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Various Zen style garden inspired terrarium ideas

Updated: Apr 26

I made various of zen style moss terrariums. I name them pure moss terrariums for the only plants I use is moss (mostly Leucobryum). Till today, I have uploaded all the videos on my yotube channel and it is time to make a sum. This is one of the most easy moss terrarium inspired by Japanese Zen style garden. No technique needed. Put layers of the planting material inside and that is all.


This is the first one I made. The tall moss is called Climacium dendroides (not for sale. we only sell human caultivated moss on my website) It use a piece of driftwood and black sand.




The second driftwood and moss terrarium:




Many people like them and get questions like where to find the materials. Soon, I realize that it is hard to duplicate it. For you can not find a perfect size driftwood like me. Then the following three terrarim are created. I


This is the first one: I use 4 piece of black lava rocks instead of driftwood. There is a building set in website, including all moss:







The following one is a tree trump like cement planter.