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Beginner’s Closed Terrarium Kit

£48 ★★★★★ 4.8 · 126 reviews

One clear glass jar with a ground-glass lid, three living mosses, our soil and charcoal mix, and a pinch of springtails to keep it clean. Plant it in about forty minutes, seal it, and then leave it alone — the jar recycles its own water and needs nothing from you for six to nine months. It is the kit we send to people who have never kept a plant alive, and the one we have rebuilt the most times to get right.

Beginner friendly Sealed, not open Posts within 48 hours Arrive-alive promise

Posted from Bristol within two working days, £4.50 or free over £60. Live moss travels wrapped in damp paper and is replaced free if it arrives brown. Returns accepted for 30 days.

Specifications

What is in the box

Measurements are of the finished jar. Boxes are 100% recycled card.
SpecificationDetail
VesselClear glass, 14 cm across, 18 cm tall, ground-glass lid
Opening9 cm — wide enough for a hand, narrow enough to keep humidity in
PlantingThree mosses (cushion, feather, thread), one fittonia cutting, springtails
SubstrateOur soil mix over a 2 cm layer of horticultural charcoal
Time to buildAbout 40 minutes, following the card in the box
WateringNone for six to nine months, then 20 ml and seal again
LightBright but out of direct midday sun; a north or east sill is ideal
Boxed weight1.6 kg
ToolsNot included — the tool set adds £28 in the bundle above

Goes with the kit

Three things people add

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Tools · 4 pieces

Terrarium Tool Set

Long tweezers, curved scissors, scoop and tamper, in a canvas roll.

£32View
Moss · 3 varieties

Moss Starter Mix

A spare tray for a second jar, or to patch a bare patch of substrate.

£16View
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