Dish Gardens and Terrariums: Decorative Indoor Gardens in a Bowl
How a dish garden differs from a terrarium, which plants belong in each, and ordered steps for planting an open bowl that stays healthy.
Grow a Thriving Garden Inside Your Home
Ways to set up a growing area indoors: plant shelves, a windowsill garden, plant display ideas, and decorative dish gardens and terrariums.
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How a dish garden differs from a terrarium, which plants belong in each, and ordered steps for planting an open bowl that stays healthy.
Practical design principles for a plant group that looks composed instead of cluttered: vary height, group in odd numbers, contrast leaves, repeat one pot element and leave space, with ideas for a console table, corner, sideboard and bookshelf.
A step-by-step way to turn a free windowsill into a small garden: measure the windowsill, read its light, protect the surface, choose containers and plants that fit, arrange them, and watch for radiators, hot or cold glass and curtains.
Turn a shelf unit into a working growing area: how to choose between open and solid shelves, respect the load rating, position the unit for light, space the levels, protect them from water and arrange plants by brightness.