80-year-old hasn’t watered this sealed bottle garden since 1972
<p>In an experiment almost 60 years in the making, David Latimer has created the ultimate proof for the viability of gardens in a bottle.</p>
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<p>80-year-old Latimer planted the garden on Easter Sunday in 1960 “out of idle curiosity” by adding compost and water to a glass carboy before inserting a spiderwort sprout using wires.</p>
<p>“At the time the chemical industry had changed to transporting things in plastic bottles so there were a lot of glass ones on the market,” he said.</p>
<p>“Bottle gardens were a bit of a craze and I wanted to see what happened if you bunged the thing up.”</p>
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<p>He then forgot about the garden for 12 years when in 1972 he broke the seal to add a bit of water. With that one exception, Latimer’s garden has remained completely sealed from the outside world for the last four decades years.</p>
<p>“It’s 6 foot from a window so gets a bit of sunlight. It grows towards the light so it gets turned round every so often so it grows evenly,” Latimer says.</p>
<p>“Otherwise, it’s the definition of low-maintenance. I’ve never pruned it, it just seems to have grown to the limits of the bottle.” </p>
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