This tabletop container garden is my gift to my mom for Mother’s Day this year. When I was designing this garden, I wanted it to be an easy-to-maintain garden that requires little time and attention from my busy mom. I wanted the garden to be something cool and fun, while the plants in the garden must be hardy enough to survive on little attention. I don’t want to get my mom discouraged because she thinks she kills the plants in the garden after a few weeks.
So, this is what I have made for my mom – a tabletop container garden with different low-maintenance indoor plants that have attractive foliage and colors.
I can’t say black is a very popular color for Mother’s Day, and as well, it surely is not my mom’s favorite color (I rarely see my mom wearing anything in black). However, this didn’t cross my mind but only until this morning when I was looking at the photos of the container garden and about to write a post on it. It actually bothered me quite a bit that I called my mom and offered a remake of the garden for her with another container. But surprisingly, 
she told me she loves it. She said that she especially likes the color of the container for it matches perfectly with her black furniture.
What a relief! I am so happy that I called!
It’s beautiful and I actually like the black because it brings out the color of the plants! I like how you put your initial in the pot… so pretty!
Thank you Louise, it is not only my initial, but my mom’s (Susana) and my brother’s (Stephen) as well 🙂
Love your gardens! Thank you for the tips – I will do this in the winter, when Canada is a frozen tundra and gardening outside is impossible.
Thank you GP. And yes! Indoor gardening is probably our next best alternative when outdoor gardening isn’t possible 😉