27. Worcester Terrariums Teaches Us How to Keep Plants Under Glass

Have you ever attempted to create your own terrarium? Have you wondered how to design one, what plants to use, or why they fail? If so, today’s podcast is for you. Especially in temperate parts of the world, winter is a time when there is less sunshine, colder temperatures, and much less green in our worlds. But there is an answer–one can keep their own miniature jungle, stream, or peaceful forest in a terrarium. Today On the Dogwatch we are joined by Ben Newell of Worcester Terrariums to help us understand the history, design, and possibilities for creating this kind of miniature universe.Ben’s plant starter suggestions:Java moss (grows well in and out of water) Leuobryum glaucum - bun moss, pincushion mossDicranum scoparium - mood moss or greater fork mossThuidium tamariscinum - tamarisk mossMnium hornum - time mossLemon button fernCreeping button fernSword fernPeperomia sp.Barbosella dusenii - orchidFicus thunbergii - oak leaf ficus