What you need to create your own mini landscape—and how to do it without drowning your plants.

A terrarium is like a snapshot of nature. Each one a miniature planted world with the power to evoke a pocket rainforest, a slice of desert, or even a beach.

Diane Larson is queen of the terrarium universe at Ravenna Gardens, where the botanical creations sell just as fast as she can dream them up. “Glass terrariums reflect light, adding sparkle to everything around them,” she says. Deep winter is terrarium season.

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GROW in The Seattle Times