The Houseplant Handbook
Basic Growing Techniques and a Directory of 300 Everyday Houseplants
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2018
Summary
Grow a garden inside! Houseplants bring life and colour to any room, and with the right care you can successfully cultivate everything from succulents and bonsai to foliage, flowers and fruit. Here is everything you always wanted to know about houseplants packed into one easy-to-use volume. Horticulturist David Squire provides simple, step-by-step instructions on choosing the right plants and helping them thrive, with tips on propagation, repotting, grooming and pest control. The heart of the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781620082324 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1620082322 |
| Author: | David Squire |
| Publisher: | Companion House |
| Imprint: | Companion House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2018 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm |
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Critics Review
This book is a gem! It is beautiful, filled with quality pictures and tricks to have a green oasis in your home. –Permaculture en climate froid
The Houseplant Handbook: Basic Growing Techniques and a Directory of 300 Everyday Houseplants is everything that its name suggests. Chock full of basic and more advanced indoor gardening techniques; The Houseplant Handbook gives you everything you need to grow a healthy, prolific, eye-catching indoor garden.—Parade
Plenty of key practical advice informs David Squire’s Houseplant Handbook.—Texas Gardener Magazine
This book is a gem! It is beautiful, filled with quality pictures and tricks to have a green oasis in your home.—Permaculture en climate froid
About The Author
David Squire
David Squire has worked for many years as a gardening writer and editor. He has contributed to numerous gardening magazines and is the author (or co-author) of more than 80 gardening and plant-related books. His books include four titles in the new Home Gardener’s Specialist Guide series (Fox Chapel Publishing) plus The Scented Garden (Orion) which won the “Quill and Trowel Award” of the Garden Writers of America. David trained as a horticulturist at the Hertfordshire College of Agriculture and at the Royal Horticultural Society, where he was awarded the Wisley Diploma in Horticulture. He was awarded an N.K. Gould Memorial Prize for his collection of herbarium specimens of native British plants. In 2005, this collection of plants was accepted by the Booth Museum of Natural History to become library and museum exhibits. He has a passionate interest in the uses of native plants, whether for eating and survival, or for their historical roles in medicine, folklore and customs.
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