The window is nice, there’s a lot of light – but the view? Not so good?
Here are a few tricks to help you enjoy the window, but disguise the view.
> Bring in the sunshine with flowers and plants. Stencil flower and leaf designs around the window creating a frame. Hang a window box – inside [...]

Thanks to Michelle at My Crazy Life With A Toddler for letting me know about the new home of The Thursday Thirteen!
Thirteen Indoor Gardens You Can Make
1. Creative ideas for making planters from recycled containers
2. Assemble your own bonsai starter kit
3. How to make a succulent dish garden
4. How to make a kitchen [...]

Here’s a fun garden to make in a round wooden box.
Fill the box with sand or clean soil. (Soil will stick together better to make mountain tops)
Use plenty of rough pieces of rock and let the points of the rocks be mountain peaks with artificial snow on them.
If you have some evergreens in your yard, [...]

You can create an old fashioned garden in a small window box. Fill the box with a mixture of 2/3 potting soil and 1/3 fine sand for a good draining mixture – plants don’t like to be soggy!
Decide first of all where you would like to have some garden paths. Put down some small flat [...]

You can build a charming Japanese garden in a shallow tray filled with moist sand. Toward the center, make a pool using small round mirror. Over the pool, arch a cardboard bridge. Tiny railings can be devised using straight pins and thread. Using small, odd shaped twigs for trees, add some pieces of sponge painted [...]