Kokedama Workshop

My Garden Club met at Arium Botanicals to learn how to make Kokedama Balls. Arium is a cool, new nursery of indoor plants. They may begin serving tea; wouldn't it be nice to have a glass of iced tea on a hot afternoon under a ceiling of hanging plants.

Kokedama (苔玉, in English, literally "moss ball") is a ball of soil, covered with moss, on which an ornamental plant grows. The idea has its origins in Japan, where it is a combination of the nearai 根洗い (literally "root wash," but meaning "no pot") bonsai and kusamono planting styles.