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This beautiful guide to indoor plants is a comprehensive compendium
of succulents, cacti, flowering and foliage plants, with detailed
instructions on how to care for each, alongside stunning full-page
watercolour illustrations of each plant. Whether you are looking to
cultivate an entire indoor garden, or simply wish to know more
about your single cactus, you can be sure to find the right
information for you amongst the more than seventy plants in this
stylish guide. And the best bit? All the plants are easy to
maintain so even the most timid of gardeners can enjoy turning
their hand to this green-fingered pastime. Driven by the beautiful
artwork of the phenomenally talented Maaike Koster, alongside
insightful text from Emma Sibley, co-founder of London Terrariums,
each entry offers a concise but complete guide to these plants,
telling you their origins, how to care for them and where in your
home they will thrive. Each plant is rendered in considered detail,
taking up a full double page spread, with half of this space
allotted to the illustration, facing a paragraph on the plant
itself, care tips and any information about fellow species. The
accessible text and simple instructions make this book just as well
suited to those with no gardening experience as to those with years
of practice. These plants can be grown in any in-door space and are
easy to maintain, so you no longer need a large garden or hours of
free time to maintain a vibrant collection of greenery in your
home. These plants add interest, tranquility and colour to every
corner of our lives, so embark on a verdant adventure with this
beautiful and comprehensive guide!
Have trouble keeping house plants alive? Struggling to find your
green fingers? Fear not! You can still have a beautiful
plant-filled home with this stunning guide to indoor plants.
Whether you are looking to cultivate an entire indoor garden, or
simply wish to know more about your single cactus, you can be sure
to find the right information for you amongst the seventy-five
plants in this stylish guide. And the best bit? All the plants are
easy to maintain so even the most timid of gardeners can enjoy
turning their hand to this green-fingered pastime. Learn how to
care for succulents, cacti, flowering and foliage plants even with
a full-time job, with this unique gardening guide that is made to
fit alongside our modern-day schedules. With endless inspiration to
brighten up your home,desk or office, this beautiful book of plants
from across the world is a must for lovers of art and design, as
well as plants.
Grow food for freshness. Grow food organically. Grow food to
connect with nature. Whatever the goal, you don't need a lot of
space to enjoy the benefits of homegrown veggies, herbs, and
fruits. In Grow Food at Home, gardening expert John Tullock shows
readers just how easy it is to enjoy "farm"-fresh produce grown
right on the windowsill, the porch, or in a tiny backyard. Covering
artificial lighting, hydroponics, vertical gardening, straw-bale
planters, and more, the book offers even the most confined
apartment dwellers plenty of options to get growing. Tullock shares
all the tips and tricks readers need to make small-space gardening
a success, with information on starting seeds, transplanting,
succession planting, "crop" rotation, and other procedures-all
tailored to the small-space garden-plus recipes to make the most of
the harvest. Readers will be energized to grow a mouth-watering
selection of micro-crops, from lettuces and herbs to tomatoes,
cucumbers, beets, and even small fruits-no matter how little room
they have available.
*** 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.
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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"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.
Live life in full bloom. This beautiful book features your
favourite flowers grouped by their purpose - for love, for joy, for
luck, for calm, to console, and to celebrate. Discover their
traditional meanings, holistic benefits, and when flowers are in
season so that they can be sourced locally with a minimal carbon
footprint. By creating thoughtful personal bouquets or choosing a
flower for its meaning, its natural energy, or holistic property,
you can bring the benefits of the natural world back into your
home, your workplace, and into the lives of loved ones. Find out
why you should give Foxgloves to celebrate a new job, Lilacs for
joy, or Chrysanthemums for luck, and become fluent in the secret
language of flowers.
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.
Urban gardener, plantrepreneur, and Netflix star "Farmer Nick" Nick
Cutsumpas combines sustainability, science, and philosophy to coach
new plant owners on how to find the right houseplants for their
space and help them thriveDespite the abundance of resources on
caring for houseplants, many people continue to struggle with their
plant care or don't even know where to begin on the journey to
plant parenthood. An increasing number of young urbanites are
filling their apartments with plants only to realize that they
don't know what it takes to care for them long term. That's because
knowledge isn't enough, and most people need a shift in plant
perspective before they can start changing their
behavior-houseplants are nature, not just furniture. This is why
most people need a coach, someone to encourage them, give them the
right game plan, and help them achieve their houseplant potential.
Enter Nick Cutsumpas-plant coach, urban gardener, and Netflix
personality-whose mission is to give people the knowledge and
confidence they need to create their own green spaces. Plant Coach
is his comprehensive guide for the everyday plant owner who wants
to alleviate the stress of plant ownership while doing the best for
their plants and the planet. Cutsumpas reframes what it means to be
a plant parent by viewing the home as an ecosystem, introducing
unconventional and sustainable plant tactics that go beyond the
basic requirements of water and sunlight. Just as he does for his
clients, Cutsumpas shares project ideas and coaches new plant
owners on how to select and care for plants that are right for
their space and lifestyle with deep insight and lighthearted fun.
At the same time, he inspires readers to care for the planet, using
houseplants as a stepping stone toward sustainability and
environmental action.
Delving into all aspects of designing and maintaining unique
interior landscapes, this colorfully illustrated book demonstrates
how to realize landscapes for a variety of different interiors,
from private homes to corporate office buildings, and in styles
ranging from naturalistic to abstract. Photographic examples of the
authors own designs and the natural materials that inspired them
show how to construct an infrastructure and select the right plants
for different design themes, including jungles, deserts, gardens,
seasonal pieces, and sanctuaries and memorials. A plant index is
also included."
It may be darker outside, but we can still enjoy the benefits of
nature - let Joe Sugg show you how in this essential guide to
fixing your relationship with the online world by bringing nature
inside For so long, we've all been drowning in an endless stream of
online content. NOW is the time to fix that - repair our
relationship with tech, learn to check into nature, and improve our
mental wellbeing. As one of the UK's first and biggest YouTube
stars, Joe Sugg knows this struggle all too well. And now he has
the solution: we need to bring nature inside. In GROW, he will
guide you through creative and practical ways to digitally detox
wherever you live, without throwing away your tech, featuring . . .
* Simple ways to reduce your screen time * A beginner's guide to
gardening - inside and out * Wildflowers and insects to look out
for in nature * The benefits of houseplants - and how not to kill
them * Personal stories from Joe's own journey * Beautiful
hand-drawn illustrations Grow immerses us in a truly restorative
journey that shows ways to balance our time online with the
outdoors, and grow happier, healthier and calmer by doing so.
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