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Vignette Garden Give gardens under glass a new twist. From "B. Original" episode DBOR-204

Mix and match for a charming tabletop scene.

It’s hurricane season in Michele Beschen’s gardens—hurricane lamp season, that is. The B. Original host creates a charming vignette garden planting indoors, using hurricane lamps to protect the plants and add visual interest.

Unlike Michele Beschen’s terrarium project, this arrangement doesn’t seal the plants in. It may need a bit more TLC than terrarium plants, but the vignette garden makes up for it with beauty and versatility. Scroll down for the B. Original how-to.

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Figure A

Vignette Garden

• Line a chip-and-dip basket with plastic, such as a garbage bag.

• Weight the plastic down with gravel; this will help with drainage (figure A). Trim away any excess plastic.

• Add potting mix, and you’re ready to plant (figure B). Moisten the soil a bit before arranging your plants; use taller plants in back and smaller ones toward the front
  (figure C).
  

  Figure B

  Figure C

  
  

• Add more soil as needed.

• Once your plants are arranged and in place, cover them with some hurricane lamps
  or clear glass lamp covers (figure D). You can dress things up further by covering up the dirt with moss and by adding candles (in hurricane lamps) to the arrangement (figure E).
  

  Figure D

  Figure E

  
  

• Give your plants a bit more water, and add any additional creative touches you would like. Now you’ve got a beautiful garden under glass!