Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
For the IKEA Virtual Greenhouse, We Smell The Rain shows how to make a kokedama ball. Kokedama is a traditional Japanese art form also known as ‘poor man’s bonsai’. It’s a meditative technique for connecting with nature and making your own living art piece, combining soil, moss and thread to create a self-contained plant vessel. As well as listing the simple tools for making a kokedama, the film shows tips like which soil to use kokedama balls, how to water a kokedama ball and kokedama styling.
For the IKEA Virtual Greenhouse, We Smell The Rain shows how to make a kokedama ball. Kokedama is a traditional Japanese art form also known as ‘poor man’s bonsai’. It’s a meditative technique for connecting with nature and making your own living art piece, combining soil, moss and thread to create a self-contained plant vessel. As well as listing the simple tools for making a kokedama, the film shows tips like which soil to use kokedama balls, how to water a kokedama ball and kokedama styling.
