{"id":39905,"date":"2014-04-17T16:00:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-17T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/?p=39905"},"modified":"2014-04-17T14:55:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-17T18:55:16","slug":"diy-carefree-garden-bottle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/improvisedlife.com\/2014\/04\/17\/diy-carefree-garden-bottle\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY: Carefree Garden in a Bottle"},"content":{"rendered":"
On Easter Sunday of 1960, David Latimer planted a seed in a glass bottle\u00a0out of pure curiosity. He had no idea that it would flourish into a mass of greenery that would thrive untouched for several decades. Over half a century later, the sealed bottle garden is a wonder of lush plant life, despite having been watered only once in all that time. Not knowing it, Latimer created a terrarium of extraordinary complexity. Depending on the bottle you choose, bottle gardens can look like living sculptures. <\/span><\/p>\n