Terrariums: How to creatively introduce greenery into your home
27.06.2023 - 10:45 / theprovince.com
Sometimes a person’s path in life is determined early, even if a few detours should pop up along the way.
“My passion from a young age was anything green and growing,” recalls Emma Terrell, founder of Ottawa-based The Urban Botanist. “I basically got into the world of moss walls and terrariums through genuine interest for my own life. I started seeing the other interests picking up through friends and family members and my network of other people wanting to bring greenery into their space and feeling that sort of disconnect with nature similar to where I was at that moment. That’s kind of how The Urban Botanist came to be.”
Introducing greenery into indoor spaces, Terrell believes, is a way for urban dwellers to reconnect with nature and introduce calming elements and colours, based in nature, into their living spaces.
Terrell, who will be on stage as part of The Vancouver Sun Gardeners’ School at the BC Home + Garden Show, will demonstrate how showgoers can implement these ideas into their homes. Moss walls, which Terrell’s company produces, are not something she recommends as a DYI project just because of the scale and cost. Rather, she suggests, a moss frame which is significantly more manageable. She’s quick to point out that their projects are not true living walls or frames but constructed with preserved natural materials, eliminating any upkeep. That means no watering or replacing dying plants.
Creating a moss frame is quite straightforward yet creative too. The final result is a reflection of the materials used. Terrell advises using a variety of mosses (the internet is a good source for different species), foliage, and even dried or preserved flowers.
“All you really need is a frame,” she says. “Ideally, a frame
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