About
Create natural landscapes or mythical lands in miniature in your home. Bring every corner of any room to life with your mini garden creations bursting with plants. There’s something magical and mindful about nurturing plants, caring for them, and watching them grow.
These modern mini natural landscapes look like living works of art. Although they can be intricate and delicate, they’re easy and economical to make at home. With the simple step-by-step instructions in our course, you can quickly create delightful mini gardens using old containers such as cocktail glasses or coffee pots.
The course has 33 contemporary mini garden designs which can fill even the smallest corner in any room. Whatever your dream garden contains, you can make a mini version in your home. With the projects in this course, you’ll never run out of ideas.
Bring the outdoors inside and start creating your very first mini garden.
Requirements
International Open Academy courses are designed for anyone with an interest in learning. No formal qualifications are required to study with us. Our courses are suitable if you want to learn new skills, start a new career, or if you’re already working in a particular industry and wish to upgrade your talents and enhance your resume.
Lessons
Module 1: Introduction
- The wardian case
- How a terrarium works
- All about layers
Module 2: Getting Started
- Vessels
- Terrarium plants
- Foundation
- Decorative elements
- Tools of the trade
Module 3: Fantastic Projects To Get Started
- A buddhaful memo board
- Air plant-etarium
- Shake n bake
- Best fronds forever
- Concharium
- Cactusville
- Darling dino
Module 4: Creative Projects For Decorating
- Desert oasis
- A plant lover’s dream
- A mossy occasion
- Fern fever
- Go with the faux
- Green lantern
- Mossy picchu
Module 5: Darling Projects For Gifts
- Will you Mari-mo me?
- Succulent cocktail
- Geo minimal
- Prickly by nature
- Little miss sunshine
- So jelly
- Jar-ry rigged
Module 6: Fun Weekend Projects
- Wild thing
- The beads’ knees
- Orchid mania
- Woodland chandelier
- Zen Succulence
- Test subjects
- Secret Garden
- Four easy ways to style air plants
- Capture the rainbow
Module 7: Keeping Up With Your Plants
- Pest control
- Propagation
Career
Who is this course for?
- Everybody who seeks for a new hobby to boost their manual and creative skills or start a new business
- Everybody who wants to bring fresh air to their homes
- Everyone with a creative eye who loves the idea of bringing nature indoors
- People who recognize the health benefits of indoor plants and want something more imaginative than pot plants
- Gardeners looking for new projects
- Florists or flower arrangers can create mini gardens to sell
- Anyone looking for interesting items to sell at craft fairs or markets
How will it help me
Mini gardens can look complicated but shop-bought displays seem generic and may be expensive. Use old containers and your imagination to make your own unique mini garden with the easy-to-follow instructions in this course. From deciding on your theme to buying the right plants and after-care tips for mini gardens, our course has it all covered.
Certification
You will be required to complete each lesson in full, and answer exams at the end of each course module. If your pass rate exceeds 55% on each exam then you are eligible to access a certificate of achievement or other accreditation options to recognize your achievement.
Most of our courses will earn you credits through Continuing Education (CE) / Continuing Professional Development (CPD). CE/CPD points are accepted and recognized by professional member bodies and academic institutions across the US and internationally.
All courses are accredited by the International Council for Online Educational Standards (www.icoes.org) and the The International Association of Private Career Colleges (www.iapcc.org). When successfully completing a course, students can choose to purchase an ICOES certificate that recognizes the achievement, from this third-party institution.
Creator
Enid Gonzalez-Svymbersky
Expertise: DIY
Enid Gonzalez (Svymbersky) is the creative blogger behind A Charming Project (acharmingproject.com), a DIY style website where she shares her passion for crafts, plants, and renter-friendly DIY. She first started crafting as a creative outlet, and soon became hooked on blogging when her Coffee Pot Terrarium project went viral. Between brunching and happy hour, you can usually find her planting, hot gluing, or painting her next project. Newly married, she lives in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Michael...and in the near future, a dog named Waffles.
Creative Indoor Mini Gardens 
4368 Students. ICOES Accredited. IAPCC and CPD Certified.
4368 Students.
ICOES Accredited.
IAPCC and CPD Certified.
About
Create natural landscapes or mythical lands in miniature in your home. Bring every corner of any room to life with your mini garden creations bursting with plants. There’s something magical and mindful about nurturing plants, caring for them, and watching them grow.
These modern mini natural landscapes look like living works of art. Although they can be intricate and delicate, they’re easy and economical to make at home. With the simple step-by-step instructions in our course, you can quickly create delightful mini gardens using old containers such as cocktail glasses or coffee pots.
The course has 33 contemporary mini garden designs which can fill even the smallest corner in any room. Whatever your dream garden contains, you can make a mini version in your home. With the projects in this course, you’ll never run out of ideas.
Bring the outdoors inside and start creating your very first mini garden.
Requirements
International Open Academy courses are designed for anyone with an interest in learning. No formal qualifications are required to study with us. Our courses are suitable if you want to learn new skills, start a new career, or if you’re already working in a particular industry and wish to upgrade your talents and enhance your resume.
Lessons
Module 1: Introduction
- The wardian case
- How a terrarium works
- All about layers
Module 2: Getting Started
- Vessels
- Terrarium plants
- Foundation
- Decorative elements
- Tools of the trade
Module 3: Fantastic Projects To Get Started
- A buddhaful memo board
- Air plant-etarium
- Shake n bake
- Best fronds forever
- Concharium
- Cactusville
- Darling dino
Module 4: Creative Projects For Decorating
- Desert oasis
- A plant lover’s dream
- A mossy occasion
- Fern fever
- Go with the faux
- Green lantern
- Mossy picchu
Module 5: Darling Projects For Gifts
- Will you Mari-mo me?
- Succulent cocktail
- Geo minimal
- Prickly by nature
- Little miss sunshine
- So jelly
- Jar-ry rigged
Module 6: Fun Weekend Projects
- Wild thing
- The beads’ knees
- Orchid mania
- Woodland chandelier
- Zen Succulence
- Test subjects
- Secret Garden
- Four easy ways to style air plants
- Capture the rainbow
Module 7: Keeping Up With Your Plants
- Pest control
- Propagation
Career
Who is this course for?
- Everybody who seeks for a new hobby to boost their manual and creative skills or start a new business
- Everybody who wants to bring fresh air to their homes
- Everyone with a creative eye who loves the idea of bringing nature indoors
- People who recognize the health benefits of indoor plants and want something more imaginative than pot plants
- Gardeners looking for new projects
- Florists or flower arrangers can create mini gardens to sell
- Anyone looking for interesting items to sell at craft fairs or markets
How will it help me
Mini gardens can look complicated but shop-bought displays seem generic and may be expensive. Use old containers and your imagination to make your own unique mini garden with the easy-to-follow instructions in this course. From deciding on your theme to buying the right plants and after-care tips for mini gardens, our course has it all covered.
Creator
Enid Gonzalez-Svymbersky
Expertise: DIY
Enid Gonzalez (Svymbersky) is the creative blogger behind A Charming Project (acharmingproject.com), a DIY style website where she shares her passion for crafts, plants, and renter-friendly DIY. She first started crafting as a creative outlet, and soon became hooked on blogging when her Coffee Pot Terrarium project went viral. Between brunching and happy hour, you can usually find her planting, hot gluing, or painting her next project. Newly married, she lives in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with her husband Michael...and in the near future, a dog named Waffles.