The bright filtered light in the Crosstown Concourse is perfect for this terrarium of moss and selaginella. It is more than a year old, and requires trimming every 4-6 months.
Living as I do surrounded by potted plants and terrariums, I sometimes feel like St. Exupery’s Little Prince on his home planet, carefully attending to the Rose’s needs for sun, water, and protection from the evening chill, and enjoying her companionship in return. Plants are sentient creatures, and once you become attuned to their modes of communication it gets easier to care for them, and the pleasure they bring to you magnifies.
You can put them away from a window so long as you have a broad spectrum light. Plants need light to make food, remember?
Terry babies of moss need bright light, these are in an east window. You can’t just put these little guys in a bookcase
Give me a call to discuss your ideas on size and location for a terrarium in your home or office. Whether you want something small right off my shelf today, or you want to plan and build something unique for your space, we can find a new little world of your own to cherish for many years.
Here are some of the little jewels I’ve been working on this year. Come meet them at my Open House on December 17, from noon to 4 pm, at 700 North Belvedere. Call me at 901-828-3685 with any questions. Ya’ll come!
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This guy is heavy, about 18inches in diameter and will need a good sized space. It is in an antique glass cake carrying case, too not pictured. It will require some trimming and will be better for someone with a moderate level of plant proficiency. Antique glass with exotic plants, and a moss covered castle! $250
Detail of eyelash begonia and begonia capanensis
Some terry babies, with crystal geodes and moss, tightly sealed, dry low maintenance. 4 inches tall, perfect for desktop or windowsill
A simple terry baby, a little moss and crystal, 3 inches
Tillandsias filifolia ear muffs for winter in tropics
Lucious ten inch bubble bowl, with neoregelia, ruby red spike moss selaginella, tillandsias filifolia, feather moss, tillandsias bulbosaaverage cost for 10 inch
Peacock moss selaginella and feather moss, what a great green idea. 8 inches tall, $30
Another terry baby, five inch, sealed, cushion moss and crystal cluster
Peperomia and creeping ficus kokedama are filling this glass bowl with gorgeous shapes and colors, quiet life to brighten your world
Drop by to see me at 700 North Belvedere in Midtown, Memphis, to see all the new terrariums I’ve been building this fall, and let me help you pick the perfect one for your home or office. I collect and propagate exotic miniature tropical plants and mosses from around the world to use as my palette in create living art that will grow and change for many years with minimal care.
The Open House is from noon to 4 pm on Sunday, December 17, 2018, and I am open by appointment in evenings and on weekends. Give me a call at 901-828-3685 with any questions, check out the website for more information, or send an email through the form below. Ya’ll come enjoy some holiday cheer, life is good!
The fine folks at Dabney’s Nursery invited me to bring some terrariums for sale this Saturday and I said, HECK YEAH!!! There’ll be mule drawn carriage tours of the nursery, BBQ, a petting zoo, and live music by Delta Joe Sanders. Who could ask for more on a beautiful October afternoon?
So, in between all of that fun stuff, step inside the gift shop to see my new creations. I have a variety of smaller terrariums, some that can hang in a kitchen window, and will bring a few larger guys, too. Also, a good variety of healthy, happy tillandsias (air plants), a few terrarium kits, and a “build your own” for kids while supplies last!
Dabney’s is located at 5576 Hacks Cross Road; I’ll be there from 11 am to 4 pm, so come on down and visit a while. Got a question? Give me a holla at 901-828-3685.
This beauty is now 6 months old and needs a good trimming – come see it. You might have a table just waiting for it at home!
Tiny green jewelsYou can put them away from a window so long as you have a broad spectrum light. Plants need light to make food, remember?
