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This is probably due to the main coordinator's nationality and current geopolitical events in the Black Sea region severely complicating social media presence and networking. It's a shame. Agreed. True wild ecosystems have aesthetics all their own that transcend human bias. On Facebook—maybe...

Thanks so much Darrel! Good to see you here still. It has been a long time. Thanks very much! I still have that Capreolus capreolus skull and I've been meaning to clean it up to hang on the wall.

Very nice! Most of the temperate zone mosses are challenging in terrariums, but it can be done if you keep the setup as cool as possible, irrigate with clean water and provide plenty of air circulation/ventilation. I got some pretty vigorous local temperate moss growth with this little terrarium...

I found another plant that might look good in a setup like this. River cane (Arundindaria gigantea) is a Southeast US-native true bamboo. Most bamboos do not like to grow in wet soil, but A. gigantea is a true swamp/riverbottom plant. It can grow to 15' tall, but maybe I can keep it pretty...

I made a quick cardboard mock up to have an idea of proportions. The 22" X 15" footprint looked too big, so I cut it down to 20" X 14" to get this shape. I think I like it and I think it will work with my idea. Accounting for .25" glass, this will have a total volume of about 6.5 gallons. I...

Here's another new plant that I got--it came with the mail last night!--that might work for this idea. Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is swamp shrub that occurs in the Eastern US & Canada into Northern Mexico. Most temperate-zone trees and shrubs really need to be grown outside, but I...

Here's another candidate for growing like this, Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum). These are tiny little seedlings just beginning to sprout.... If this plant grows in the riparium planters--I'm just starting to test it out--it should be possible to keep it small and shape it using...

I'm building a tank for this. Here are the dimensions that I have in mind... 22" width 15" depth 6" height Accounting for 1/4" glass thickness, a tank this size will hold about 1,793 cubic inches, or 7.75 gallons (29 litres). I'm going to build a cardboard mock-up to see how the proportions look.

Nice pictures and a great concept! I'm surprised nobody has proposed this idea before. The natural elements fit into the rectangular photo frame just as they fit into an aquarium enclosure. With a good eye and good places to shoot you could find really great inspiration for aquascaping with...

Here is one plant that I think might work well with this idea, cat palm (Chamaedorea catractarum). To develop an ikebana layout with it I would use just one cat palm plant, and then arrange shorter riparium foliage down around the base. Cat palm is a true marginal aquatic palm--it lives...

I'll try to have pictures on the way pretty soon.

Riparium Ikebana I have been working on the idea of incorporating aspects of ikebana, the Japanese art of (refined) floral arrangement, into planted riparium aquascapes. Ikebana uses more theory than regular decorative flower arranging and emphasizes minimalism, negative space, balance...