Terrarium GuideFind a plant
A practical guide to terrariums

Build a little world.
Understand every part.

Choose plants, plan your build, and learn to care for a small garden under glass. A clearer next step, wherever you’re starting.

Start with the build guide Explore plants →

Humid terrariums · Open succulent displays · Air-plant arrangements

A clear jar with a removable lid, low green foliage, moss-like ground cover, stone and wood, and room above the planting.

Container · Plants · Growing medium · Care

What brings you here?

01

I’m starting a terrarium

Work through the setup, materials, and planting steps.

Follow the build guide →
02

I’m choosing plants

Browse names and compare growing conditions before buying.

Open the plant guide →
03

I’m caring for one

Plan routine care or find the right checks for a problem.

Find your care route →
Choose a growing direction

Different gardens.
Different care.

A lid, a drying root zone, or a removable support changes what you can grow—and how you look after it.

These are separate growing approaches, not plants to combine in one jar. Images illustrate arrangements, not growing trials.

A hand uses long tweezers through a broad glass opening to place a small surface patch beside foliage, with the removed lid on the table.
From idea to planting

An empty vessel.
A clear way forward.

Choose an environment you can maintain, prepare what has a purpose, and leave room to reach the plants.

  1. Choose the environmentUnderstand what open and closed glass changes.
  2. Prepare your materialsSeparate essentials from optional additions.
  3. Check a kit before buyingCompare what is included and what is missing.
Follow the full planting steps →
For the garden you already have

Keep growing.
Know what to check.

Start with what you can observe. Read the checks before adding more water or changing the setup.

Build a care routine →
Does it need water?Check the roots and growing medium first.↗Something fuzzy is growingCompare what you see before treating it.↗The terrarium looks too wetSeparate glass droplets from collected water.↗A plant is decliningCheck the root zone, light, and recent changes.↗

A guide you can look into.

Growing advice with traceable sources and clear conditions, so you can understand the reasoning behind each choice.

How we prepare the guide →