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

Description

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.

Melanie Florence is an award-winning author of eleven book who is always looking for new writing challenges. She is the recent winner of the Second Story Press Aboriginal Writing Contest, and her recent nonfiction book, Righting Canada's Wrongs: Residential Schools was chosen as an Ontario Library Association Best Bet and was given a starred recommendation on the CCBC Best Books 2016 list. Melanie lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her family.

"Melanie's terrariums offer a zen, natural peace to a home." -MomSpark "Melanie's use of color, texture, and whimsy makes her DIY terrariums really stand out. I also love how she incorporates quirky containers into beautiful gardens for any space." -Jamie of CreatingReallyAwesomeFunThings "Melanie's terrariums offer a zen, natural peace to a home." -MomSpark "Melanie's use of color, texture, and whimsy makes her DIY terrariums really stand out. I also love how she incorporates quirky containers into beautiful gardens for any space." -Jamie of CreatingReallyAwesomeFunThings