Make your own indoor garden : how to fill your home with low maintenance greenery / Sarah Durber.
"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 and 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1526774585
- ISBN: 9781526774583
- Physical Description: 112 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
- Publisher: Yorkshire ; White Owl, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books LTD, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- How to start a plant collection -- What is a terrarium? -- How to make a closed terrarium -- Succulents and cacti -- How to make an open terrarium -- The most common indoor plant problems and how to avoid them -- How to create a hanging plant display and which plants to use for it --The Kokedama and how to make one -- Air plants and how to display them -- Which plant for which room? -- How to propagate your plants -- Plants and well-being -- How to combat air pollution using plants in your home.
- Language Note:
- In English.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 635.965 DUR (Text) | 36015000069837 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Bordeaux Library | 635.965 D (Text) | 31781065845982 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 07/30/2026 |
| Forsyth Central | 635.965 D 2021 (Text) | 0112400035989 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | 635.965 DUR (Text) | 900000000941196 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | 635.965 Dur PBK (Text) | 33630005097345 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Malloy/Jordan East Winston Heritage Center | 635.965 D 2021 (Text) | 0112400035997 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Mars Hill Library | 635.9 DUR (Text) | 30229101228269 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Mauney Memorial Library | 635.965 DUR (Text) | 26280860070493 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Reynolda Manor Branch | 635.965 D 2021 (Text) | 0112400036003 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/17/2026 |
| South Buncombe/Skyland Library | 635.965 DUR (Text) | 0020513008050 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
