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The New Terrarium: Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature |  | Authors: Tovah Martin, Kindra Clineff
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 92013
Media: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition
Pages: 176
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0307407314
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.9824
EAN: 9780307407313
ASIN: 0307407314
Publication Date: February 24, 2009
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Product Description
If you live in the city but want to be close to nature . . .
If you call the countryside home but have no time to step outside . . .
If you are confined to an office fifty hours a week . . .
If your home needs the soothing touch of the natural world . . .
In The New Terrarium, Tovah Martin, one of Americaâs favorite gardeners, introduces you to the whimsical yet practical world of gardens under glassâa no-fuss way to bring snippets of nature indoors. Wherever you are, in whatever little time you have, terrariums are the perfect tool for nature lovers and gardeners everywhere.
With gorgeous photography, The New Terrarium reveals how this classic garden tool has been reimagined in a modern way. When encased in glass, plants thrive with almost no help from outside their little enclosed world, so you can host a plant almost anywhereâin your apartment where the air is dry or in your cubicle where thereâs little natural light. Tucked inside something crystal and contained, the bounty of the forest or treasures from the beach or the meadow can merge seamlessly into your home or office environment. Itâs amazing how some frothy fern fronds or colorful blossoms can transform a room by giving it a burst of vibrant green life.
With clear, simple step-by-step instructions and photographs to inspire and guide you along the way, Martin shares her years of experience growing and tending terrariums and shows how terrariums can enrich your life, including:
⢠different venues for cultivating your terrarium
⢠plants that flourish in these gardens under glass
⢠ideas and designs for creating your first terrarium
⢠how to care for and maintain the environment youâve made
Martin has designed a unique range of imaginative terrarium projects, including ones that are suitable for children, enliven the seasons, incorporate plant propagation, and show off a nature collection. Whether you are a gardener or city-dwelling nature lover, The New Terrarium is the perfect way to spark your creativity, while helping you to bring your favorite plants into your home and giving them a place to thrive.
When nature is out of armâs reach and you crave a little greenery, The New Terrarium can show you how to bring all the benefits of the outdoors close to you.
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 The New Terrarium March 28, 2009
Diana L. Pederson (Michigan)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
The New Terrarium: Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature
The New Terrarium
What do you picture when talking about a terrarium? Do you have the memory I do of my summer vacations? We summered up at Green Lake for many years. Dad would cut firewood in the woods behind the cottage. Mother would walk back with us kids so we could explore the woods. She gathered moss, decayed wood, a few pine cones, and the tiny British Soldier fungi we found on downed logs. These were carefully protected on our trips home. Then, she'd carefully arrange these treasures in a brandy sniffer terrarium. It served as a vacation reminder until the next summer.
This childhood memory left me with a permanent yearning for a terrarium. Unfortunately, I didn't seem to acquire the knack of putting these together successfully. I've tried various containers including my current 20 gallon long aquariums purchased originally to over winter some carnivorous plants. I've even tried with so called no-fail plants and failed.
Last summer I heard a rumor of a new book on terrariums. It was ordered as soon as amazon.com started taking pre-publication orders. It finally arrived at the end of February. This is one of the few books I've started reading at 11:00 p.m. and stayed awake until I reached the back cover--at about 3:00 a.m.
Tovah Martin and Kindra Clineff (photographer). The New Terrarium. Clarkson Potter Publishers, New York, 2009.
Tovah Martin starts out by defining a "terrarium" and showing us how a simple terrarium can help to connect us with nature even when indoors. She states:
Terrariums can be implements in a makeover. When glass enclosures enter the scene, not only is gardening possible inside your home, it's downright glamorous. The ante is upped as far as aesthetics go. You've elevated houseplants to an art form. ... (page 23)
She discusses all the different terrariums possible in Part 2. This includes anything from a cold frame outside protecting tender plants to canning jars or even to a full size Wardian case inside. The emphasis is on finding some way to keep a plant, enclosed in glass, near your bed, dining table, living room, or that cubicle office, far from a window, where you spend your days.
Now that she has you craving a terrarium she provides instruction to complete the process. She discusses the different containers possible followed by ideas for where a terrarium might fit into your lifestyle. The information includes the basics of planting and maintaining your personal creation. Her ideas will challenge you because she doesn't limit potential plants to our traditional houseplants. She even suggests using some of our perennials such as Heuchera (coral bells). I really appreciate her emphasis on making the terrarium something that satisfies you--not something another person might want.
The final Parts (5 and 6) provide a discussion of suggested plants - ranging from moss to orchids - with a discussion of where they might do well in your home. Of course, emphasis is on matching the plant to your décor and your indoor climate and light conditions. Then she provides some project ideas.
I find the "extras" in this book as important as the main text. Her case study section walks you through creating several projects suitable for a child to those best suited for adults. Her resources include names and addresses for various garden centers, some online sources, and a listing of plant societies that may be interesting to you.
The pictures provided are almost sufficient to make owning this book valuable. When you combine the pictures with the text, you have a book that will send you shopping for some glass containers and plants. I wonder if this book might challenge garden shows - indoors and out - to add a "terrarium" section to their show catalogs.
Do I recommend this book? I don't know why an indoor gardener would want to be without it, if only for the project ideas. May I suggest you order this book from your favorite bookstore or from amazon.com? I am confident that you will enjoy it as much as I do.
om? I am confident that you will enjoy it as much as I do.
Awesome Book March 26, 2009
Corey Longstreth (Athens, OH US of A)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was a really helpful book that relayed a lot of information I did not know about terrariums, and the creation of a terrarium garden. I found a site that sells the terrarium but I needed to know information on what to put in the terrarium and this book did so. Great Book! If anyone is looking for terrariums check out www.terrariumsale.com that's where I found mine and they have a fast and helpful customer service.
nostalgia March 31, 2009
BB
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you love the look of old terrariums, you will love the photo spread in this book, and all the necessary directions to starting one yourself. You will also find that you can transform many of your old unused glass pieces into terrariums as well. Great book
A wonderful book! August 21, 2009
A. Robinson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The New Terrarium is an outstanding guide for anyone interested in creating their own terrariums.
You will learn about the myriad of possibilities for terrarium containers. You will learn about the different types of rock, sand, moss, soil combinations appropriate for different types of plants. You will be amazed at the hundreds of plants that can do well in a terrarium.
Best of all you will learn how easy it is to create your own terrarium that is simplicity itself in its care and maintenance. You will quickly learn that building a terrarium is not just for those lucky few with a "green thumb": anyone, kids included, can be successful building a terrarium that will last for years with little care or maintenance.
The text is easy to read and well thought out. The photographs in the book are absolutely gorgeous! Just flipping through the photographs alone will inspire you. My wife and I have owned the book for 2 weeks and we've already created a dozen terrariums for our home.
We couldn't be happier with the purchase of this book and highly recommend it.
Not your 70's terrariums March 1, 2010
Karen Hort (Boston, MA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Tovah Martin always writes a great detailed reference book- the ideas are not the tired 70's idea of terrariums. Countless ideas ,great plant lists, and clear instructions. You can't look at a glass container anymore witout thinking of what you can do with it.
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