This technique created by Eme (@atelir_te) from Indonesia, combines the British idea of hanging baskets and the Japanese practice of kokedama, using a mixed planting of epiphytic species. Whilst kokedama, which literally means 'moss ball', refers to wrapping plant roots in living moss, the purpose of tamandama is to combine multiple specimens together to create whole miniature gardens.

'What I think is so clever about Eme's take is that tamandama isn't about individual plants, but whole gardens created on spheres suspended in the air,’ says James in his Instagram series.

‘Taman is the Indonesian word for the garden, after all, hence the Indo-Japanese hybrid term 'tamandama' or 'garden ball'. But there's another layer to the ingeniousness here. Hanging kokedama in Japan are really only ever meant as a temporary display technique, with these moss-wrapped roots of plants like baby maple trees quickly drying out when strung up for even a few days. Eme's creations use epiphytic plants like orchids and ferns that naturally love the well-drained, high-airflow conditions clinging to branches of trees, meaning these are permanent displays.’

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If you would like to try your hand at your own, James suggests using rabbit’s foot ferns as the centrepiece, with smaller, spreading dragon scale fernsto accompany. Hanging tassel ferns would also make a great voluminous addition to the tamandama. Plant the ferns in a loose ball of sustainably-sourced sphagnum moss tied together with thread and see this marvellous tropical creation evolve.

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