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Make your home your happy place with house plants. Bring the
outside in. This gorgeous guide features over 80 indoor plants that
will turn your house into a happy, healthy, healing home. Discover
plants that will clean the air you breathe, help you get a good
night's sleep, reduce stress and anxiety, help you get well soon,
boost your brain power and bring greater joy and wellbeing into
your life. From cacti and succulents to ferns and palms; flowering
plants and foliage - find the perfect house plants for your living
room, bathroom, bedroom and even your workspace. Bring the joy of
the outdoors in and harness the natural healing power of plants.
Features: Over 80 plants and their wellbeing benefits, A guide to
choosing your plants and pots, Essential care instructions (indoor
plants are so easy to look after!), and Simple propagation
techniques to share your plants with friends
Transform your home the easy way with more than 60 innovative and
stylish ideas for creating indoor gardens. Small-space gardening
expert Isabelle Palmer shows you how to create gorgeous terrariums
and hanging gardens, and how to grow under glass and plant
vertically, with helpful advice and techniques, as well as handy
tips for taking care of your new house plants. Grow and display
amazing aquatic plants in a deep vase, create a stunning fireside
moss and fern display, group a variety of beautiful orchids in
bright colours on a shelf and plant some tiny jewel-like succulents
for an easy and on-trend kitchen window scene. House Plants removes
the mystery of taking care of plants and gives everyone a chance to
enjoy the benefits and beauty of a garden indoors.
Following the success of her first book, The Balcony Gardener,
Isabelle Palmer now adapts her talent for small-space gardening to
interiors. If you are looking for new and innovative ways to
display your houseplants, seeking inspiration for table settings,
or wanting ideas for unusual containers for indoor growing, The
House Gardener will provide the answers and the inspiration.
Isabelle brings a new eye and a contemporary twist to gardening
indoors - try your hand at a miniature Zen garden, indoor water
gardens, terrariums and table centres, fairy-tale gardens for
children, and much more. A comprehensive basics chapter on which
plants to select, planting techniques and plant care is followed by
the project chapters: Under Glass, Hanging Gardens, Old Finds, and
Just Outside.
This is an essential guide to growing beautiful plants in your home
throughout the year. It includes advice on houseplant care, as well
as step-by-step techniques for planting, repotting and propagation.
It is an beautifully illustrated A - Z guide to houseplants - from
Acalyphas to Yuccas - provides quick and easy identification,
information and care advice for each type. It includes suggestions
for the best settings, interesting groupings and stunning displays,
to make the most of your houseplants and enhance the style and mood
of a room. It also includes a useful chart indicating foliage or
flower interest, and when blooms should be at their best.
Houseplants can transform any living space with their interesting
foliage and pretty flowers. Choosing the right plants for your home
and how to care for them is clearly explained in this practical,
simple-to-follow book. Advice is given on how to achieve different
effects, attractive displays and groupings, the right setting for
your plants and how to deal with any problems that may occur. An A
- Z guide describes the most popular and some less familiar
houseplants, and a useful quick-reference chart tells you what
plants are at their best throughout the year. Packed with helpful
information, the book will ensure your houseplants give pleasure
for many years.
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.
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, 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.
Whether it's driven by a passion for houseplants, a desire to grow
more tomatoes, or an interest in having a garden bursting with
colourful flowers, many people find themselves wanting more plants.
Luckily, it's easy to make more of your favourite plants - and it
can be done for free! Plant Parenting, by horticulture expert
Leslie F. Halleck, is a beginner-friendly introduction to plant
propagation through cuttings, layering, dividing, and more. Halleck
details the basic tools necessary, demystifies seed starting and
saving, and shares easy-to-follow instructions for the most
practical techniques. She also provides additional information on
controlling pests and diseases and transplanting seedlings and
cuttings. Charming, richly illustrated, and accessible, Plant
Parenting is for beginning gardeners, houseplant fans, and anyone
looking to make more of their favourite plants.
Grow some of the world's most unique and beautiful houseplants with
this one-of-a-kind guide. Plus, find DIY projects for using
houseplants to kick up your decorating skills! Houseplants make
epic house guests-they don't talk back, they're 100% no drama,
they're exceptional listeners, and they help beautify your bedroom
and calm your senses. Plus, houseplants are fun to nurture and care
for. In Houseplant Party, you'll discover dozens of amazing,
easy-to-care-for houseplants that are a perfect fit for your desk,
windowsill, bedside table, or bathroom vanity. From peace lilies
and ponytail palms to fairy washboards, air plants, and Venus fly
traps, author and houseplant guru Lisa Eldred Steinkopf has your
back with easy-to-follow houseplant advice and insight. But,
Houseplant Party isn't just about taking care of plants. It's also
about decorating with plants. Get step-by-step plans for making: A
creative test tube wall planter A knotted plant hanger using
recycled fabric or an old t-shirt A stress-reducing succulent Zen
garden for your favorite relaxation spot A bedside aquatic garden
with a Japanese moss ball A macrame hanger to display your favorite
vining houseplant A wooden trellis to train climbing plants to grow
on your wall and ceiling A trio of shadow boxes to display an air
plant collection A beautifully trained and pruned bonsai plant Join
the Houseplant Party and decorate your world with green!
Pick your container, fill it with water, and sit back and watch
your plant grow! This book is the answer to anyone who has ever
shied away from growing house plants because of messy dirt or fear
of things dying if left for a few days without water. Ditch the
hassle and learn how to grow plants indoors with nothing but water.
Peter Loewer, an inveterate inventor of water gardening techniques,
has written and illustrated this charming guide to teach readers
the basics of hydroculture. This technique of growing plants in
water has a history of almost 300 years, from experiments by an
English botanist to the giant automated factory greenhouses of the
twentieth century where vegetables are now grown commercially by
the ton. Learn how to utilize this simple, time-tested method in
your own home and never worry about over- or under-watering again!
Peter Loewer, an inveterate inventor of water gardening techniques,
has written and illustrated this charming guide to teach readers
the basics of hydroculture. This technique of growing plants in
water has a history of almost 300 years, from experiments by an
English botanist to the giant automated factory greenhouses of the
twentieth century where vegetables are now grown commercially by
the ton. Learn how to utilize this simple, time-tested method in
your own home and never worry about over- or under-watering again!
Growing plants in the home has always been popular, and in this volume interior and garden designer, Diana Yakeley, shows how to choose and position plants to create maximum impact, taking into account scale and proportion, form and shape, colour and scent, and texture and pattern.;There is also guidance on finding just the right containers and accessories to suit different plants and room schemes. A section on interiors looks at each room of the house in turn, revealing the best plants to create a striking focal point. The remaining chapters are a visual extravaganza of plant displays. Choose from the understated elegance of architectural plants, cacti and succulents or foliage plants in "Plant Sculpture", or indulge those creative urges with the section on "Colour". "Seasonal Displays" shows how to ring in the changes throughout the year, while "Edible Plants" explains how to grow herbs, salad leaves and tender fruits indoors. A useful section at the end of the book gives practical advice on how to care for indoor plants, while "Plant Focus" provides detailed horticultural information on a range of different plants.
Love houseplants? Want to know how to care for them but don't know
where to start? Then this book is for you. Over 120 of the most
popular houseplants available today are featured in this easy to
use guide, with a page devoted to each plant and full colour
photography throughout. Find out the ideal spot for your plant in
the home, how often it should be watered and fed plus lots more
besides. Whether your thing is for succulents and cacti or you
can't resist an orchid or fern there is information on caring for
them all, plus concise advise on re-potting, propagation and how to
deal with pests and diseases. Having spent thirty years working in
the pot plant and cut flower industry author Su Whale learnt that
there were generally only two questions customers asked when
purchasing a houseplant. First was, `where can I put it?' the
second, `how often should I water it?' If you are that person and
are looking for a straightforward, practical guide to houseplant
care, which will provide you with the answers to those questions,
(and much more besides!) then this book is for you.
How do plants work? How can I grow tomatoes? How can I encourage
garden wildlife? Put the fun into gardening with this cool kids'
guide to growing plants indoors and out, all year round. RHS Get
Growing is for parents and children who enjoy engaging with the
outdoors and want to do more activities together. It explains how
plants work, describes the building blocks of gardening, and shows
how to grow everything from cacti to cucumbers. With great facts
and practical projects, giving the reader a lot of information,
it's an ideal introduction for complete beginners, and designed to
inspire a life-long love of gardening. The projects and experiments
are bite-sized and self-contained, ideal for weekends, holidays and
even home-schooling. This book is ideal for parents and teachers
who want to get kids connected with nature, experiencing the world
and relating to the food that they eat. All the guidance is backed
by scientific and educational research, drawn together by the team
of RHS experts.
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