Bottle garden

Opened bottle garden seen from above

A bottle garden is a type of closed terrarium in which plants are grown. They usually consist of a plastic or glass bottle with a narrow neck and a small opening. 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.[1] The oldest bottle garden in existence is alleged to have been planted in 1960, and to have remained sealed from 1972 until at least 2013.[2]

  1. ^ Robberts, M.B.V. (1986). Biology, a functional approach. ISBN 0-17-448019-9.
  2. ^ "53 years old Sealed Bottle Garden was last watered in 1972". PickChur. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.