Terrariums: A Kid-Friendly, Pet-Friendly Alternative to House Plants

on March 9, 2009 at 12:00 PM

Terrariums are definitely making a comeback. These small-scale indoor gardens make for a perfect touch of nature even in your kid-filled, pet-inclusive, and/or city dwelling home.

Here is a bunch of terrarium fun I've come across lately.

Thimble Terrariums (!!!) over at Resurrection Fern
Stunning Terrarium Collection in a child's nursery on ohdeedoh
Cookie Mag posts about Tovah Martin's new book The New Terrarium: Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature
A very pretty designed Terrarium on Geninne's Art Blog
Lots of Hanging Terrariums and Vases at Remodelista

+++ What about you? Have you ever tried your hand at creating a terrarium?

About the author Sheri Reed

is a writer and the Entertainment, News & Sports editor for The Stir. She loves a good film, watches lots of good TV and follows Ryan Gosling's every move because she has to -- for work.

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Comments (2)

sunmoonstars

on Mar 9, 2009 at 12:10 PM

What a great idea!!! I think I may try this with local plants we can collect from outside!

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LuminousMom

on Mar 9, 2009 at 1:40 PM

I definitely have been inspired by all the beautiful ones on ETSY to try my hand at it! I have three floating shelves in my living room that I try to switch up every once and awhile and I was thinking how beautiful 6 randomly placed terrariums would be in all kinds of different clear glass vessels!