Autauga County – Alabama Extension
Come get your hands a little dirty and learn the history and growing techniques to the Japanese art form of Kokedama on Tuesday, February 4th, 2025, from 10 am-Noon at the Autauga County Extension Office! We’ll even have a Japanese inspired snack with your $25 paid registration so please register at www.aces.edu/go/4679 to make sure we have enough for everyone.
What Is Kokedama?
From Gardenbeast.com
Kokedama is a centuries-old Japanese form of garden art that is closely tied to the practice of bonsai. This Japanese term can be translated like this: “Koke” means moss, and “dama” means ball. Kokedama involves using a moss ball as the supporting and the focal point for a tree, shrub, or plant. In other words, it consists of wrapping the plant’s roots in a ball of soil which you then cover with moss. The moss ball is either fixed to a platform, like a dish or a bowl, or suspended in the air with a string.
Kokedama has been inspired by an old tradition that involved the exhibition of the exposed root ball of the bonsai specimen on a plate aiming to highlight the complexity and beauty of the root system. Yet, over time, moss would accumulate on the roots, which further enhanced the display.
