Drops land Thursday 9am · class seats open monthly
Moss Orbit
@mossorbit · terrarium studio
Living moss terrariums, slow-growing and shade-happy. Built in small batches, with care notes that actually tell you what to do.
About this page
Moss Orbit is a two-person studio growing living moss terrariums in small batches. This is the one address we keep updated — open any row below to read what it covers before you decide. If a vessel or a seat is listed here, it exists.
Autumn drop — four new vessel shapes
Twenty-four sealed jars, mostly cushion and haircap moss, each one photographed before it is listed.
Go to shop linksShop & drops
Terrarium drops New How a Thursday release works, and what goes first.
Every drop is twenty to thirty pieces, listed together at 9am on Thursday. Small sealed jars tend to go within the first hour; the wide open bowls stay longer because they need more hands-on misting.
Nothing is held back for a second release. If a shape sells out it returns in the next drop, usually three or four weeks later.
Listed with photos of the actual pieceBuild-your-own kit Vessel, substrate, two moss types and a fine mister.
The kit holds a lidded jar, drainage gravel, charcoal, a sphagnum-and-bark substrate, a tray of cushion moss and a tray of haircap, plus tweezers and a mister. It takes about forty minutes to assemble.
Moss arrives live and slightly damp, so it is best built within two days of opening. The printed card inside repeats the care notes from this page.
What restocks, what doesn't Weekly staples versus the seasonal one-offs.
Kits, substrate refills, misters and spare lids are made to order and effectively always available. The finished terrariums are not — each one depends on what the grow wall has ready, so shapes rotate rather than repeat.
Found-glass vessels are genuine one-offs. When they are gone, that exact piece does not come back.
Learn with us
Saturday build class 2 seats Two hours at the bench, you leave with a sealed jar.
Six benches, two hours, every other Saturday morning. We cover layering, choosing moss for your light, and sealing the jar properly. All materials and the vessel are included, and you take the finished terrarium home the same day.
Suitable for complete beginners — most people arrive having killed something first.
Seats released with the monthly scheduleMoss care clinic Bring a struggling terrarium, leave with a plan.
A short free session at the end of each build class. Bring the jar as it is — do not clean it up first, because the mould, the browning and the condensation pattern are exactly what we need to read.
We will usually trim, re-seat the moss and adjust your watering interval on the spot. Terrariums we did not make are welcome.
Studio browsing hours When the grow wall is open without a booking.
Friday afternoons the studio stays open for browsing — no booking, no class. You can see the grow wall, compare vessel shapes in person and pick up a kit.
It is a working room, so the benches may be mid-build. Drop-in browsing pauses on drop weeks while we photograph and pack.
Field notes
Watering, properly Why misting beats pouring, and how often is enough.
Moss drinks through its leaves, not roots, so a fine mist reaches it and a poured cup mostly drowns the substrate. In a sealed jar, light condensation on the glass each morning means you are done — add nothing.
Open bowls need two or three mists a week. Use rain or filtered water if you can; tap minerals leave a pale crust on the fronds over a few months.
Overwatering kills far more moss than droughtLight your moss will accept Reading the window before you choose a vessel.
Bright indirect light, always. A north-facing sill or a spot two metres back from a sunny window is close to perfect. Direct afternoon sun through glass cooks a sealed jar within an hour.
If the room is dim enough that you reach for a lamp at midday, choose haircap over cushion moss — it tolerates low light far better and keeps its colour.
White fuzz and mould The three-day fix before it spreads.
Soft white fuzz is almost always too much moisture and no air movement. Lift the lid for a few hours a day over three days, lift out any decaying leaf litter with tweezers, and stop misting entirely until the glass clears.
Fuzzy patches on bark usually burn off on their own once the air moves. Dark slimy spots on the moss itself are different — trim those out down to clean growth.