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Flora-Art · Weronika Walczak
A finished forest in a glass with a small palm, green and yellow moss, white pebbles and layers of coloured sand

Forest in a Glass — a workshop for children at the Ecological Kindergarten

Ecological Kindergarten, Wejherowo Workshops

A workshop for the children of the Ecological Kindergarten in Wejherowo: each child built their own forest in a glass, learning about soil layers, plants and how a small ecosystem works.

On 21 October 2022 I led the “Forest in a Glass” workshop for the children of the Ecological Kindergarten in Wejherowo. Each child built their own small ecosystem in a glass bowl — from a layer of coloured sand and drainage, through soil, to the plant, moss, pebbles and little decorations.

While we worked, we talked about botany and ecology: what a plant needs roots for and why the layers of substrate go in this particular order, how to water a forest in a glass and where to put it so the plant keeps growing. The children planted small palms and ivy, and then laid out a mossy forest floor around them.

In the photos: scooping soil with wooden spoons, planting, and the finished forests in a glass.

Gallery (15)

Children's hands with wooden spoons filling a pot with soil next to a glass bowlA glass bowl filled with soil on a table, with a pot of potting mix beside itKindergarten children scooping soil into pots and glass bowls with spoonsA child planting ivy in a glass bowl, with empty pots and spilled soil aroundChildren's hands arranging moss around a small palm in a glass bowlA small palm in a glass bowl with moss, white pebbles and colourful substrateA forest in a glass with a small palm, moss and a red toadstool on a table in the kindergarten roomA finished forest in a glass with a small palm, green and yellow moss, white pebbles and layers of coloured sandIvy with exposed roots in a glass bowl with blue and red sandA forest in a glass with ivy on a long table, with more of the children's work in the backgroundA forest in a glass with ivy and a ladybird figureIvy, moss, white pebbles and a red toadstool in a glass bowl with layers of substrateA finished forest in a glass with ivy, moss and two red toadstoolsA child placing green moss under the ivy in a glass bowlA forest in a glass with ivy, moss and blue pebbles, with a wooden spatula beside it

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