For those of us who aren’t blessed with a green thumb and who are perhaps a bit forgetful, plants can be surprisingly ...

Last week, I introduced the idea of winter gardening in a terrarium and provided information about the correct soil for a terrarium.Today, let’s look at what kind of plants can be used in a ...

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 ...

New prices: A few artificial plants are on sale right now — the Gracie Oaks 28-Inch Faux Lemon Tree is 56 percent off; the West Elm Faux Potted Rubber Tree is 23 percent off; the Williston Forge ...

A taste of the tropics, the plants anyway, now lives on columnist Tom Atwell's desk in the form of this terrarium Atwell created at a new Portland business that invites you to make your own terrarium.

Find suitable plants in nurseries that carry dwarf houseplants or try mail- order sources that have terrarium collections such as Glasshouse Works (online at www.glasshouseworks.com, 800-837-2142 ...

A terrarium can be landscaped as a particular habitat, like a tropical forest, or be used to give a picky plant more exacting conditions. A surprising diversity of miniature plants can fit into a l… ...