How To Make A Rock Garden – Zen Or Japanese
When creating your Indoor Rock Garden you need to first plan out exactly what it will contain and choose the appropriate location and container. Any large planter, window box or raised container garden is the best choice, and least expensive option. Cedar specific containers tend to be the most rot-resistant.
Using our How To Make A Rock Garden image, you can easily see how an Indoor Rock Garden can quickly take shape as well as combine aspects of each of the above rock garden types. A great source of supplies to place in your Indoor Rock Garden is a local aquarium outlet; they have a variety of rocks, and miniaturized items to choose. Keep in mind that all organic components that are being placed must be kept within there own separate pots, as the soil requirements will vary between each item. If you are adding an Indoor Water Fountain, use the battery operated type instead of an Indoor Water Fountain that uses electricity.
Place a layer of broken crockery, terracotta or medium gravel at the bottom the container, which will be used to level each item to the same approximate display height and then add in your items. The goal is to then layer a level of white sand 2 to 3 inches thick and cover up to the height to hide the potters of each plant, so that it appears that each is growing within the main container. Level out the sands and then using any pronged device, create your lines around the objects that you have placed.
