How to Make Your 1st Terrarium

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Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Ben Newell of Worcester Terrariums has all the info you need about building your own terrarium at home. From containers, to soil, and even to different ways to build your own, there is much that goes into it. But it only has to be as expensive or exotic as you want it to be. Epic Gardening Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3KhCefm Botanical Interests Shop Homepage: https://growepic.co/3VcC1jQ Book Collection Page: https://growepic.co/4dWm7Bu EG Homesteading Book: https://growepic.co/3KhfOLw Learn More: How to Make a Terrarium: A Step-by-Step GuideConnect With Ben Newell:Ben is the founder of Worcester Terrariums, with over 3.5 million followers across his social platforms. His journey from overcoming personal challenges to discovering his passion for horticulture has not only won him a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show but also paved the way for successful partnerships with giants like Disney, Marvel, Biorb, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Paramount. Ben’s first book, Hello Tiny World with DK Books, is set to be released in May 2024. Website Instagram YouTube TikTok Facebook Love Epic Gardening products?Apply to the Epic Affiliate Program. Shop the StoreAs an exclusive for listeners, use code THEBEET for 5% off your entire order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design. Get Our BooksLooking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live!He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots.Preorder Kevin’s newest book Epic Homesteading if you are looking to turn your home into a thriving homestead! Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store.More ResourcesLooking for more information? Follow us: Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Let's talk making your first terrarium guys. I'm excited. I hope you are. We have
0:16.7	Ben, the founder of Worcester terrariums on the show, millions of followers across
0:22.3	social, 35 terrariums in the background of his shot
0:25.3	right now if you're watching the video podcast. He's the founder of it and he knows how to make terrariums.
0:30.8	He wrote a book on it. It's called Hello Tiny World that is out
0:34.0	uh... in may or basically right now if you're listening to the show so go ahead and
0:37.7	grab a copy but then we've talked a little bit about
0:40.4	uh... just overall terrariums different types how to make to make small ones, we went really deep on
0:44.4	isopods, but how does someone just make their first? Let's just imagine I have a simple
0:49.2	mason jar, what do I need to do and how do I do it in what order?
0:53.0	Okay, so I would break it down into as simpler process as possible.
0:58.0	So you want to look for something, so assuming you're not going to make your own substrate because you'd need to buy lots of different components.
1:04.7	The first thing you're going to need to buy is something called an A, B, G mix. Now this is a soil mix based on something created by the Atlanta Botanical Gardens and it's like the
1:16.0	gold standard of terrarium soil made up of lots of different components but
1:20.7	essentially it's a really good terrarium soil. It's airy, it holds on to moisture, but also doesn't become compacted.
1:28.0	So you will simply add a few handfuls of that into the mason jar, maybe until it's quarter full.
1:35.0	For aesthetic purposes I always arrange the soil on a gradient.
1:40.0	So you pick a front, make it lower at the front and then higher at the back.
1:44.0	In terms of plants, so there are many, many plants you can use in a terrarium.
1:51.0	Like there's an infinite amount. I feel like Moss is a very,
1:55.5	moss almost like brings the whole thing together. So what I would do then, if we're talking
2:00.7	about a mason jar which has a small surface area I would perhaps use
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