Make your own indoor garden How to fill your home with low maintenance greenery

Sarah Durber

Book - 2021

"This book aims to cover the most commonly asked questions by new plant owners and will help people who want to have more greenery in their lives but don't know where to start. It will advise on the best plant for a variety of home conditions so that everyone should be able to find plants that suit their space. Having and maintaining an indoor garden can be possible for anyone, the book will give you step by step guides to creating and designing your own terrariums, cacti & succulent gardens and even kokedamas (Japanese for Moss Ball). It will include descriptions of the equipment needed, and how to find this inexpensively so that the hobby is accessible to everyone. Readers of the book will discover a newfound joy of plants a...nd nature as well as learn a brand-new skill. The book will go into detail about what may be causing damage to a plant, and how to look after plants so that they last. It will also focus on how plants can improve physical and mental health, to encourage readers to fill their homes with greenery for practical and aesthetic reasons. The innate human need to be around nature is called Biophilia, and this book will tap into that need without over complicating things. The focus will be on low maintenance, good-looking greenery. " --publisher's website.

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Published
Yorkshire ; Philadelphia : White Owl, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books LTD 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Sarah Durber (author)
Physical Description
112 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
ISBN
9781526774583
  • Chapter 1. How to Start a Plant Collection
  • Chapter 2. What Is a Terrarium?
  • Chapter 3. How to Make A Closed Terrarium
  • Chapter 4. Succulents and Cacti
  • Chapter 5. How to Make an Open Terrarium
  • Chapter 6. The Most Common Indoor Plant Problems and How to Avoid Them
  • Chapter 7. How to Create a Hanging Plant Display and Which Plants to Use for it
  • Chapter 8. The Kokedama and How to Make One
  • Chapter 9. Air Plants and How to Display Them
  • Chapter 10. Which Plant for Which Room?
  • Chapter 11. How to Propagate Your Plants
  • Chapter 12. Plants and Well-being
  • Chapter 13. How to Combat Air Pollution Using Plants in Your Home
Review by Booklist Review

This concise A to Z--like guide is geared toward those whose relationships with plants are 1) non-existent, 2) based on "black thumb" myths, and/or 3) founded in cognitive dissonance. Though little upfront mention of these issues is made in Durber's first book, each recommendation includes a subconscious theme, whether addressing the most common problems outright (i.e., too much/too little water, wrong light level, too many caretakers) or promoting the goodness of green living things (for example, a reference to a 1989 NASA study about the best plants to remove chemicals from the environment). Durber's emphasis is on easy care, with a dozen or so species highly touted, such as the snake, pothos, Monstera, and spider plants. Next come the how-tos for plant propagating, making terrariums, displaying and taking care of air plants, even designating the appropriate greenery for different rooms in the house (for the most part, forget the bathroom, unless the plant's exposed to sunlight at least a few hours daily). True plant connections could start here.

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Review by Library Journal Review

Many people have become fascinated with houseplants over the past year, and Sarah Durber, owner of a British plant shop, has easy pointers for would-be plant owners, or those who need troubleshooting for the plants they already have. Writing for the complete novice who wants attractive, low-maintenance house plants, Durber starts with practical advice about specific plants for beginners, then gives more detailed instructions, with special focus on succulents and cacti. She also has tips for displaying plants attractively, including instructions for building plant displays, like open and closed terrariums and moss balls. The book concludes with information about plants and well-being, including plants that help clean the air. Her low-stress approach makes even the more advanced propagation section accessible for beginners. VERDICT A useful resource for anyone who wants a photo-ready plant display, particularly if they need help with getting started or plant maintenance.--Margaret Heller, Loyola Univ. Chicago Libs.

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