A Family Guide to Terrariums for Kids: Imagination-inspiring Projects to Grow a World in Glass - Build a mini ecosystem!

by Patricia Buzo

Overview

With A Family Guide to Terrariums for Kids, budding botanists and artists can build, plant, and grow their own living worlds under glass following 15 unique and inspiring terrarium plans.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760367353
Publisher:	Cool Springs Press
Publication date:	09/15/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	112
File size:	20 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 12 Years

About the Author

Patricia Buzo is the owner and artist behind Doodle Bird Terrariums. From the age of 15, she had a successful career in fine art and mural painting, often choosing plants and nature as her preferred subject matter. Looking for a chance to work more closely with nature, Patricia founded her terrarium-making business in 2008, and through trial and error has become an expert in her craft. Both by experimentation and research, she perfected how to best create and care for planted terrariums, while at the same time using her artist background to create realistic miniature landscapes using live mosses and other tiny plant life. 

Patricia Buzo is the owner and artist behind Doodle Bird Terrariums. From the age of 15, she had a successful career in fine art and mural painting, often choosing plants and nature as her preferred subject matter. Looking for a chance to work more closely with nature, Patricia founded her terrarium-making business in 2008, and through trial and error has become an expert in her craft. Both by experimentation and research, she perfected how to best create and care for planted terrariums, while at the same time using her artist background to create realistic miniature landscapes using live mosses and other tiny plant life.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Section 1 Parts of a Terrarium 8

Chapter 1 Picking the right container 8

Chapter 2 Preparing your container for planting 14

Chapter 3 The best plants for terrariums 20

Chapter 4 How to take care of your terrarium 42

Section 2 Terrarium Projects for Kids 52

1 Winter Scene Terrarium 52

2 Hanging Glass Globe with Succulents 55

3 Bonsai Terrarium 58

4 Pet Marimo Moss Ball Aquarium 62

5 Geometric Terrarium with Succulents, Crystals, and Geodes 66

6 Bromeliad Terrarium with Layered Sand 69

7 Japanese Garden with Living Rocks 72

8 Geometric Terrarium with Air Plants 76

9 Dinosaur Bones Diorama Terrarium 80

10 Carnivorous Plant Terrarium 84

11 Vivarium for a Praying Mantis 88

12 Closed Jungle Ecosystem with Tropical Plants 92

13 Orchidarium 96

14 Aquatic Plant Paludarium 100

15 Mini Moss Landscape 104

Resources 108

About the Author 109

Acknowledgements 109

Index 110

Editorial Reviews

"I was BLOWN away by not only how FUN the ideas are, but how science based and educational it is!"—Bloom and Grow Radio

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