Create a Glass Terrarium

By Vanessa Richins

Sometimes the only place you have to garden is a windowsill or tabletop.

One way to maximize your potential is to build a glass terrarium.

You can buy premade kits or you can recycle old glass (or plastic) into your own beautiful indoor garden.

The San Francisco Chronicle explains that terrariums have been used for almost 180 years now:

“In her book [The New Terrarium: Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature], Tovah Martin explains the roots of the terrarium: In 1831, when British surgeon Nathaniel Ward picked a fern, stuck it in a bottle and forgot about it. Several months later, the fern was thriving and grass had sprouted in the enclosed container Read the rest of this entry »