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 includes 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 goes into detail about what may be causing damage to a plant, and how to look after plants so that they last. It also focuses 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, with the focus on low maintenance, good-looking greenery.
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 Cati
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