During the Victorian era, exotic plants were shipped from tropical countries to England in Wardian cages similar to these. They keep plants warm and moist. Roy Inman Special to The Star The plant ...

House plants were popular with our ancestors, but indoor plants took a lot of work. No bug spray, no packaged topsoil or plant food, not even a good selection of pots was available. In 1829 Dr.

Terrariums are so ’70s, you say. Yes, these planting houses were very popular in the 1870s and all through England’s Victorian era. But their popularity is enjoying a rebirth. Although the use of ...

In 1827, a London physician with an interest in caterpillar metamorphosis built small glass boxes to contain the cocoons and emerging butterflies. Peering into the “dirt” in one of the boxes one day, ...

It's impossible to save time in a bottle, but for terrarium lovers, the renewed popularity of the mini-greenhouses is like revisiting a bygone era a la Jim Croce. Some of us remember the greener times ...

IT was an unseasonably hot Saturday in April, and the three dozen terrariums on display in a booth at the Brooklyn Flea were sweating, the moisture turning into beads on their glass containers. Katy ...

I n 1827, a London physician with an interest in caterpillar metamorphosis built small glass boxes to contain the cocoons and emerging butterflies. Peering into the “dirt” in one of the boxes one day, ...