March 15, 2009 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google It's no ship in a bottle, but it is a novel way to add some low-maintenance greenery to your desk. With a little ...

Imagine a perfect, miniature world of greenery and flowers held captive in a clear glass container similar to a ship in a bottle. Peer inside, and you are transported to another climate, another place ...

Bottle gardens, or terrariums, are low-maintenance indoor gardens that use a glass container to create a self-sustaining ecosystem. Suitable for plants like ferns, mosses, tropical plants, succulents, ...

TERRARIUM WORKSHOPS* Company: Endurance Designs.* When: 1-2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27.* Where: Merchants on Main, 607 E. Main St.* Cost: $30, includes soil and plants to create up to three terrariums ...

Easy to make and maintain, terrariums are perfect for brown thumbs, but garden enthusiasts will also enjoy creating these miniature landscape designs. Transform empty bottles into happy DIY terrarium ...

I came across these wonderful terrariums on one of my favorite retail sites, Art In the Age of Mechanical Reproduction . They were made by Dave, an inspired enthusiast of the new Pennsylvanian ...

Impossible bottles, or bottles with an object inside that doesn’t seem like it can fit through the bottle’s mouth, have been things of wonder throughout history with ships or decks of cards being ...

It's impossible to save time in a bottle, but for terrarium lovers, the renewed popularity of the mini-greenhouses is like revisiting a bygone era a la Jim Croce. Some of us remember the greener times ...

Doctor Nathaniel Ward made a remarkable discovery in 1829. For safe keeping, he laid a hawk-moth pupa on damp soil in a small glass case. Weeks later, a baby fern and seedling grass appeared, growing ...