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MAKE YOURS A HYGGE HOME THIS CHRISTMAS - AS SEEN ON THIS MORNING
'Such a beautiful book with so many suggestions for how we can get
back to happiness. Just looking at it makes me happy' Holly
Willoughby A gorgeous guide to the Danish art of creating a cosy,
happy home from the internationally bestselling author, Meik
Wiking. Our homes should be a place of comfort, a place to feel
safe when we shut the door. Somewhere to be ourselves, to unwind
and create special memories. Inspired by Danish design and
traditions, this beautiful new book from Meik Wiking shares how to
turn your home into a sanctuary and live like the happiest people
in the world. With simple tips based on new research from The
Happiness Institute in Copenhagen, this book reveals what makes a
happy home tick. No matter how much space you have or what your
budget is, Meik shows how you can use colour, light and space to
create your happy place and celebrate cosiness the Danish way. Get
your copy of the latest book from the author of THE LITTLE BOOK OF
HYGGE now! 'I love it, I love it, I love it. Just reading this
makes you more content' Chris Evans
Step into Melissa Lo's carefully curated and meticulously
maintained world of houseplants. Here, you'll find detailed
instructions for keeping your plants healthy, happy and thriving so
you can transform your home into a lush, green oasis. With a long
standing career as a designer and a passionate hobby as an online
houseplant expert, Melissa combines her unique skill set to help
you become a successful plant parent, while honing your sense for
how to style them in your space. Melissa details the optimal light,
water, temperature, substrates and nutrients for the most popular
houseplants, in addition to covering the common issues that affect
them. With a plethora of information on plant care, you'll get a
crash course on how to propagate your specimens, when and how to
repot them, what to do about yellowing leaves, how to treat spider
mites and fungus gnats and so much more.
For centuries, plants have transformed interiors. Today houseplants
are once again experiencing a revival. Author Bree Claffey of Mr
Kitly journeys into the worlds of fellow plant lovers to explore
the enduring attraction of houseplants. From the ever-reliable
Peace lily and beguiling Fiddle leaf fig to the elusive Chinese
money plant, houseplants are showcased in all their weird and
wonderful forms. More than good-looking props, plants are living
growing things rooted in community and creativity and as this book
celebrates, houseplants are a way of life.
The Green Indoors is a useful guide on how to find perfect plant
matches for your home environments with a sustainable and
innovative approach. Focussing on working with the plants you
already own, the book is divided in chapters detailing all the
possible conditions: Extreme Sun/Heat, Dry Air/Central Heating,
Deep Shade, High Humidity, Draughty, Cold. By matching awkward
spaces in your home with environments in the natural world, this
book shows you how to relocate plants to improve their growth and
help them thrive. Features an extensive section with informative
plant profiles that include their origin, easy-to-follow tips on
feeding and watering, optimum conditions, prospective growth, and
is concluded by a helpful troubleshooting chapter dealing with
common problems, and what to try when all hope is lost.
Easy to Find, Easy to Grow, Easy to Love Succulents appear in
myriad shapes, colors, and textures and are some of the easiest
plants to care for (less water is more!). In this step-by-step
guide, adapted from The Plant Recipe Book, author Baylor Chapman
shows us how to choose among these beauties to create arrangements
and tiny terrariums like a Desert View, which includes burro's
tails and zebra plants, or the Zen Garden, with rabbit ear cacti,
pincushion cacti, and a little Morgan's Beauty.
How to care for your houseplant, and the many ways that houseplants
care for us, as well-from the founder and horticultural experts at
Horti. From Puneet Sabharwal, cofounder of plant subscription
company Horti, My First Plant approaches houseplant care as a
journey which brings us closer to nature and is equally beneficial
to the houseplant and the plant parent. With the goal of building
your confidence in tending to indoor plants, this book covers basic
plant care, the history of what we know today as houseplants, how
these living creatures communicate, and the ways in which to
sustainably troubleshoot any issues that may arise along the way!
Whether you're afraid to bring home a plant or have a healthy row
of green along your windowsill, Sabharwal is here to guide you
through the trials, errors, and joys of plant care through personal
experience and sage advice, with detailed illustrations, color
photography, and accessible infographics bringing technical
concepts to life. Join the thousands of plant parents who have
entrusted Horti's expertise in their own plant care journeys and
get your hands in some potting soil today.
Welcome to modern matchmaking - for plants! All you need to do is
be honest about what you can invest into your plant relationship
(attentiveness, experience ... sunlight) and voila - The Modern
Gardener will suggest the best matched plant partner for you.
Nothing livens up a room, windowsill or small yard like the
presence of leafy Swiss cheese plants, angular succulents,
perennial peonies or your own little herb garden. And this
comprehensive reference book starts by covering all the best types
of plants and planting for every type of indoor room, patio and
balcony - from decorative and beneficial, low maintenance or useful
edible plants - you'll find everything you need to know about how
to find the perfect plants for you and your lifestyle, and how help
them to thrive. The second half of the book - the Personal Plant
Selector - features an extensive directory of over 100 plants, in
which you will be introduced to each species and their
characteristics, benefits and needs, including quick facts on
potting and repotting, correct care and more. This beautifully
designed encyclopedia of plants also includes a comprehensive index
and a cross-referencing system, to make it easy to find information
quickly. It's the ultimate guide to your personal plant kingdom!
This concise guide shows novice houseplant owners exactly how to
keep indoor plants alive and healthy. Gardening expert Ellen Zachos
helps you choose the right plants in the first place and then shows
you how to care for them, outlining what each kind needs in terms
of location, sunlight, water, and fertilizer. She also explains
when plants should be repotted (and how to do that successfully),
how and when to prune them, how to keep them clean of dust and
pets, and more. This StoreyBasics(r) guide has all the information
you need to keep any houseplant thriving and beautiful
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In Uplift Cinema, Allyson Nadia Field recovers the significant yet
forgotten legacy of African American filmmaking in the 1910s. Like
the racial uplift project, this cinema emphasized economic
self-sufficiency, education, and respectability as the keys to
African American progress. Field discusses films made at the
Tuskegee and Hampton Institutes to promote education, as well as
the controversial The New Era, which was an antiracist response to
D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation. She also shows how Black
filmmakers in New York and Chicago engaged with uplift through the
promotion of Black modernity. Uplift cinema developed not just as a
response to onscreen racism, but constituted an original engagement
with the new medium that has had a deep and lasting significance
for African American cinema. Although none of these films survived,
Field's examination of archival film ephemera presents a method for
studying lost films that opens up new frontiers for exploring early
film culture.
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Is your monstera getting monstrous? Snake plant looking sickly?
Fiddle-leaf fading? Devil's ivy dropping leaves? Dr. Houseplant is
your key to a thriving indoor home garden. Build your confidence
and plant collection with this guide and learn to give your
favourite houseplants the best care. Packed with information from
choosing healthy plants to creating space for them to flourish in
your home, Dr. Houseplant is the go-to for any plant enthusiast,
whether you're just starting out or a seasoned green thumb. The
book includes features on 42 of the most popular houseplants,
including monsteras, ferns and cacti. Each feature provides you
with the knowledge to provide the ideal conditions for each
variety, from watering, feeding and temperature control, and will
show you how to identify and treat common issues, such as pests and
fungal diseases, with tailored solutions to suit every plant and
home. With photography that illustrates the beauty and life plants
can bring to your home, Dr. Houseplant will inspire and help you
cultivate your own indoor garden.
The ancient art of bonsai is thoroughly explored in this book. With
the aid of this title, you'll discover the varied and intricate
artistic paths to creating a bonsai in its many different finished
forms. You'll also find practical instructions on starting and
training your own bonsai and the special care and display needs of
these plants. A final section describes in encyclopedia format
those plants that have been proven to grow successfully and
attractively under bonsai treatment.
*** A stylish addition to the current craze for indoor greenery,
this is as much about how you use plants as an integral part of
contemporary decor as how to keep them alive and well. - The Sunday
Times Houseplants are hot, and creative interior planting is
becoming increasingly easy to achieve. The new wave of unusual and
dramatic indoor plants is as much about decor and statement as
greenery. Used aesthetically, as a focal point and sculptural
element in interior design, indoor gardening is not just about
possessing or growing a plant, but about using it as an accessory
combined with other objects to create a particular style and mood.
In this much-needed book, now reissued with a new cover and updated
source directory, Ian and Kara show you how to transform your home
with plants and tells you which plants will work best where and how
to care for them. From strikingly geometric terrariums to pretty
hanging baskets, practical herb pots and colourful window displays,
this book is packed full of exciting and gorgeous ideas. Specially
commissioned photography by Nick Pope throughout proves that
bringing the outdoors in really is the best form of interior
design.
Colourful and hardy succulents meet the simple principles of
Japanese Bonsai and Ikebana in this unique guide to container
gardening. Inexpensive projects presented along with the spare
aesthetic of Japanese design will appeal to everyone from interior
designers to small space enthusiasts to gardeners. Stylish
Succulents approaches container gardens as an art form ranging from
low-key to lush. Trendy and low-maintenance succulents come in a
variety of colours, sizes, shapes, and textures as do containers
making each project one-of-a-kind. Projects are carefully explained
and include step-by-step photo instructions. Learn how to: Choose
colours, shapes, and textures to fit your personal space Utilize
wall spaces with simple planters and dramatic hanging gardens Make
a succulent wreath Create thoughtful and inexpensive giftsEvery
level of gardener can create these miniature works of gardening art
using containers and plants of their choosing. The possibilities
are truly endless!
Plants make great pets - they're quiet, decorative, housetrained
and (mostly) low-maintenance - and with this helpful guide, you'll
soon be the perfect plant parent! Grow Your Own Pet Plants has all
the information you'll need for green-thumbed success, from
learning which plant to take home to how to help your leafy friend
thrive in all conditions. Andrew Mikolajski provides helpful tips,
from how to nurse and propagate cuttings to choosing a plant which
suits your home and lifestyle. With a simple guide to more than 40
plant personalities and easy care advice, from feeding and grooming
to showing off your new pet to guests, you'll soon be the proud
owner of a new collections of plant pets.
Use the power of the humble house plant to combat the stresses of
modern life! Succulents and indoor house plants may seem extra
trendy right now, but these plants have more benefits than simply
looking beautiful. Everyday products pollute the air in our homes
and our mental wellbeing is threatened like never before. This
gardening book reveals the best life-enhancing houseplants that can
reduce stress, fight fatigue, and even lower your blood sugar.
Winning Gold for the accompanying exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower
Show 2021, My Houseplant Changed My Life draws on groundbreaking
research, profiling the best air-purifying plants you can put in
your home to reduce pollutant gases, particulates, and volatile
compounds. Discover how these indoor plants can actively clean the
air and improve your mental health through their colours, scent,
habit, and nurturing needs. Explore how having leafy companions can
help to unlock your potential: - Profiles of the 50 top
air-purifying and mood-enhancing plants - Easy-to-follow advice and
expert tips from David Domoney, award-winning horticulturalist -
Informative text highlights the natural wonder of each plant -
Feature spreads show plant combinations to enhance your mood in
different ways - Step-by-step demonstrations of essential care
techniques Packed with expert advice, this book will equip you with
everything you need to keep your plants thriving. It also
highlights mindful ways to nurture and increase your green guests:
by misting, wiping, feeding, pinching, pruning, and propagating.
Discover the Power of Nature The ideal gift for your green-fingered
friends, this book is perfect for urbanites with little or no
outdoor space who want to increase the amount of greenery in their
life.
Plant is a stylish, practical, modern guide to the world of house
plants by the Guardian houseplant columnist, Gynelle Leon. House
plants can change a home in an instant. A flash of colour, a
calming influence, they are adaptable, affordable and - if you know
how - easy to care for. In Plant, horticultural expert and author
of Prick, Gynelle Leon, gives you all the knowledge you need to
help your plants thrive. Featuring: - A plant gallery showcasing
some of the very best house plants - A chapter of styling ideas to
inspire you to show your plants and their best - A care guide with
all you need to know to help your plants thrive
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