Last weekend I hopped on the train and headed over to Bath for a kokedama-making workshop at Anthropologie, led by talented floral designer and gardener Jessica Smith. It was a wonderful morning, full of relaxed chatter and therapeutic mess-making with plenty of soil and moss.
You might have seen kodedama plant sculptures popping up all over Pinterest in recent months. A variant of bonsai, they consist of spheres of moss with ferns sprouting from within – in fact, the word ‘kokedama’ comes from the Japanese koke, meaning moss, and dama, meaning ball. They look beautiful dangling from hooks or dotted around surfaces, and can be clustered together to create a striking indoor garden. And, as I learnt from Jessica, they’re incredibly easy to make…
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Finished kokedama are fairly easy to look after. They tend to be happiest in bright-ish spots away from direct sunlight, and don’t require much watering. Just mist them with a spray bottle every couple of days, and once a fortnight or so place them in a shallow bowl of water for a few minutes to allow the moss to soak up moisture (let them drip for a while before hanging them back up over furniture or carpets!). You’ll generally have to re-pot them every year or two as the plant grows.
If you’re keen to learn more, keep an eye on Anthropologie’s events listings for details of future workshops run by Jessica.
All photography by Abi Dare
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