Ironically, I have just been researching making terrariums as my neighborhood garden club wants to do that next month for our meeting. A master gardener is going to help us and this is the list of plants she suggested:
Pilea
Peperomia
Strawberry begonia
Epescia
Airplane pups with roots
Small leafed hedera

Here are some basic steps for making your terrarium:
Step 1: Gather your materials which include:
⢠3-7 plants (odd number of plants should be used because it generally is more pleasing to the eye)
⢠A container, (Dish, bottle or Fish tank)
⢠Potting Soil
⢠Small pebbles or rocks (enough to put a 1 -2 inch layer in the bottom of your container for drainage)
⢠Spanish Moss or Spaghnum Moss (optional) This is a layer you place over the pebbles before the potting soil goes in. It helps to prevent soil from seeping down into the pebbles.
Step 2: Build your terrarium
⢠Place the 1-2 inch layer of pebbles
⢠Place a thin layer of Moss over the pebbles
⢠Place the soil
⢠Arrange the plants
⢠Water and watch every day for progress

Also, in their latest issue of Wildflower magazine, The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower center has a pictorial for making a terrarium.

Have fun! We are looking forward to making ours. We will have open ones made in large bubble bowls.

Anne
Anne

( Anne - question to your Master Gardener. I thought you could close a terrarium and not have to water due to condensation?)