Wednesday, October 5, 2022

The Bottle Garden from 1960


  • David Latimer planted his bottle garden back in1960.
  • The last time he watered it was1972.


  • Bottle gardens function because their sealed environment creates an ecosystem using photosynthesis to recycle nutrients.
    Photosynthesis creates oxygen and also puts more moisture in the air. The moisture builds up inside the bottle and ‘rains’ back down on the plant. 
    The leaves it drops rot at the bottom of the bottle, creating the carbon dioxide also needed for photosynthesis and nutrients which it absorbs through its roots.