As Kolkata moves from spring into a long, humid summer, a quieter kind of green is finding its way indoors. Not sprawling balcony gardens or high-maintenance houseplants, but tiny, self-contained ...

Fun DIY Christmas gift alert! And there's still time. Imagine creating a tiny, self-contained garden. This is what a terrarium is: a miniature garden housed inside a clear container, designed to mimic ...

Nathaniel Ward was an Englishman who loved to observe the behavior of insects and was fond of enclosing them in glass jars. Once, he forgot about one of his jars and, when he noticed it again, a fern ...

Create a garden under glass to enjoy or give as a gift to new, experienced and even reluctant gardeners. This self-contained system makes it easy to be a successful gardener with minimal care.

Gray continues to be today’s “it” neutral, but as one gray day leads to another come early January in southeast Michigan, I’m craving green. No wonder why terrariums are so refreshing. These miniature ...

Can eternal terrariums help grow food in outer space? Well, let’s first establish what an eternal terrarium is. An eternal terrarium is a mini-terrarium for plants and small animals that is also a ...

Give a jelly jar a makeover by transforming it into an open terrarium for small succulent plants. Here's how. This terrarium is an easy and fun way to upcycle an empty jelly jar or other large glass ...

Terrariums let us peek at nature when we can't slip outdoors. Whether displayed on an office desktop or in a home living room, the miniature gardens under glass assure a daily dose of soothing views.