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[Meefloaf]

never thought of that, hmm. shape wise, the reason i thought of the plastic garden mesh was it would keep it's shape with the weight, may get some and have a play

[Meefloaf]

been thinking of what to use for the canopy, thought maybe one of those tiny plastic serving baskets, the kind fries and stuff come in. other than that, maybe i could use some expanding foam over the bottom of a bowl and that'll make it hollow/weeping, then i could cover it in plastidip, could either out some earth on it or chuck some sphagnum on it whilst it is drying

[deranged chipmunk]

honestly? i think you are over thinking it. just plant a nice broad leafed plant and it will be fine. if you don't mind a bit of work, you can plant a small ficus 'benjamina' in the left front. then you can trim it to keep it small. basically, bonsai it, since this is a tree that grows 100' tall. it's a common bonsai plant and should be readily available to you. or, you could just buy a ficus bonsai tree and plant it in there.