How to create a terrarium
One of our most requested (live!) classes is terrariums.
You only need a few items to begin creating your own:
🌻 A glass container
🌻 A plant (or plants)
🌻 Accessories you choose
🌻 We build our base with perlite (for drainage), charcoal (to keep mushrooms from sprouting up!), and sphagnum moss (which can hold about 10X its weight in water). Then, we add the potting soil.
A terrarium eventually creates its own environment, a unique ecosystem that keeps going.
A few of the plants that thrive in these closed containers include:
🌱 Bird’s nest fern
🌱 Rabbit’s nest fern
🌱 Ivy
By the way, you can make a terrarium in just about ANYTHING. We build them in bottles and other assorted glass containers. However, it’s best— when you’re first starting— to use a shape you can fit your whole hand into…
(To see when we’re hosting our next class on terrariums, visit our class page.)