Since I already have the spores..... I'd sent off for some cushion moss spores hoping to create/begin a nice shade garden in the tiered garden on the alley side... Along came a big ol storm and took down part of my neighbor Frank's tree and there went the shade. So after the garden became a full sun place...
I'll be taking those spores down to the basement to play around with transplanting and growing moss. I found this great website and sent off for their booklet written by the senior member of the team who started Moss Acres, David Benner. http://www.mossacres.com/ Fascinating stuff. I'd tried to transplant it over at my other house but with no luck. Not knowing what I was doing at that time, I failed to use the right medium to mix in with spore. This will be purely experimental for me ...
About a year ago, I read a book about moss by Robin Kimmerer and then went to hear her speak at Severson Dells. She disputes the fact that moss CAN be transplanted.... Her book "Gathering Moss:A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses" is a great read. Besides being descriptive of the species, it also contains some good reflections and how things in life tie in together. She's also a good speaker and a friendly open sort of person.
The enclosed photo comes from the Moss Acres. Beautiful and exotic although the materials are so common and people actually buy herbicides to kill this stuff in their lawns!
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