Even a tiny terrarium offers comfort in this uncertain world, writes James Wong
s a botanist who studies our cultural relationship with plants, I am forever fascinated with what draws people to gardening. Much like agriculture, we now know that ornamental horticulture independently evolved many centuries ago in unconnected cultures all over the world – a seemingly universal human desire coded into our cultural DNA.
As I primp and prune my tiny terrariums on dark February nights, something magical happens to my brain
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