A Garden Inside a Ball - Christmas Time

How to create a garden inside a plastic trasparent Christmas tree ball

what you need:
- soil
- a small plant  of slow growth (fittonia, Adiantum capillus-veneris etc.)
- moss
- an electric screwdriver
- a plastic trasparent Christmas tree ball (15 cm ø)
- newspapers
- expanded clay
- a CD-Rom or something similar
- transparent adhesive tape

drill the hemispheres with the electric screwdriver (slow speed)

Fill half the hemisfphere with the paper

insert a CD into the empty space

Fill partially with soil

and partially with expanded clay - remove the cd

create a space for a plant

compact the soil

remove the paper

clean the parts to be jointed

add plant

join the hemispheres

tap the ball to compact the soil

Apply a transparent piece of tape under the base

Water the inside

the final result

original post on Florablog