Join Westerlay Orchids at Topa Topa Brewery for a Hanging Kokedama Workshop

4880 Colt Street,Ventura CA 93003

19 August, 2021

Description

Join Westerlay Orchids at Topa Topa Brewery for a Hanging Kokedama Workshop Join Westerlay Orchids at Topa Topa Brewery for a Hanging Kokedama Workshop: Explore the art of kokedama with Westerlay Orchids at this interactive, fun workshop. The art of Kokedama literally translates from “koke” meaning moss and “dama” meaning ball. This moss ball has experienced a resurgence as a modern art form useful for uniquely presented plants and flowers. Instructions and classes on the how-to for this skill abound on the Internet and plant forums. A Japanese moss ball makes a personalized gift or simply an interesting accent for a favorite plant specimen. What is Kokedama? It is a form of Japanese garden art that is centuries old and tied into the practice of bonsai. It is an accent to that mode of plant display where a moss ball is the focal and supporting point for a sculpted tree or plant. The moss ball is fixed to a platform or suspended from string with the plant growing out from the sphere. Kokedama is the practice of taking the root ball of a plant and suspending it in a mud ball, which is then coated with soft green moss. It is a living planter as well as a distinctive display piece. They may be fixed to a piece of driftwood or bark, suspended from a string, or nestled in a clear, attractive container. Hanging many of these as a Kokedama moss garden is called a string garden.