I am very patiently waiting for spring. It starts ever so slowly here in Minnesota. I see signs of it though. It starts with some crocuses and scilla.
But while I wait for it, I thought I would put together a little miniature garden to enjoy for now.
I bought this ironstone tureen at Junk Bonanza. I just loved how crackled it was. It didn’t have its lid any longer, and I just thought it would be fun to use as a little planter.
It has a great mark on the bottom. Apparently this is a “classic shape”.
Anyway, I popped in to my local Bachman’s store and came away with some miniature plants and a bag of pebbles.
I put some pebbles at the bottom of my tureen, since there won’t be any proper drainage with this planter.
Then I just tucked in my little plants and added some tiny little white pots that I found at a garage sale last summer. I had added my house numbers to them and they usually reside in my fairy garden outside.
Ta da! A sweet little garden.
For now I am going to put him in the window at the bottom of the stairs. Hopefully I will remember to keep him watered. Maybe I’ll reconsider and bring him to the office to remind me of gardening while I am crunching numbers at the day job.
q is for quandie 
Gorgeous! I say you bring it into the day job so we can all enjoy it! 🙂
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A lovely bit of spring to start this dreary day…woke up to a few inches of snow. I love the ironstone used as a planter, especially with that great patina!
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We’ve had some flakes in the air here, but nothing is accumulating … thank goodness!
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Love this! What the heck is the plant with the open mouth…is it a carnivore? Very interesting. The house numbers on the pots is brilliant. This idea would make a great house gift.
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Isn’t it a funky little plant? Unfortunately it was only labled as a generic “tropical plant”, so I don’t know what it is. I thought it would add a good vertical interest to the grouping though. This would be cute as a house warming gift!
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Very cute!
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Thanks sis.
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Quandie, you put together such beautiful things! I don’t know what Bachman’s is, but I know I want to go to one!
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LOL … Bachman’s is just our local garden center/florist/gift shop type place. They have had a nice selection of miniature plants ever since fairy gardens got to be so popular. They have some fun little miniature benches, gates, bridges, etc to add to a fairy garden as well. I have a fairy garden planted in a cracked bird bath (it didn’t hold water anymore) outside and I’m sure I’ll blog about it later when stuff starts growing again!
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