Pond plants and supplies for backyard ponds, streams, bogs and water gardens.

bog plants thrive when planted in drilled rocks, such as the red lava rock, green sandstone and rainbow sandstone shown here.

Here’s a great way to include bog plants in all sorts of unusual places. These tiny tabletop water gardens can be featured as centerpieces on your table (indoors or out), can sit in a sunny spot on a counter or windowsill, or can liven up a bird bath or shallow water container.

Tabletop water gardens are a piece of cake to set up and care for. You will need:

1. a rock with a drilled hole through it
2. a small or dwarf bog plant
3. some moss or planting medium
4. a shallow water-tight container (even a pie dish will work)

Even better, our table-top water garden kits include the rock, plant and planting medium, which means you only need to find a container.

Once you have everything you need, you can assemble your tabletop water garden in just a few minutes. Just three steps:

This tabletop water garden includes red lava rock, a pitcher plant and some moss

1. Prepare your kit. Remove your kit from the packing materials, and prepare the plant, rock and growing medium. If your plant is potted, remove it from the pot and gently remove some of the old growing medium.<br>
2. Plant your rock. Wrap some of the new growing medium around the plant’s roots and gently insert the root mass into the hole in the rock. Be sure that the growing medium extends to the base of the hole. Use the remaining growing medium to fill in around the top and bottom of the hole.<br>
3. Place in a dish of water. Any dish or container that holds water will work fine. Just be sure that the water level always extends about an inch or so up the height of the rock (more is fine). The rock will slowly absorb water, keeping the roots evenly moist.

And you’re done!

We offer three styles of rock and several suitable plants through our online pond plant store.