Hands On With Tovah Martin

Last summer in June 

I had the great good fortune to meet

and workshop with Author, Lecturer 

 and "Plant Wise" Garden Expert,

TOVAH MARTIN!!

                                    The Brandt House Ma.

It just so happened that I would be in the area 

where Tovah was the guest speaker for a

 Workshop "The New Terreum" 

with the Greenfield Garden Club

  at the "Brandt House" in Massachusetts

Even though it rained

and drizzled the scenery around

the Brandt House was splendid!

And the Brant House was such a lovely

and accommodating place !

Tovah is delightful, personal, hands on,

 encouraging and very informative!

As we assembled we were

 treated to lovely music!

And  I was also able 

to meet up with my 

friend from Ohio Brian!

After signing many books,

Tovah gave a very inspiring

slide presentation

And she would like to spread

the word, and a desire, that 

everyone needs at least one

little living garden ( or plant)

near them ~ living in their lives!!!

And then after a lovely lunch,

and a look at the plants made 

available from "The Kestrel Shop"

of Northampton Ma.

http://www.kestrelshop.com/collections/aeriums

we headed out to the huge back 

sun porch to begin assembling 

our own personal Terrariums!!! 

We all brought our own 

containers and "The Kestrel"

supplied the plants!  

Everyone had something different! 

All unique and interesting!

Soon we were all busy 

creating our masterpieces!! 

Basic Steps:

Ingredients

3/8 in pebbles/gravel

Charcoal bits

Potting soil (african violet kind)

plants and nature objects

Tools

 Gloves

watering can

and any kind of glass container 

We mixed, made pockets and arranged 

then firm, firm ,firmly pressed soil 

around the roots and plants! 

We finished by adding 

twigs, stones and nature things

provided by Tovah!

What great fun we all had!!!

And when we were all finished

we were so pleased because 

we had beautiful living piece 

of art to bring home!! 

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You can read an article 

about the Workshop,

click  here:

http://www.commonweeder.com/tovah-martin-terrarium-expert-comes-town/ 

"Tovah Martin- Terrarium

Expert Comes To Town" 

 (The Common Weeder News Letter)

At home!! 

Now I have a better

understanding of how to

manage the plants  in

my Wardian Case  

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Also during this  vacation

I had a nice time 

visiting the Tasha Tudor 

Museum in Vermont!

The theme there was;

Seasons of Beauty:

Tasha's Love of Gardening

and ending with the Workshop

fit perfectly with the 

Garden and Plant joy!!

https://tashatudormuseum.org/

Mildred Mouseikin always 

takes great delight  when

she gets a chance to play in

her Wardian Case and Terrariums!!! 

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Watch Tovah give

a demonstration on terrariums

HERE: 

Click on this link to watch

Tovah with Martha Stewart!!

http://www.marthastewart.com/993112/terrariums-author-tovah-martin

Look for these  great reads!!

~Books by Tovah~

https://www.facebook.com/Plantswise-by-Tovah-Martin-188220037885906/?hc_ref=SEARCH&fref=nf

https://www.facebook.com/Greenfield-Garden-Club-187351324707164/

http://www.brandthouse.com/

http://www.commonweeder.com/tovah-martin-terrariums/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLRJkujn4Fg

Hope you enjoyed!

May you have a

Blessed New Year!!