Van Egmond Universal Substrate is composed of high-end raw materials, providing the right aeration and moisture ratio for your plants root system.
Lime and standard fertiliser (N.P.K + Tracing Elements) are added to the mixture, ensuring that your plants have the right amount of main and trace elements available during the first 4 to 6 weeks.
This maxes the soil suitable for houseplants and patio plants but it can also be used for borders, balcony plants and perennials.
Van Egmond Cactus Substrate is a potting substrate based on different types of Sphagnum peat and a high percentage of Irish white peat mulch. This Irish peat is added to ensure that the potting substrate has good moisture permeability, allowing the roots to have plenty of oxygen. This is very important to cacti as these generally grow in dry, sandy areas. A percentage of fertiliser was added to ensure that the cactus obtains the right nutrients. This potting substrate can also be used for succulents.
The Highland Moss Terrarium Potting Mix is a handmade blend of high-quality ingredients that are specially formulated for terrariums. This premium mix is perfect for creating a base for a lush, healthy, and vibrant terrarium environment.
Suitable for open and closed terrariums, mossariums, moss bowls and kokedama.
The mix includes a combination of our fresh, hand-picked sphagnum moss with other ingredients to create ideal drainage, water retention and humidity inside your terrarium to ensure optimal plant growth.Make sure you have everything you need
Terrarium Checklist
Materials you need to create a terrarium:
Terrarium Soil: A specialist blend that is tailored for humidity-loving plants
Sphagnum Moss: Helps with water retention and improves drainage
Activated Charcoal: To prevent mould and provide an additional layer of filtration
Introducing Akadama Soil, a genuine premium Japanese soil that is perfect for all your gardening needs. Made from fine-grade volcanic soil, it offers excellent drainage while retaining the right amount of water for your plants.
Introducing our premium potting mix tailored specifically for Carnivorous plants. This exceptional ready-to-use blend is carefully formulated to create optimal habitat for your carnivorous plants, ensuring they thrive in a consistently moist environment.
Introducing Highland Moss Potting Mix Blends – the perfect potting soil for all your plants! Created with care and tested successfully, these blends offer excellent conditions for your plants to promote healthy grow of roots and foliage.
mixed with other components creates an excellent potting mix for your plants.
Vermiculite added to your potting mix will increase water and nutrient retention and aerates the soil. Has similar benefits to perlite but provides much better water retention which will improve plants’ health.
Vermiculite is a silicate material and works as a sponge as a result has the ability to hold water for a longer period of time. Use it if your plants like moist soil, vermiculite will hold water until the soil dries out and then release it. It would be perfect for propagation as stay moist for a very long time.
Perlite is a hard volcanic rock which will improve drainage. Use perlite if the plant’s soil should dry out between watering or if you would like to create a loose potting mix. Perlite can be also used for propagation alone or mixed with sphagnum moss.
Organic, fine, horticultural grade pine bark is suitable for Orchids, Hoya and other epiphytes. You can mix it with other components to create a potting mix for Syngonium, Monstera, Philodendron and other plants.
Can be used in terrarium and vivarium.
Using the pine bark on the top of the soil will help increase humidity around plants and keep the soil moist for longer!
3L fill in an average size 17cm nursery pot or 3 x 10cm pots.
Activated charcoal (charcoal heated to increase its adsorptive power) is a great house plant soil amendment that can help improve your plants health.
Mix the charcoal with soil or add a layer on on the bottom to improve drainage, absorb odours , toxins and prevent moulds as well as balance/lowers pH.
It is an excellent absorbent which can absorb fertilizer and release slowly for a longer period providing a healthy dose of a regular basis.
Perlite is the name of a naturally occurring mineral, a mined volcanic rock mixed with other components to create the loose and light potting mix. It can also be used alone as a growing medium or mixed 50/50 with sphagnum moss will create a perfect base to grow your plants!
Vermiculite is a silicate material and works as a sponge as a result has the ability to hold water for a longer period of time. Use it if your plants like moist soil, vermiculite will hold water until the soil dries out and then release it. It would be perfect for propagation as stay moist for a very long time.
Perlite is a hard volcanic rock which will improve drainage. Use perlite if the plant’s soil should dry out between watering or if you would like to create a loose potting mix. Perlite can be also used for propagation alone or mixed with sphagnum moss.
If you have an aroid plant such as Monstera, Philodendron or Alocasia you should check out our handmade extendable moss poles. These are the ultimate treat for your plant, with fresh moss that your plant can latch onto which will make it grow larger, faster and best of all – happier!
Moss poles add humidity and encourage growth in your plant as well as provide support.
Extendable poles are made from Beech rods which are triple treated in Danish Oil for moisture protection.
We only use sustainably sourced fresh sphagnum moss. No peat bogs are harmed!
Available in green, pink or have some stylish alternating stripes with our mixed option.
No plastic used and we wrap in eco friendly packaging too.
Handmade to order in just 1 – 2 days.
Start with a 60cm tall base pole and simply screw in extensions as your plant grows.
Choose whether you need a base or extension below and then choose whether you would like your pole in classic green, stunning pink or a striped mix of both. You will also receive some extra twine and our care card with your pole – plus a cute wee gift for your plant pot.
Or, read on below to learn how to install and care for your moss pole.
Marimo Moss isn’t really a moss, it is a phenomenon of algae in a ball shape from the inside out! This naturally grows in freshwater lakes in Scotland, Estonia, Iceland, Japan and Australia.
There is a history of wonder and lore with Marimo Moss balls. The legend goes that two lovers who were forbidden together fell into a lake and their hearts turned into Marimo Moss! So now Marimo is said to bring your heart’s desire to both the giver and recipient of one.
They are fun to make, beautiful to look at and easy to maintain. We always keep a selection of our bio active terrariums for sale in our Aberdeen shop, and very soon our popular terrarium kits will make a return to our online shop.
This large, eco-glass container is the perfect vessel for creating your own mossarium or terrarium. The clear glass allows optimal light penetration and maintains a perfect level of humidity inside your mini ecosystem.
The container is made from recycled glass, making it an environmentally friendly choice for your projects. Suitable also for cactus and succulent gardens and carnivorous plants gardens!
Moss must be the most sorely misunderstood plant out there. For so long we have been power blasting it off roofs or chemically massacring it from the lawn.
But why? Moss is incredible at cleaning the air, beautiful to look at and low maintenace.
This is why we have created our own range of special soil mixes. Each one is blended to give your plant the perfect drainage and nutrients as suited to its needs.
Ready to up your game even more? We also have a range of soil mix components plus springtails that will maintain your soil for you.
Join us in our Aberdeen shop for a repotting session or attend a wee workshop.
If you need some help repotting your plant, book in a repotting session where we will give your plant a health check, then repot it one of our premium soil mixes. If you order an accompanying moss pole, we will install it for you too!
Or join us in our shop for an after hours workshop. Make a Japanese style kokedama, a stunning bio active terrarium and more with us. Our workshops are a relaxed and happy space where we provide everything you need including a vibrant variety of plants and fresh mosses as well as a lovely aftercare guide.
