Dr. Nathaniel Ward, a 19th century London physician, had a keen interest in nature, including observing insect behavior. When studying a sphinx moth emerging from a chrysalis he had buried in moist ...

Terrariums became popular in the Victorian era after a London doctor accidentally made a garden in a jar. A hobbyist naturalist, he kept a moth chrysalis in a jar of soil so he could observe it. But ...

The best plants for terrariums are small and low maintenance with interesting textures. Open and closed terrariums require different plans. Use open terrariums for succulents and closed terrariums for ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) – Terrariums are fully enclosed or partially closed containers that hold multiple indoor plants. They are so popular there are even entire businesses dedicated to letting people ...

For those of us missing the outdoor growing weather, creating a terrarium can be a wonderful way to “garden” in the winter. A ...

Constructing a terrarium is easy and inexpensive and can be accomplished on a snowy afternoon. Their care is minimal since they can go for months without water under the proper conditions. In addition ...

What if you could capture indoors a living vignette of what you see outdoors, along a hiking trail at, say, Myakka River State Park—plant life organically intertwining, varietals intermixed, all ...