If you love creative gardening and want to learn some unique ideas to beautify your plants, you should check out Kalpana Bhargava’s YouTube channel, Kalakreations. Kalpana is a vlogger who has been sharing her amazing gardening ideas since 2018. She has over 9K subscribers who follow her tips and tricks to make stunning plant arrangements.

She has created several tray gardens such as forest tray gardens, desert tray gardens, fairy tray gardens, tray gardens with waterfalls, succulent tray gardens, and more. 

This blog post will explore some of her amazing projects and learn from her experience. Some of her popular vlogs are:

1. How to Make Jade Plant Topiaries

Kalpana’s most popular videos are about jade plant topiaries. Making jade plant topiaries is her specialty, which are sculpted plants that resemble animals or objects. She shows how to shape jade plants into different forms, such as peacocks, tortoises, caves, pyramids, dolls, balls, cages, waves, and more. 

She also explains how to care for them and make them thrive. She says that jade plants are easy to grow and propagate and can add charm and beauty to any space.

2. How to shape Adenium

Another video that got a lot of views is about how to shape Adeniums in different ways such as nets, braids, etc. Kalpana demonstrates how to prune and train the Adeniums to grow them in different shapes. She has also created beautiful shapes using the Ficus plant. 

3. Broken Pot Creativity

Kalpana also has a knack for turning broken pots into creative planters. She uses the broken pieces to make different levels and compartments for the plants.  She calls it broken pot creativity and has many videos on how to turn broken pots, marble slabs, cement trays, etc., into mini gardens, fairy gardens, or succulent planters. She says that broken pots are not a waste, but an opportunity to unleash your imagination and create something unique. She fills them with soil, moss, and succulents to create mini gardens. 

4. How to Make Open and Closed Terrariums

Kalpana also likes to experiment with different types of terrariums, which are glass containers that house tiny plants such as succulents that do well in small spaces and with minimal soil.  She shows how to make open and closed terrariums using different kinds of plants, stones, sand, colored marble chips, and figurines. 

5. How to Grow Organic Veggies and Fruits at Home

Kalpana is not only good at making decorative plants but also at growing edible ones. She has a section in her garden where she grows organic veggies such as cabbage, cauliflower, brinjals, tomatoes, and spinach, fruits such as chikoos, figs, papaya, and strawberries, and herbs such as parsley, basil, mint, coriander, and more. She shows how to prepare the soil, sow the seeds, transplant the seedlings, and harvest the produce. She also shares tips and tricks to save them from pests and diseases by using homemade pesticides and fertilizers. She prepares her pesticides and fertilizers using natural ingredients such as buttermilk, cow dung manure, dried leaves, etc. 

Other Projects

• One of the most creative things that Kalpana has done is to transform her garden using broken marble pieces. She used marble pieces and stones to make pathways and borders for her garden. She planted various flowers, shrubs, and trees to create a colorful and relaxing space.
• In one of her videos, she shares her secret on how to make zero-cost dry leaf manure. She collects dry leaves from her garden in a plastic bag or piles them up in a corner. She adds some water to speed up the decomposition process. After a few months, she gets rich and dark manure that she uses for her plants.

Kalpana is an inspiration for all garden lovers. She proves that gardening is a hobby and an art form. She inspires anyone who loves gardening and wants to learn new ways to make it more fun and creative. 

Her channel is full of useful tips, tutorials, and ideas that will help you grow healthy and beautiful plants. You can subscribe to her channel, Kalakreations – YouTube for more such creative ideas.