A review by mrsthrift
The New Terrarium: Creating Beautiful Displays for Plants and Nature by Tovah Martin

3.0

I know I might have a problem with my terrarium obsession, but I make no apologies. I just love keeping plants in glass. I waited almost patiently for the public library to finish all their acquisition processes with this book so I could read it first. While I didn't learn anything new from this book, and I recommend some of the old 1970s terrarium books for more in-depth how-to's and plant recommendations, I felt like this book was perfectly adequate in jump-starting someone's interest in keeping plants in glass. There are a lot of beautiful and inspirational photographs of several styles of both modern & vintage terrarium, cloches, and wardian cases. If I owned this book, I would probably spend hours flipping through the pages and caressing the beautiful pics. There is a really, really adorable gardening gnome in the "seasonal" section (he is on the "spring" page).