Colorful Moon Cactus Desktop Garden

Your Colorful Cactus Desktop Garden comes as a kit with step-by-step instructions and everything you need to care for your plants (and yourself). As you build your indoor garden, enjoy getting a little dirty in the soil and creating a unique sanctuary with your cacti! Everything in the garden kit is designed with you in mind and customized to the needs of your plants.

Your Colorful Cactus Desktop Garden will include:

Bamboo or Concrete Planter – A reusable planter made of either sustainably sourced bamboo or concrete, and includes planter liner and tray. Both planters are approximately 5” x 5” x 5”.

3 “Moon Cacti” – A curated collection of cactus plants that have aligned light, soil, and nutritional requirements, making them ideal companion plants for your desktop garden.

Aeration Mat – A green aeration mat made from recycled bottles to be placed at the bottom of the black planter liner. This mat helps keep oxygen available to the plants’ roots, which is crucial for their growth and development.

Cacti Foundation – The Gardenuity Foundation is custom blended compost matched to the needs of your cacti. 

Orange Scoop – To use when building your desktop garden.

Small Paintbrush – When indoors, cacti will gradually collect dust on their leaves, which can inhibit their growth and health. Keep your plants dust free by using the provided paint brush to gently remove any unwanted debris.

Decorative Moss – Place the moss on top of the soil, surrounding the base of your plant (optional). The moss is only for aesthetic purposes, so add as much or as little as you want.

When your plants arrive, take them out of the box as soon as you can and remove their travel attire. Remove each cacti from its plastic pot and gently massage away the excess soil, freeing up the root system from the packed growing media.

Setting up your desktop garden is simple and generally takes 10-15 minutes from start to finish. Printed instruction cards are included in each kit.

PLANT CARE:

{icon_sunlight}LIGHT{/icon_sunlight} Needs 4-5 hours of indirect, natural light every day. For happy plants, place your garden near a sunny window! Rotate your garden every week to give your plants equal exposure to sunlight.

{icon_watering}WATER{/icon_watering} Water only when the soil is completely dry—these cacti thrive with neglect! Water the soil thoroughly until the excess runs through the drainage holes. Make sure all areas are covered. (This quick drench replicates the heavy but infrequent rains in their native habitats.) Then place the plant back in its previous spot and hold off on watering until the soil completely dries out.

{icon_temperature}TEMPERATURE{/icon_temperature} Keep in warm spaces; these desert plants don’t like frost. 

{icon_growProTip}GROW PRO TIPS{/icon_growProTip} Indoor cacti will gradually collect dust on their leaves, which can inhibit their growth and health. Each week, use the small paintbrush to gently dust off the leaves and nurture your plants. Use this time to think of one thing you are grateful for and grow your mental well-being.