How To Make a Terrarium: An In-Depth Tutorial

If you’re new to terrarium making & don’t know where to start, this video is for you. In this step by step guide I’ll be showing you how to make a terrarium whilst covering everything you need to know, from the drainage, substrate, plants & much more! Making your own DIY mini ecosystem is a great way to re-connect with nature, if you haven’t made one yet you should definitely give it a go!

Materials:

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Substrate:

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Plants:
Cushion moss (Leucobryum Glaucum)
Fittonia
Peperomia Caperata
Peperomia sp
Hydrocotyle tripartita

Time stamps:
00:00 Choosing a container
1:52 making the drainage layer
3:02 Substrate barrier
3:47 Creating the substrate mix
5:37 Terrarium hardscape
7:00 Choosing the moss
8:57 Planting the plants
10:34 Adding springtails
11:02 Watering the terrarium
11:36 Lighting & general care

Music: your love, yung logos - lullaby, JVNA

[wesleyballard]

I live in the woods and making terrariums is something I just started doing. I have been harvesting the plants I use, many types of liverworts, moss, and ferns as well as other plants that I've noticed grows very slowly like ivy. I usually just take some of the soil that the plant was originally doing well on and I use that as substrate and I use activated charcoal from my wood stover as a false bottom as well as stones from the creek bed. My projects were originally focused on a variety of species but I have recently started hard scaping. Thank you for this video, I appreciate it!

[Anime_Girl]

I just wanna thank you for your tutorial. I had a project at my school of making this terrarium and I had no idea of how to make it. And worse, I had to do it alone. I really found this video helpful and I made the best terrarium in the class thanks to you. I can't thank you enough.

[magicstudio]

I want to make a bunch of terrariums and put them in my room.ill Teke care of them and when I turn old I give them down to my grand children

[GreySectoid]

Not sure how I ended up here but you convinced me to start a new hobby, thank you for this video!

[menajimena]

Muchísimas gracias!!! Sin saber inglés tu vídeo ha sido muy instructivo, mucho más que algunos de habla hispana que encontré! Simplemente genial!!! Gracias por compartir tu conocimiento con nosotros ❤

[MiniTrainLoco]

I stumbled on one of your short videos today and I have not stopped watching your videos since. The way you show the beauty and versatility of terrariums is incredible. Thank you for sharing how to make these magical mini ecosystems. I am pretty sure I will be dreaming about moss, plants and bottles tonight and absolutely sure that I will start making one tomorrow.

[JackKahunaLagunaFGC]

Can confirm that the Ebook is great -- I've been following all sorts of channels for terrariums for about a year now, and this summer/spring I've really decided to jump into it. The book can be bought for $5 (USD) if you're checking out with the discount still active. Very much so the single best resource I have to reference when learning about and deciding to make my own terrariums going forward. So thanks!

[riplavabit]

Thank you for guiding viewers through portable green spaces.

[brasseyebaby]

Thank you for this video. I recently got bought a Terrarium kit by my wife after telling her I wanted to create one for a long time and this video helps massively.

[ccofznf]

I just started watching your videos, and I love them! Great for beginners and great for people who just want to relax!

[lauramearns]

Very clear and helpful video for a beginner! I found a very old 15 litre terrarium in my late Grandmas garage and am very excited to set it up now using all of your advice! ❤

[PeakOfHumor]

I made countless of terrarium inside beverage bottles. Yes it is very hard to place plants, but it is fun to build and relaxes me. Since beverage bottles pretty easy to find, and I live in a house with garden I converted lots of transparent glass bottle I found into small terrariums and sealed the lid. I have a small shelf for them.

[Marie_Danielle]

Very very well done. The voice is easy to understand and comments straight to the point. Images are clear and show what we need to see. You write down what is needed. You just resumed in 12 minutes what I spend 6 months learning in various videos, and add more precision. Thanks.

[botanidanny]

Thank you for this very helpful tutorial! Ive just started exploring terrariums, but finding it such a therapeutic experience. Great Tips!!

[chrishazleton]

I found a bunch of really cool moss on some year old chicken poop, i collected a bunch and trying to prop it now for my first terrarium

[Marlon_]

I just made my first terrarium, here in Costa Rica there's plenty of life & materials in every corner to choose from.

[genevaperez]

Watched this video and was inspired!! I absolutely love your step by step instructions and various items and plants to use!!❤

[Dezwrr]

I'm really happy that I've come across this channel, I'm definitely going to start a Terrarium.💯

[lorigarrett]

I just made one this weekend with a similar but larger jar. After watching I need to redo my terrarium with the proper type of substrate

[andrewburkholder]

I picked up a nearly identical container and made a terrarium today with some leftover materials from my last one+stuff from the yard. Nice piece of quartz I found plus white nerve plants a small pothos and some ferns and moss I harvested. Thankfully my springtail culture is going crazy so I was probably able to get 100+ directly into the substrate and 4 Isopods from the yard. Hopefully mine and yours settle in nicely