Terrariums - Gardens Under Glass: Designing, Creating, and Planting Modern Indoor Gardens [Paperback]

Bring the natural world indoors! Create your own intriguing miniature garden under glass with expert advice, step-by-step photos, plant suggestions, and over 20 terrarium designs.

Theart of terrarium makingis back in vogue and better than ever. Growing collections of adorableminiature plants in glass vesselsis a great way to bring the outdoors in and get back in touch with nature all year round—and add compelling, modern elements to your home decor. Whether you reside in a tiny apartment, spend the bulk of your hours at an office desk, or just want to be better connected to green, living things, terrariums are the ticket.

InTerrariums - Gardens Under Glass, terrarium expert and teacher Maria Colletti makes designing and caring for your very owninterior gardenseasy with:
 

• Step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions for making over 20 of her own terrarium designs.
• All the information you need about popular terrarium plants, such as tillandsias (air plants), orchids, mosses, cacti, succulents, and ferns.
• Ideas and tips for choosing your glass vessels, with choices including vases, lidded jars, fish bowls, vertical planters, hanging globes, tabletop greenhouses, and more.
• Maintenance, troubleshooting, and watering tips, including vessel-specific advice.

A wondrous combination of nature, gardening, and interior design,terrarium building and tending is both therapeutic and inspirational.

Once you know the basics (the plants, the vessels, and a basic understanding of soil, water, and humidity), you can mix and match foran endless exploration of your own creativity!

Maria Colletti, author of Terrariums: Gardens under GlassandLiving Decor, is a traveling workshop instructor. She currently teaches the Living Décor terrarium series at New York Blã,