What Projects is Will Working on?

This is a great project submitted by a web visitor to my terrarium website. He found a really tiny bottle and he planted a terrarium inside it. This is somthing similiar to my tabasco bottle terrarrium. But he took his terrarium one step further and put it right inside another terrarium. There is an elegance […]

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I received a picture from an accomplished terrarium maker. The terrarium struck me in two different ways. First off it is so very simple (four plants all of the same kind) and secondly it struck me as being a legitimate work of art. I have some very strong thoughts about making terrariums and raising the […]

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I will be doing a new terrarium project. This project will use the flowers in the Micro Mini Sinningia family which are among the smallest flowers in the world. You can see an example of one of these flowers in the picture. That’s a penny on the top of the cup. These flowers are perfect […]

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This is a new article I have written about how to use a terrarium as a learning tool for kids.  You can use something as simple as a styrofoam cup and a few bean plants and there are some wonderful lessons in it. The article covers three important points:
1. Stewardship of plants and the world we […]

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This is a neat, and peculiar little project. It is a terrarium in a one gallon jug that is upside down. It posed quite a challenge to get it so that everything was right and there was no soil on the glass. Read more about this project and find out the secret to how I […]

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A web visitor to my terrarium site has sent me some great pictures to some apothecary jar terrariums he has made. They came out great and this is a nice way to start out with a terrarium because they are reasonably sized and have a large mouth so you can reach inside with ease. Here […]

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Moss terrariums are getting real popular and I thought I would give one a try. I took a walk looking for moss and then made it into a terrarium. This little tutorial gives you some tips and tricks for making one yourself. The big thing, it seems to me, is making your little eco-system in […]

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Here is a new project that I just completed. It is a tutorial on how to make a Desert Terrarium. This kind of terrarium is very attractive, easy to make and very hardy - so it is pretty easy to care for. The tutorial also has lots of tips on how to make it look […]

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Terrariums for Kids: The cookie jar shown in the picture is just about the perfect container for a terrarium that kids can make. It is large, has a large opening and easy access from the side. You don’t have to use a cookie jar to make a great terrarium for kids though. I have lots […]

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Here is another great terrarium project submitted to me by a web visitor. It is a conch shell terrarium and I have put together a webpage with pictures and instructions. I really like this terrarium because it shows creative container use. And it lends itself to a nice them (the seashore). A Conch Shell Terrarium

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