Making moss terrariums is fun

 This is a moss terrarium I made at the moss terrarium workshop the other day.　

Let me explain from the beginning, I attended a workshop on making moss terrariums in middle October. The venue is inside this old-fashioned temple in Nagahama City, Shiga Pref., Japan. There were 10 participants, 8 of whom were women.

The instructor runs a local landscaping, civil engineering, and exterior design company. Given his profession, he is very knowledgeable about moss. Over ten different types of moss were provided.

A variety of small decorative items were also provided, including pebbles (meant to represent rocks), miniature concrete blocks, seashells, and white gravel, etc.

The bowl on the right contains soil for a moss terrarium. Also provided were items such as cross-sections of tree branches—meant to resemble wooden stumps—as well as small figurines, etc.

I got greedy and added too many stones, blocks, or tree stumps, so there wasn’t any space left to plant moss. I was told it’s a good idea to create a slope when piling up the soil, but...

This way, there's almost no space to plant moss.

So, I started over from the beginning. This is the finished moss terrarium.

I felt yesterday's moss terrarium was a bit cluttered with things crammed into a small space, so I decided to make a moss terrarium in a larger container.

So, I brought back some moss and moss-covered pebbles that I found along a path on the woods where I often go for nature observation. I aimed to create a moss terrarium that was as close to nature as possible with minimum decorations.

This is a moss terrarium I made at home, using moss and moss-covered pebbles to make it resemble nature.

These are natural moss-covered pebbles.

Remembering the advice from the instructor yesterday, I created a slope and planted moss there. 

I'm hoping the planted moss will take root and look vibrant.

Photos were taken on October 17th and 18th, 2026.