The Incredible Story of David Latimer’s Century-Old Bottle Garden

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In 1960, an entrepreneur named David Latimer embarked on an ambitious experiment — to create a self-sustaining miniature ecological system entirely contained within a sealed glass bottle. Now, over 60 years later, Latimer’s bottle garden continues to thrive, showcasing the remarkable balance of life even in the most confined of environments.