Kokedama, a Japanese variant of bonsai, has become an internet craze, with creative gardeners transforming houseplants into dangling sculptural objects.
People have always had it in for houseplants. From stuffing them into dark and dismal corners to cramming them into recycled muffin tins, indoor gardeners are continually asking them to jump through hoops. Recently, however, they’ve taken their deviant designs to another level.
Now creative green-fingered types are busy liberating plants from pots altogether, and even starting to dangle them from the ceiling. The end result looks a little like that hapless fly after the spider has its way, except more appealing. Twisted? Definitely. Some might say it verges on perverse.
It started in Japan, and skipped over to the Netherlands before infiltrating the United States. Now it is popping up here, with a few examples at this year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, by designer Maïa Sautelet.
Basically, kokedama (translation “moss ball”) is the practice of removing a root system from its container, surrounding it in a mud cake, then wrapping the whole mess in moss before winding it in string. The original Japanese form of kokedama was then displayed on an altar-like platform.
Read the full article on the Guardian: Gardening trends: The rise of kokedama
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