Vintage terrarium

Any illness-related posts have now gone to Sandwich Tears (another blog...I need to downsize big time). In the meantime...I recently acquir...

Explore Ken Marten's 1846 photos on Flickr!

Terrariums are a fun DIY and cute way to decorate your dorm so we've gathered 15 inspo pics that will get you started on making your own right now.

Handcrafted terrariums using traditional stained glass techniques.

Thursday's Guardian Country Diary describes a fragment of mature old woodland at Wolsingham in Weardale whose fallen, decaying trees support a wealth of wildlife, including ... ..... this rather lovely epiphytic polypody fern that was attached to an oak branch that had been torn off by the gales. The golden structures on the underside are the sporangia, ripe and releasing spores. You can read about the full life cycle of ferns by clicking here and see some more close-up and microscope…

When I moved into my present city apartment, a mere 680 square feet, Things had to serve a purpose. No longer could this antique wardian case hold trinkets for display, it had to be functional. So I gave up a rather large chunk of my micro kitchen to grow fresh herbs. I figure it is a fair trade off. I have a full spectrum vita light shining on the plants and they seem to do quite well in there. I adore wardian cases, terrariums and the like. They were a fixture in the Palace of Versailles…

Bell jar style terrarium ad, from the book "Fern Fever" Collecting ferns and moss was quite the fashion for the Victorians, so much so that one might have called it an obsession. Fern enthusiasts traded and promenaded their fantastical ferns, going as far as making treks out to the wild to collect rare specimens. An over-enthusiastic, fern-seeker even tumbled to her death while reaching for an elusive cliff-dwelling specimen. Sarah Whittingham traces this phenomenon in her glossy book "Fern…

A charming collection of Vintage Glass Cloche Images. These beautiful Bell Jar Clipart pictures are perfect for Garden themed projects.