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Covering everything from basic plant care and re-potting, to plants suited to pets and propagating, this book will inspire you to create your own indoor rainforest.
At the core of the book are profiles of 22 tropical indoor plants, organised from the most low-maintenance species through to exotic varieties requiring more care. In addition, the book offers styling advice on how to decorate different rooms in your home with plants, as well as suggestions on pots and planters to give your interior spaces more personality.
Interspersed throughout the book are interviews with plant people from around the world, who reveal the creative ways in which they've incorporated amazing collections of tropical plants into their lives and homes.
Creating a tropical oasis in the city really can be this simple and fun!
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
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.
"This book will help you keep your plants healthy."--Minneapolis
Star Tribune, 7 Books to Shake Up Your Home Decor Houseplants are
more popular than ever before--especially with millennials, who are
setting up their homes for the first time and discovering that
nothing can add energy, style, and that essential "lived-in-ness"
to their spaces better than a little bit of green. Whether it's a
statement-making fiddle-leaf fig or a tiny tabletop succulent, a
houseplant instantly elevates the look of your home. But where to
begin? In Decorating with Plants, Baylor Chapman walks readers
through everything they need to know to bring houseplants into
their home. First, there's Plant Care 101: from how to assess light
conditions to tricks for keeping your plants alive while on
vacation, Chapman gives readers the simple, foundational info they
need to ensure their plants will thrive. Then she introduces us to
28 of her favorites--specimens that are tough as nails but
oh-so-stylish, from the eye-catching Rubber Tree to the delicate
Cape Primrose. Finally, she guides readers through the home room by
room: Place an aromatic plant like jasmine or gardenia to your
entry to establish your home's "signature scent." Add a proper
sense of scale to your living room with a ceiling-grazing palm.
Create a living centerpiece of jewel-toned succulents for a dining
table arrangement that will last long after your dinner party. From
air purification to pest control, there's no limit to what
houseplants can do for your home--and Decorating with Plants is
here to show you how to add them to spaces big and small with
style.
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.
Peterson, former president of the American Pit Gardening Society,
shows how common kitchen staples - pits, nuts, beans, seeds, and
tubers - can be coaxed into lush, vibrant houseplants that are as
attractive as they are fascinating. With Peterson's help, a sweet
potato turns into a blooming vine; chickpeas transform into cheery
hanging baskets; the humble beet becomes a dramatic centerpiece;
and gingerroot grows into a 3-foot, bamboo-like stalk. In some
cases the transformation can happen overnight!"Don't Throw It, Grow
It!" offers growing instructions for over 50 plants in four broad
categories - kitchen vegetables; fruits and nuts; herbs and spices;
and more exotic plants from ethnic markets. The book is enhanced
with beautiful illustrations, and its at-a-glance format makes it a
quick and easy reference. Best of all, every featured plant can be
grown in a kitchen, making this handy guide a must-have for avid
gardeners and apartment-dwellers alike. "Don't Throw It, Grow It!"
will appeal both to committed recyclers and to anyone who wants to
find magic in the mundane - from parents and teachers looking to
instill a sense of wonder in children, to the houseplant enthusiast
seeking to create a one-of-a-kind Eden right in her kitchen.
No room to garden outside? No problem! A complete guide filled with
a host of valuable information and DIY projects, Ultimate Guide to
Indoor Gardening shares all the knowledge on how to grow a variety
of foods inside your home. From growing vegetables, microgreens,
and herbs to hydroponic gardening, troubleshooting, and more, learn
to grow fresh produce all year-round, no matter where you live.
With expert tips on composting, working with grow lights, choosing
a growing locale, container gardening for both root and above
ground vegetables, the basics of fermentation, and so much more,
this must-have resource is a one-stop shop on everything you need
to know about successful indoor food production and how to maximize
your indoor space!
The ultimate indoor gardening book, this guide offers inspiration
and instruction for creating vibrant in-home gardens and caring for
your houseplants With plentiful images and a distinctly modern and
sophisticated feel, this book imparts both easy-to-follow advice
and creative garden-design inspiration. Whether you are looking to
pick a statement plant for your living room, create a terrarium
centerpiece, or arrange an artful display of air plants, this book
will provide the tools you need. You'll be tempted to thumb through
it again and again-for both resource and relaxation. The Inspired
Houseplant includes: * Plant Basics: beginner-friendly plant care
info * Plant Guide: profiles of popular indoor plants * Plant
Projects: fun, easy projects with major wow factor (including
trending designs like terrariums, air plants, marimo and other
underwater gardens, kokedama, mounted staghorn ferns, and edible
herbs) * Plant Style: ways to use plants in interior design for
every style from Desert Boho to Midcentury Modern
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.
Design your own modern green space with expert gardener Joe Swift.
Gardens connect us with the natural world, improve our physical and
mental health, and allow us to showcase our personalities. Expert
gardener Joe Swift's practical, easy-to-follow advice will inspire
readers to envision what is possible in even the smallest spaces.
There is no one way to design a garden. Joe's no-nonsense guide on
modern gardens provides innovative, creative and exciting advice on
how to create your perfect escape. This book explores every aspect
of designing a garden, from assessing your plot and soil to
choosing a style as your inspiration and tackling challenging
spaces. Covering topics such as colours, plants, placement,
connecting to a view and dealing with awkward spaces, Joe will
inspire gardeners to create and maintain a green haven all year
long. Joe Swift is an author, TV presenter and garden designer. He
makes regular appearances on BBC's Gardener's World and the RHS
Flower Shows
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.
This title offers creative designs for plants in the home, with 120
inspirational pictures. It presents an innovative approach to
indoor gardening, which focuses on incorporating plants as part of
the interior design of a home. It offers a wealth of inspirational
ideas for using plants in any room, including dining rooms,
bedrooms and bathrooms. It covers a range of planting schemes for
indoors, such as architectural, vibrant and seasonal looks. It
offers six step-by-step projects, including a scented white garden,
a dry garden and a tomato and basil garden. It features more than
120 stunning photographs, as well as practical advice on containers
and tools. A directory gives detailed horticultural information on
a range of different plants. Whether you want to brighten up a
bedroom or create a style statement in a living room, houseplants
provide an effective and easy way to update an interior design. In
this beautiful book, you will find out how to choose and position
plants to the best effect, taking into account scale and
proportion, style and placement, form and shape, tone, scent and
texture. A section on interior ideas explores a range of different
rooms and the plants that are most suited to them. All the
practical aspects of indoor gardening are covered; there is
information on light levels and humidity, potting and pruning,
problem busting, containers and tools. There is also a directory,
which gives detailed horticultural information on a range of
different plants. With evocative photographs by Caroline Arber,
this is an essential introduction to an innovative philosophy that
applies design principles to indoor plants to produce truly
stunning results.
Bring a mini Japanese garden into your home--whether as a
stress-reducing desk accessory, interesting centerpiece or
beautiful addition to any space! Bring the tranquility of Japanese
garden design into any space in your home or office. Miniature
Japanese Gardens shows you how to create simple Japanese-style
container gardens using inexpensive plants and materials that are
available everywhere! A detailed plan of each "garden" provides a
basic template, along with information about plant types and
containers. The container itself can be an old pot, ceramic bowl,
or just about anything you might have lying around. Such "found"
objects lend themselves to the Japanese art of wabi-sabi--the
beauty of imperfection. Add rocks and other elements to produce
mini Zen gardens that bring a relaxing vibe to any interior space.
Miniature Japanese Gardens contains step-by-step instructions and
photos of over 40 different projects, including: Kokedama (moss
ball) A miniature bamboo grove A variety of bonsai trees And many
more! Plus, get inspired by accompanying photos of the Japanese
landscape. While you may not be able to have a waterfall in your
house, you can channel the same sensation with the help of just the
right bonsai plants from this book. Miniature Japanese Gardens will
appeal to gardeners, Zen students and small space enthusiasts
alike!
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