Creating a bioactive habitat with students can give them a window into the natural world while easing the upkeep for class pets and plants.

A terrarium is a miniature indoor garden, often in a sealed container, that can create a self-sustaining ecosystem. Build your terrarium by layering gravel, charcoal, and topsoil in a clear container ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Styling a wide-mouth vase with orchids and green plants creates a whimsical scene, says Buzo. To make each, fill the bottom of a ...

Imagine creating a tiny, self-contained garden. This is what a terrarium is: a miniature garden housed inside a clear container, designed to mimic natural ecosystems on a small scale. It typically ...

During the months when you can’t be outside working in the garden, what could be better than a miniature landscape that sits in your living room? Just remember, as you put the finishing touches on ...

Of the two types of terrariums, open and closed, a self-sustaining terrarium is the closed type. It's created with plants and ...

For those of us missing the outdoor growing weather, creating a terrarium can be a wonderful way to “garden” in the winter. A terrarium is a miniature indoor garden held in some type of clear ...