I love them, especially the ones with tiny little people in them.

Yes, our family LOVES terrariums. I've bought very large ones from a florist and I've made smaller ones as gifts. It is fun to add your own creative items to it: rocks, wood, ceramic animals, small house, trees, etc.

They remind me of being a child.

I love them and also have taken to putting plants in unusual containers and keeping them small. creeping jenny from outside became an unusual trailing plant when brought indoors, small compact leaves are so cool.....

I just ordered three from Joss and Main. I hope I have success in choosing the right plants and keeping them alive!

I have been making and selling them for a few years now. Finding the container is what inspires me. I also love to put small people and animals in them as well as objects found in nature: nests, animal bones, seed pods, drift wood.

While they seem almost "trendy", I'm for anything that brings people and plants together. They are truly therapeutic.

My husband used to build them when he first started his plastics company, in the '70's. Glad they're making a comeback!

I had one of the 20" round ones on cross leg stand in the 70's, I'd replant it every six months or so, and do really elaborate little accessorizing binges (my top one was SORTING the sand sized particles out of a bag of many hued aquarium gravel then hand laying a little colored gravel 'garden path' through it with white edging around the little step pads. It won a prize at the fall fair thingy at the school gym.) I planted many other ones over the years. The last one I had was a microbog trying to keep some carnivorous plants happy, I did manage 8 months with a flytrap, a stickydew and two pitcher plants.... old 5 gallon aquarium.

Someday I'll go back to making them... they are always a lovely way to perk up any room...

I love them! Haven't made one yet, but planning on it very soon. Can't wait!

Being very much into mid-century modern design, we have 2 terrariums that we love! They are original, floor-standing models from this period...we call them our "ICU" units..."Intensive Care Units" for plants...LOL...any plant we are just starting, or that requires special attention to thrive before being potted, goes in our terrariums. Round "ball style" one in kitchen gets morning light and then tons of great light throughout the day from the many windows...one in dining/living room area is for low-light plants as only gets afternoon sun for a while...we love them and visitors always remark about them being "unusual"...LOL...they were completely "normal" back in late '60's and early '70's !!

I don't have one but love them! I want to make one with a tiny little fairy house in it.

martimcbride, love your purrarium!

I love this Geodesic Terrarium from Restoration Hardware. I first filled it with succulents but they died in 2 weeks so I went back to the flower shop and noticed they had a beautiful assortment of dried flowers. It looks even prettier now with the vibrant colors and this display will last for years!

I love them also.--my artist friend does abstract terrariums paintings and sells then on Etsy.

Succulents usually don't like the increased humidity. That is lovely jmonds.

lOL @ martimcbride. I have a cat like yours and I can imagine her doing something like that.... If she could fit through the opening !This post has inspired me. I forgot terrariums were popular many years ago. I don't have plants because both my cats eat them. I think a terrarium, with a small opening, would be the answer to some greenery.

This makes me want to get out the old fish tank and put it to new use.

My BFF's mom had a few in the 70's. I thought she was "way cool!"

By coincidence, I have a terrarium when I left the onions wet inside the plastic bag. All onions sprouted as spring onions!

lol -- love the cat pic.

As for myself, I don't have any terrariums currently but put together a couple in the late '70's, maybe, and on into the '80s. I made a fairly large one in an aquarium to act as a home for a series of newts I had at the time. I built up the dirt and plants at one end and the other end sloped off into a pool of water that they could dip into. I also included some small shale slabs for them to rest on to take in the warmth from the aquarium light.

Incidentally, my newts were named Wayne, Olivia and Fig, as in Wayne (Newt)on, Olivia (Newt)on-John, and of course, Fig (Newt)on. When Wayne, Olivia and Fig eventually passed on I then was very much into "Miami Vice". I then got two more newts; one had a sunny yellow tummy and the other one was a darker and chunkier version. I named them Crockett and Tubbs, as in Sonny Crockett, and his partner Rico Tubbs.

We got one for christmas. It's a small one, got it hanging in kitchen by window. Looks good, nothing great. I think getting more and lining them up in same locale in front of window might make it look better. But i'm not sure

Don't have one, but they are neat!

Being a trained Horticulturalist I wanted to try my hand at "small things" for a change.. didn't know they existed from the 70's! What lovely ideas you all have given.. I teach and sell the simple ones I make and am restricted by the containers and basic soil/ stone mixtures for the variety of plants. The trick is to put like-minded plants together.. those who need humidity (ferns) separate from dry desert plants (succulents). They last for a year at least and give so much joy when a new leaf sprouts! I sell/ gift them with "care" instructions which are much appreciated by who ever takes them..

Last year we replanted a demijohn I got in the '70s. It was a bit of trial and error to find plants for the light and humidity. At the holidays I made a winter scene in and around it.

the "purrarium" is hysterical!

Added the wrong image! Here are some small ones with toy animals and Chinese figures

This is my IKEA mini glasshouse. I need to do a bit of work to it!

I love them. I build mine with airplants. I have been making little houses for them, too. I use tumbled glass I made in an old (>45yrs) rock tumbler that was my dad's. My problem is that I love to make them but then have too many around the house. I went to my first craft show ever at church and sold 9 of them. But I do have trouble letting go. I also like mini aquariums with Marimo Balls.

Amazon did have some of the hanging type in several sizes and shapes. I didn't look before I posted this, however.

People are having lots of fun with these, and any way people want to have fun with plants is good with me. But you might like to know that a terrarium is a totally closed environment made of glass to allow lots of light to get to the plants. If there's any kind of hole or opening, it's not a terrarium but a dish garden. Terrariums, being closed systems, need very little water or care; a really good one can grow for years without ever being opened. A dish garden is in a container without drainage, and as such requires a certain amount of care in watering to make sure the plants don't stay too wet.

I received my three terrariums from Joss and Main today and hope to use some of these ideas to start mine, all except for the purrarium! I wish I had a kitty to help me! :D

What are some small plants to use closed terrarium?

look on Batsons Foliage "Ittie Bitties"

In a closed terrarium, my favorites are Ferns, Mosses, Peperomias, mini-Begonias, Anubias, small Bromeliads & assorted mini-Gesneriads. I like Philodendrons, Spathiphyllums, Anthuriums & Ficus but they get too big, too soon.

There are hundreds of varieties of plants you can use. You can do some research, as suggested above, or you can go to your nearby plant store(s), and try any kind of small plant that appeals to you. You're looking for plants that do well in high humidity and damp soil. Do not use cacti or succulents. Don't be afraid to try different plants until you find what works [lives] for you.

Permanent succulents shown in open glass containers offer many years of enjoyment with no care. We use organic moss and natural elements to achieve a very natural and live feel. Our client's who can't keep live plants alive or who choose not to try see them as a wonderful alternative.

Wow. Memories of back in the late 70's. I had a job making these things in a store. It was a big deal then and we would take orders and make them up.

My very first terrarium....

I created my first terrarium for my mom for mothers day! I initially made a mistake and used regular potting soil - definitely make sure you buy the correct soil design for draught intolerant plants like succulents and cacti!

That purrarium is too cute! I can't stop laughing. Love it

I originally planted my terrarium coffee table with regular house plants. Now I have it filled with african violets. This terrarium was homemade from a breeder fish tank with an added glass top.

I like that alot. Do you have enough light in your living room for the violets to flower?

Ficus Wrangler the picture above is from our previous home and that was a south facing sun-room. In our current home, the coffee table with african violets is in a room that gets strong morning light. The plants must love it since most of them are blooming right now. After I add some ceiling lights, I'm planning to move the coffee table away from the window.

schmuttis, Really like that too. Such a great idea