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guide to planting a terrarium

what you'll need

  • ​Layer 1: Two to three small cups of washed gravel or small pebble stones for your first base layer. This acts as drainage.
  • Layer 2: A thin layer of Sphagnum moss (to aide drainage and filtration) place this on top of the pebble layer.
  • Layer 3: A small handful of horticultural charcoal (to spread on top of the sphagnum moss layer).
  • Layer 4: Three small cups of potting soil (to a depth of about three inches in the vessel).
  • A selection of plants: We recommend fittonia (nerve plants), variegated spider ferns, aquamarine plant, creeping fig, rabits foot ferns and birds nest ferns.
  • A selection of moss: Bun moss is brilliant for creating mini hills in your terrarium and sheet moss is good for flat planes or hillsides.
  • Additional decorations of your choice: Coloured sand, pebbles, figurines etc.

constructing your creation!


STEP 1 -  Create your layers

Put each layer neatly into your vessel in the order seen above.

STEP 2 - Plan your design:
  • Do you want the landscape to be flat or irregular? You can create 'hills' using a build up of soil and moss.
  • What do you want your main focal point to be?
  • What plants will you use? You should aim for no more than two types of plant for your design, as not to distract the eye from the rest of your landscape, even just one plant can stand out beautifully in a terrarium. However, there are no set rules, so get creative.
  • Do you want to add any other decorative elements? Perhaps create a stream using blue sand or add miniature house figurines to create a hamlet.

STEP 3 - Planting

Start getting creative and building your mini garden. When planting, remove the small plant from its pot and gently remove some excess soil from its roots. Use a pointer tool or your fingers to create a small hole in your soil and place the plant into it.

STEP 4 - Create your landscape

Loosely break up the moss with your fingers to fit the design you want to achieve and place on top of the soil or rocks you want covered.

​STEP 5 - Add decoration

For pathways and rivers, use your fingers to create a shallow trench line in the soil and fill it with either pebbles, sand or stones.
For mountains and cliff sides, a number of different rock types can be used, including beach pebbles, black polished river stones, aquarium rocks and so on... be creative!
Add animals and people. Miniature railway models are perfect for terrariums to create a sense of reality and give it some real life character. You can use sheep for grazing the hillsides, people sitting on benches next to the river bed, the list of ideas are endless...

cARING FOR YOUR tERRARIUM

​Once you have completed your open terrarium, it will need regular watering to keep the plants and moss moist.

For moss terrariums, they need a light water once a week.

​For plant-heavy terrariums, they need to be watered twice a week. Use a spray gun or a terrarium water bottle that has a pointy nozzle to help guide the water.

Make sure your terrarium is not in direct sunlight or over sources of heat to avoid the plants over heating and drying out.

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