all depends on your imagination and creativity, because a garden in a bottle is your little masterpiece!

What to grow in a mini garden?

For indoor gardens that have their own microclimate, it is best to use plants that are excellent for growing in the shade, such as nephrolepis, pilea, begonia, moss, and many others. There are also types of poorly growing cacti that fit perfectly into any interior.

The price of "Garden in a Bottle"

It is clear that the thinner the neck of the vessel, the more difficult it is to plant our plants there, so the price is formed from taking into account the time and effort spent on creating each masterpiece and starts around 1,500 thousand rubles.

The cost of making a "garden in a bottle"

1. A vessel - from 100 to 700 rubles.
2. Drainage - 30 rubles.
3. Charcoal - 90 rubles. (will remain)
4. Dwarf plant seeds - from 20 to 100 rubles.
5. Decor - from 0 to 100 rubles.

A good profit on the sale of one medium-sized garden in a bottle will be about 500 rubles.

You can sell your masterpieces both via the Internet and by exhibiting in flower and souvenir shops in your city, receiving your money after the sale. Good luck with this business idea!

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A garden in a bottle is one of the amazing decorations in your home. The creation of miniature compositions, the selection of plants, and their care very quickly become a favorite hobby and an additional source of income: floral arrangements under glass are very popular today. “Working” in such a garden is a good prevention of stress. You will always be in a good mood: beauty gives you peace of mind, meticulous work - patience.

Video master class on creating a florarium

We create the world with our own hands

How to make a garden in a bottle? This question opens the way for you to one of the fun activities. To create a blooming masterpiece in specialized stores, you need to buy:

• glass container;
• drainage, a couple of sheets of cardboard;
• packaging of tablets activated carbon;
• priming;
• plants;
• decor items.

The more unusual the vessel, the better

One of the key points is the choice of capacity. It can be a bottle of an unusual shape, with a wide neck and a tight-fitting lid. You can choose a tall, voluminous glass, a decanter, a vase, a jar and even an old aquarium - any container made of transparent glass is suitable.

Give your aquarium a second life

Drainage, in addition to its direct purpose in the bottle garden, carries a great decorative load. It should be chosen taking into account the overall design idea and aesthetics. Coarse sand looks good, shell rock looks original, you can use expanded clay or brightly colored decorative stones.

The soil for flowers should be purchased in a minimum quantity. The container is only a quarter full. Activated carbon is a good antiseptic; it is useful for compositions planted in a closed vessel.

When choosing decor items, we limit ourselves only to our own imagination. The most commonly used stones, shells, sand, branches, moss, decorative figures of people and animals.

Special attention is paid to the "planting material"

We choose plants for the garden in a bottle according to the following parameters:

• small root system (space in a confined space is limited);
• minimum dimensions;
• love of high humidity;
• unpretentious.

It is better to give preference to decorative leafy specimens. Flowering plants require the removal of wilted flowers and fallen leaves, which is rather difficult to do through the narrow neck of the bottle.

We think over a composition for a mini-garden

Variegata, calamus, looks most impressive in glass containers. Its height is 25 cm, it grows slowly, it tolerates a lack of moisture well. Its creamy green leaves will brighten up any mini-landscape.

Look good in glass varieties of royal begonias with small leaves. Plant height 15 cm, usually placed in the center of the composition.

Perfect plant for mini greenhouses - elegant hamedorea. This beautiful, slow growing palm tree with delicate leaves and slender stems will beautify any garden.

Bromeliad cryptantus is ideal for small containers. Its height is only 8 cm, while it has beautiful rosettes of green leaves with small white blotches at the bottom.

Often for a garden in a bottle, they use a low slender Sander dracaena. Its unusual narrow leaves with large white spots immediately attract attention.

Different varieties of fern look good in undersized compositions. The most popular are Victoria xiphoid pteris, Ruddy's maidenhair, round-leaved pellet, and fine-haired maidenhair. Their beautiful greenery is ideal for creating "extraterrestrial" landscapes.

Fittonia Vershaffelt is another plant that loves humid air and thrives in a closed glass container. She has unusual leaves: olive green with red veins. Its "friend" silvery-veined Fittonia has white streaks on bright green leaves. Both the one and the other beauties are very miniature: the height is only 7.5 cm.

A capricious arrowroot in a mini greenhouse feels great. Its creeping stems and green leaves with black spots look great behind glass.

You can use Spetchley Ivy, Little Diamond or Tre Coupe. Its tiny leaves are very decorative in vertical gardening mini garden.

Beautiful Pellionia is also often found in florariums. Its creeping reddish stems in combination with beautiful dark green leaves look very unusual.

The Kadje pilea has a dwarf variety - Nana. It is appreciated for its unusual silvery specks on green leaves.

For decorative soil covering, you can plant Salaginella Krausa. Its small leaves resemble moss from afar. Against her background, the whole composition looks exceptional.

Other plants can be used as well. The choice depends on the overall design idea. However, it should be remembered that only undersized varieties are suitable for growing in a limited space of a glass vessel, the height of the plants should not exceed 20 cm. In addition, the "pets" you choose should love a humid "climate".

Mini greenhouse tool

To make a garden in a bottle with your own hands, you cannot do without an improvised tool. After all, all the work will have to be done through a fairly narrow neck of the bottle. We will need:

• a teaspoon fixed on a long handle - will act as a scoop;
• sharp blade fixed to the handle suitable size, - the plants will need to be pruned;
• "Press" for tamping the earth - an empty spool of thread, fixed on a convenient handle;
• two long sticks - for picking up, transferring, planting plants;
• a sponge in order to wipe the vessel from the inside;
• small spray bottle.

Floriana creation technology

We take a glass vessel. The more original it is, the more attractive the composition will be.

Pour drainage at the bottom. If an uneven "relief" is conceived, then a horn made of a thick sheet of paper should be placed in the neck of the bottle, with the narrow end inward. With its help, you can easily form hills and even real hills.

Now pour a thin layer of charcoal or lay out tablets of activated carbon, this will protect our mini garden in a bottle from pathogenic bacteria, mold and waterlogging.

Now add a layer of fertile soil. To be sure that the plants receive all the necessary nutrients, the soil should be bought ready-made in specialized stores, based on what kind of flowers you will plant. Soil volume - directly depends on how deeply your chosen plants are rooted. In any case, drainage, coal and earth should not occupy more than ¼ of the vessel. We level the layer, slightly “tamp” it using the “press” - an empty spool of thread on a long handle. You need to work as carefully as possible so that the walls of the container remain clean. If it doesn’t work, wet the sponge, secure it to the comfortable handle and wipe the glass thoroughly. Its purity is a guarantee good growth plants. And the beauty of the composition, of course.

We proceed to the most important thing - we plant flowers and arrange decor elements. For planting, we use an ordinary fork and spoon. We make indentations with a spoon, transfer the plants with a fork and bury the roots. Don't be discouraged if you don't succeed on the first try. A little patience and you will succeed. A little secret. If the roots of the "seedlings" are too strong, they should be cut off mercilessly. This will stop the growth of the plants and also allow them to be planted with minimal losses. We moisten the "planting" and the soil from a spray bottle. We make sure that the spraying is microscopic, in no case do we use jet irrigation.

We wipe the walls of the container with a sponge, close it tightly with a lid.

Most often, florarium compositions are made up of 1-3 plants. If you want to plant more, take a larger vessel. For example, an old aquarium. See what a garden in a bottle looks like in the photo below.

Mini-garden in vitro care

The flowers in the bottle garden do not require much maintenance. Abundant condensation sometimes appears on the walls of the vessel. This is normal. Be sure to open the lid and dry. Strongly overgrown plants need to be pruned from time to time so that the composition does not lose its aesthetic appearance. Due to the fact that a special ecosystem is formed behind the glass, watering should be minimized. In most cases, plants have enough moisture that the leaves evaporate.

Plants need light to grow and develop properly. If the florarium is located in a poorly lit place, you should consider additional sources Sveta. The best solution is a fluorescent lamp. It does not give much heat, which means it will not dry out the garden "inhabitants".

A garden in a bottle is a great alternative to growing indoor flowers on a windowsill. It is beautiful and unusual, moreover, thanks to the closed ecosystem, it calmly "endures" the long absence of its owner.

Growing tropical plants at home can sometimes be challenging. Many "exotics" require high air humidity, warmth and absence of drafts. It was this feature of delicate ferns, which were incredibly popular in 19th century Europe, that made the British look for ways to artificially recreate the climate of the humid tropics. And the solution was found! It turned out to be a Ward's box, which is a box with walls of sheet glass connected by metal strips. Sunlight penetrated perfectly into Ward's box, which was not the case for air, which had limited access. Due to the fact that the water in a closed vessel did not evaporate outside, but settled on the walls and plants, a constant high humidity was formed inside. This allowed the enterprising English to grow many exotic plants: ferns, orchids, bromeliads, etc.

The invention of Ward's box was so successful that it is not forgotten even now. Modern florists, wanting to grow whimsical tropical plants, place them in transparent vessels - florariums. This arrangement is called a “garden in a bottle,” although the container used is not necessarily a regular bottle. Is it possible to make a garden in a bottle with your own hands? It's easy - just arm yourself with a suitable vessel and pick up plants for the composition.

When looking for a suitable vessel, you can give free rein to your imagination. Any sufficiently capacious container with a tapering neck and an expanding bottom will do. This can be a large bottle of wine or chemical liquids, a round aquarium, a jar for bulk products. For plants that prefer maximum moisture, you should select a container that can be sealed.

In this case, the narrower the neck is, the more humid the microclimate can be achieved. However, the neck must allow for procedures for caring for the internal contents - to loosen the ground, remove dead plants or their decayed parts. Inside an unsealed florarium (an aquarium or a bottle without a cork), the humidity will be lower due to constant ventilation.

It is easier to grow plants in open florariums - constant ventilation reduces the chances of decay

Choosing plants for the garden in a bottle

When looking for plants for a mini-garden, preference should be given to small, not prone to overgrowth species. Otherwise, after a few months, the large size will outgrow its capacity and it will either have to be cut or replaced with a new one.

Since the garden in the bottle serves as a decoration, it is undesirable to cover it halfway with potting soil. The soil should take no more than ¼ of the volume of the bottle, or even less. Therefore, florarium plants should have a small superficial root system, which does not require a lot of soil.

Moisture-loving violets with a small root system - a good choice bottle garden

In a glass greenhouse, regardless of whether it is completely enclosed or not, the air humidity is increased. This means that only moisture-loving plants, accustomed to tropical showers or swampy soils, can feel good in it. Obviously, it would be rash to grow desert cacti in a bottle garden - the likelihood of their decay is too high.

The easiest way is to cultivate ornamental foliage plants in a sealed bottle. Flowering species should be grown in a container with an open neck or a round aquarium without a lid, timely removing faded flowers so that they do not start to rot. Among such flowering plants for a garden in a bottle, orchids and saintpaulias have already become traditional. Fittonias, ferns, ivy, chlorophytums, pelleys, royal begonias, bromeliads, some dracaena and dwarf ficuses, mosses, etc. are also suitable for "green" compositions.

Making a mini greenhouse under glass

Step 1. Prepare the substrate for planting

At the bottom of the selected container, we lay a drainage layer 1-2 cm thick. It can be expanded clay, small pebbles or crushed stone. Then we pour a soil substrate mixed with charcoal (you can use activated carbon) with a layer of 5-10 cm. Coal is needed as a disinfecting, antiseptic agent that prevents root decay. As for the substrate, it should be lightweight and breathable. No clay or heavy soil! The roots of plants in the bottle garden must "breathe".

Step 2. Planting the plants

Using a teaspoon, fork or spatula, make indentations in the substrate and carefully plant the plants. If the neck of the bottle is too narrow, it is best to use a large medical tweezers to place the plants.

Between the plants, you can place several unusual stones, ornate driftwood, garden figurines suitable for composition. This imitation of the natural landscape will make the mini garden in a bottle a full-fledged alternative to a real garden.

Step 4. Taking care of the garden in a bottle

After the plants are planted, it is time for the first watering. Spill the soil carefully - in this case, it is important to observe the measure so that excess water does not stagnate for a long time in the drainage layer.

Close the sealed bottle garden with a lid or stopper. After a while, condensation may form on the walls of the vessel - this means that waterlogging has occurred. Drops on the walls should be wiped off and the lid of the vessel should be opened for a while. After removing the condensate, the bottle garden does not require any special care. Sometimes (in the summer - about once a week) you will have to open the lid and spray the plants. At the same time, the humid climate will remain.

If the bottle garden does not close, then it will have to be watered more often. In any case, with a correctly selected composition of slow-growing plants, a garden in a bottle will retain its decorative effect for a long time with almost no effort on your part. Of course, florarium plants will not be as unpretentious as artificial plastic flowers from bottles for the garden. However, you can afford to leave for a week, without fear that the plants will die without watering.

Bottle gardens options

We have selected for you some examples of how you can decorate a garden in a bottle (photo) - we hope they will inspire you to create your own mini-greenhouse.

A florarium in a glass teapot can be ventilated at any time - just open the lid

Composition in a glass - perfect taste

Several small bottled gardens - an alternative to flower bouquets on the serving table

Florariums in the design of the living room

Many people want to grow real tropical crops at home, but often this is simply impossible. Almost all plants of this group are demanding to care, they do not need drafts, they need the highest possible humidity. Because of this feature, the British, back in the 19th century, began to look for a way to recreate such conditions, because they really wanted to grow amazing plants... The solution to this problem was a glass box, more like an aquarium with a lid. Light passed through it perfectly, but the air was closed.

Due to the evaporation of moisture in a confined space, the same humidity was always kept in the "aquarium with a lid". This method enabled the discerning English to grow most exotic crops at home.

Such a box not only turned out to be an excellent invention, it even migrated into our century. However, it has been slightly improved. Florists of our day plant exotic plants in transparent closed containers called florariums. Another name for this amazing art is a garden in a bottle. But as practice shows, the capacity can be not only a bottle.

Perhaps you think that such unusual miniature compositions are bought in a special store, but it is impossible to make them with your own hands ... This is a real delusion! To make a florarium with your own hands, you need to stock up on the right vessel and suitable exotic plants.

What container is suitable for creating a florarium?

Here you can use your imagination. For this purpose, a different container is suitable, the main one so that it is rather big, with a wide bottom and a narrow neck. It can serve as a bottle of alcoholic beverages, various vessels, an aquarium or a jar for cereals. If exotic plants prefer maximum moisture, then opt for a hermetically sealed vessel.

The smaller the throat, the more moisture there will be. But do not overdo it, as the neck should completely allow you to care for crops in the florarium. Inside a non-airtight container, ventilation will be regular, so the humidity in it is low.

How to choose the right garden plants in a bottle

Buy only those plants that do not grow. Otherwise, you will have to transplant crops to another florarium, and you will waste time and additional money.

Do not forget that this container with plants plays a decorative function, which means that it does not need to be heavily covered with soil. It should only be at the bottom, even 1/5 of the capacity is a lot. It is for this reason that plants in the florarium should not be with a wide root system.

Only moisture-loving crops will feel comfortable, because there will always be high humidity in a glass container. This means that plants should love moisture and swampy soil. It's not even worth saying that growing cacti in an airtight container is a wrong act, the plant will simply die.

It is best to cultivate decorative deciduous plants. It is better to grow crops that bloom in open-necked vessels, since it is simply necessary to remove faded flowers. These include: saintpaulias and orchids. Other compositions in the mini-garden can be made from dracaena, dwarf ficuses, royal begonia or pellea.

How to make a florarium with your own hands

1. Preparation of high-quality fertile soil.We put 2 centimeters of drainage (expanded clay, small pebbles, crushed stone) at the bottom of the bottle. After that, the soil substrate + activated or charcoal is poured (approximately 8 centimeters). Coal acts as a disinfectant, it prevents the appearance of rot on the root system. Separately, you should highlight the soil substrate, it should not contain clay and heavy soils. The earth is allowed only light and breathable. A garden in a bottle must breathe, only then will it grow and flourish.

2. Planting plants. Using a small cutlery, we make a depression in the substrate, carefully plant an exotic culture in it. If you cannot do this because of the very narrow neck, then use tweezers.

3. Garden decoration in a bottle. You can use a couple of unusual driftwood, rocks, or any miniature garden figures. This similarity will make a garden in a bottle a complete replacement for a living garden.

4. Caring for the florarium.The first watering is carried out immediately after planting exotic crops. The soil must be watered very carefully, since the water should not stagnate for a long time. Water is poured along the walls of the container.

Do not forget that sealed bottles should be closed with a cork, after a while condensation may appear on the walls of the vessel. He says that waterlogging has occurred. These drops must be wiped off with a dry cloth and opened for a short time. Once you get rid of the condensation, you don't need to take special care of the garden in a bottle. In the summer season, once every 10 days, the lid is opened and the plant is sprayed. By observing all these conditions, you will notice that the humid climate persists.

If drops reappear on the walls of the vessel, then it must be ventilated.

For example, you have chosen not a closed, but an open garden in a bottle - then you will have to water it much more often.

It doesn't matter what capacity you prefer, if you have chosen the slow-growing plants correctly, they will retain their decorative effect for a long time. Naturally, a garden in a bottle is not as unpretentious as simple artificial flowers, however, you can easily leave them unattended even for a week! And not every florist can afford it.

The main qualities of a florist are originality and creativity. To justify these honorary titles will help him luxurious flowers in the bottle. Growing plants in this way is very painstaking, but quite exciting. Florariums have been widely known since the Victorian era. Today they have acquired a new look and original performance. A small master class from professionals will help a gardener create such a charm in his home.

Flowers in a bottle under development

At first, growers choose the appropriate container for a miniature garden. To surprise guests, transparent bottles of a fancy shape and with a wide neck are most often used. The cap or plug must fit snugly against the hole.

Mostly housewives use volumetric:

• vases;
• decanters;
• glasses;
• chemical flasks;
• banks;
• glasses;
• bottles.

Serious problems for the grower will be created by vessels with a long or narrow neck. In this case, you will have to use tools with an extended holder. You can independently increase the size of the handle using knitting needles or sticks.

The next step in creating a garden in a bottle with your own hands will be the choice of a suitable plant variety. It is worth giving preference to miniature, dwarf indoor crops. Fast-growing varieties, as well as succulents, will have to be taboo.

To grow a mini greenhouse, farmers recommend:

1. Dracaena Sander.
2. Small-leaved.
3. Dwarf ficuses.
4. Ivy (especially Tre Coupe, Little Diamond, or Spetchley).
5. Wicker saxifrage.
6. Arrowroot arrowroot.
7. Dwarf ferns.
8. Cereal calamus.
9. White-flowered tradescantia.
10. Fitonia.

To give the florarium a special flavor will help different kinds moss, as well as selaginella Krause. Terry cover of greenery will add a touch of mystery and fabulousness to the interior of the mini-garden.

Low-growing and slow-growing flowers in a bottle look very organic. With these varieties, the grower does not have to constantly prune the green mass that tends to leave the glass walls of a miniature castle. In addition, you need to understand that a very humid microclimate is created in sealed containers. Therefore, plants that are afraid of high humidity and decay are categorically not suitable for such experiments. The third step in growing dwarf plants in a bottle is purely technical.

Preparing the soil for a mini-garden

The most dangerous phenomenon in such homemade florariums is stagnant moisture. A hydrogel or a drainage layer will help to avoid this. A porous, airy mixture (sand, expanded clay, pebbles, gravel) is placed on the bottom of a vessel up to 3-4 cm high. For this, use a funnel made of a sheet of paper. The next layer is formed from charcoal (1 cm).

Then the moistened nutrient mixture is unloaded:

• peat;
• river sand;
• turf;
• clay.

The height of the fertile soil layer directly depends on the selected plant, how deeply the flower takes root. Experts advise filling the vessel with the mixture so that it only takes up the 4th part. Farmers are advised to level and lightly tamp the soil in a bottle with an empty spool tied to a thread.

Using a spoon or fork, specialists form the landscape relief of the mini-garden:

• slopes;
• plains;
• gorges.

When choosing a soil, you should always take into account the varietal characteristics of the culture. Earth with a neutral reaction is suitable for some varieties, and with an acidic reaction. A miniature garden in a bottle will grow quickly if all procedures are carried out very carefully. The soil should not be on the walls of the vessel.

To protect the tiny greenhouse from the effects of pathogenic bacteria and mold, regular activated charcoal tablets or charcoal can help. Since natural materials are adsorbents, they will regulate the water balance inside the flask.

Planting plants in a bottle - the mission of a florist surgeon

The mini-garden is planted with 6 varieties of flower crops. However, the number of copies used depends largely on the size of the bottle. This list includes one creeping and one tree variety. Funnels are formed with a knitting needle or knife for planting flowers in a bottle.

The mini-garden is not opened for the first 48 hours. Slight condensation on the container walls is normal. If the dew drops are large and do not disappear for a long time, the bottle is opened to dry.

Lonely specimens are often planted in small containers. The slopes of the desktop greenhouse are decorated with ground cover plants. Smooth stones, driftwood, shells or whole structures in the form of architecture and sculpture are used as decorations.

The health of plants in a bottle with your own hands depends on the microclimate, as well as humidity.

Miniature garden care

Now the grower can only maintain the proper level of humidity in his bottle flower bed. As already noted, opening and closing the lid will be a kind of "control lever" for this natural process. Light condensation should appear and then disappear within a few hours.

If this synchronicity is not observed, there are two ways to solve the problem:

1. With constant humidity. The vessel is opened. Wait for the moisture to evaporate. Then close the lid tightly again.
2. With excessive dryness. Plants are sprayed with warm water from a spray bottle. Repeat the procedure if necessary.

There is no need to water the garden, because flower crops independently regulate the microclimate inside the flask. Leaves evaporate a sufficient amount of moisture. Still, some gardeners help plants by moistening the soil with a frequency of up to once every 2 months. In addition, they try to provide abundant lighting for the flowers in the bottle. Therefore in winter period fluorescent lamps are heavily used.

After such a master class, even beginners in floriculture will know how to make a garden in a bottle without the help of an expert. A little painstaking work, care and tenderness for plants, and a luxurious greenhouse on the window will become a landmark of the area.

How to plant and grow flowers in a bottle - video