Bottle Garden

Look for a glass bottle or jar that s large enough to accommodate the type and number of plants you want to grow.

Bottle garden. A bottle garden is a container similar to a terrarium in which plants are grown. 2 choose a large clear glass bottle or jar for your plants. Half plastic bottle vertical garden on wooden frame use two liter soda bottles cut them in half and use the neck side. For a bottle garden with a moister environment you could go for peace lilies fittonia and syngonium.

Creating gardens in a bottle bottle garden plants require porous soil. This both reduces rot and allows air to get to the roots. A terrarium bottle garden or wardian case are all essentially the same thing in that each contains and supports a miniature ecosystem of plants. The key is to combine small plants that thrive in similar growing conditions usually either damp shade or drought.

Turn them upside down. Plants are grown inside the bottle with little or no exposure to the outside environment and can be contained indefinitely inside the bottle if properly illuminated. Adhere the bottles to a wooden frame and arrange them in such a way so that the open neck of the bottle will drain out the water into the bottle below it. You can improve your soil s drainage by adding one inch of pea gravel to the bottom of the bottle and adding a small layer of horticultural charcoal on top.