I'm Currently Obsessed with...

...water plants.



Years ago, I saw in an old issue of Martha Stewart Living pictures of water plants being grown in glass jars indoors. I loved the way these looked and decided to use this idea when we were planning Q’s nursery.





We had a bunch of old jars left over from our wedding decorations so I used these as containers. Using monofiliament tied in macrame knots, I then hung them from hooks in the window of Q’s room.



At first, I didn’t know where to get water plants so I just took clipping from plants that I had around the house. They would root in the water, and live for a little while before getting all goopy and gross with algae. I got recommendations from a few people who had ponds and they said to check out Hill Haven. This place is wonderful. The woman who worked there was extremely helpful and I ended up getting a number of different plants including Temple Plants, Taro (Black Magic), Parrots Feather, Water Lettuce, Duckweed, Azolla, and Salvinia.





-c.