Terrariums - Gardens Under Glass: Designing, Creating, and Planting Modern Indoor Gardens

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Maria Colletti

Terrariums - Gardens Under Glass

Designing, Creating, and Planting Modern Indoor Gardens

Maria Colletti

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Cool Springs Press
26 August 2015

Specialised gardening methods

Dive into the ultimate handcrafted, fun way to bring the natural world indoors! Terrariums are back and better than ever! If you haven't seen this virtually foolproof and no-fuss way to bring nature indoors in the last forty years, you are in for a treat. Whether you live in an apartment, are chained to an office desk, or just want to be surrounded by green, living things, creating terrariums is a delightful way to combine the worlds of home decor and gardening. Terrarium expert and teacher Maria Colletti makes designing your very own interior gardens easy with step-by-step photos of over twenty of her own designs. Get all of the information you need on the it plants of today-- tillandsias (air plants), orchids, mosses, cacti, and succulents, along with traditional terrarium ferns. Learn how to transform basic designs using moss, air plants, succulents, vertical planters, hanging glass globes, and more into an unlimited creative palette. Once you know the basics (the plants, the vessels, and a basic understanding of soil, water, and humidity), you can mix and match for an endless exploration of your own creativity!

By: Maria Colletti
Imprint: Cool Springs Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781591866336
ISBN 10: 1591866332
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 26 August 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Maria Colletti is the terrarium designer and store manager for the Shop in the Garden at The New York Botanical Garden. At the Shop, she creates displays filled with terrariums, hanging glass globes, and tropicals or succulents. She loves to experiment in her designs with carnivorous plants, cacti and succulents, ferns, and tropical foliage, incorporating stones, moss, and even a petrified dragonfly.

Reviews for Terrariums - Gardens Under Glass: Designing, Creating, and Planting Modern Indoor Gardens

Other books on this subject verge into kitsch, with authors ornamenting their terrariums with miniature people, furnishings, and animals, but Colletti happily avoids this detour and focuses purely on plant<b> - Better Homes & Gardens Country Gardens</b> Maria Colletti is no ordinary gardener. Instead, her green designs are small and portable. Hers is the domain of the terrarium--she creates miniature landscapes thriving in a world of glass, sunlight and minimal intervention. Known as the terrarium savant by a legion of fans, she has cultivated both expertise and a following that, like her creations, has grown organically with time<b> - Edible Manhattan</b>