Glass Gardens: Easy Terrariums, Aeriums, and Aquariums for Your Home or Office

by Melanie Florence

Not everyone can be Martha Stewart, and luckily you don’t need to be to create beautiful terrariums to display in your space or to give as a gift. With simple instructions and a relaxed and pleasant tone, Glass Gardens speaks to the beginner terrarium-maker as a best friend would over a cup of coffee or tea. You won’t find any overly elaborate or complicated projects here! With just a few supplies and a small amount of time, you’ll have a gorgeous centerpiece to display or give away.

Learn how to create stunning, easy-to-maintain terrariums with cacti and succulents, as well as water terrariums (aquariums) with plants you can buy at your local pet store and air terrariums (aeriums), which are by far the easiest type of terrarium to create and keep alive.

In Glass Gardens , you’ll be given lists of supplies you’ll need as well as information on where to find them in addition to tips and tricks about the best ways to keep your plants alive and thriving. Easy, step-by-step instructions and detailed photos will have you designing your own glass gardens before you know it.

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening

136 pages, Hardcover

Published July 4, 2017

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

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Contrary to its title, this book is mostly air plants and designs. I was hoping for more of a focus on terrariums, and details that are less than Google-able, but it turns out this book is really for the folks who want to dive into a new and unknown territory with a light guide, not technical details. I appreciate the authors candor, and the encouragement to jump in and learn as you go, but the lack of expertise was disappointing.

[Diana · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lots of cute ideas, but not a lot of solid information on plants and how to care for them.

[Ana Gutierrez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple but informative! Fully in enjoyed reading this and definitely recommend it for plant lovers and terrarium, aerium, and aquarium dabblers. :)

[Kimberly Rohling · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wished there was more information about the types of plants and their respective care vs trial and error plant sabotage.

[Tasha · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted a guide on the basics needed to get started and some design inspo, and this book definitely aims to fit that. I do wish it had been organized a little more clearly though – like aeriums, then terrariums, or by types of plants.

The entries were also really repetitive and not very helpful or authoritative. The author called herself a klutz at least a dozen times; once was bad enough. If she's not an expert on the subject why did she write a book about it? Even if she feels like she's not, fake it!

Lastly, a book that you get for inspiration should have fantastic photos and these were very amateurish. The terrariums did not look as awesome as I'm sure they do in real life.

[Nadina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was cute and simple. It is not really detailed if you are looking for specifics on plants, but it is a great guide on giving ideas of how to make little gardens (terrariums, aeriums, and aquariums).
It is not really a difficult read, and unless you are making a specific terrarium shown, the main thing is the fact there are lots of colorful pictures. Each suggested terrarium has a picture, which is great.
I really liked this book and I would recommend it to people.

[Mike Stevens · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this in a few hours. The writing is very informal yet interesting. I'm giving this book five stars for the simple reason that it inspired me to make a terrarium, something I had no though of or desire to do beforehand.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of inspiring ideas for planting in glass containers but not too much on long term care or how long they'll last. I think this is a great project book if you're okay with replacing your plants as needed.

[Brianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice simple starter book with fun ideas that can inspire or be copied exactly.