Greenworks: Tender Loving Care for Plants [Paperback]

Judith Handelsman (Author), Sara Baerwald (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co (June 1974)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0020628900
• ISBN-13: 978-0020628903
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,551,684 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just the facts ma'am...My right-hand book!, February 25, 2004

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Alissa Mower Clough "teleny" (New Haven, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greenworks: Tender Loving Care for Plants (Paperback)

If you're just starting off with indoor houseplants, this is the one book to buy. It recommends twenty "no-hassle" easy-grow plants, with a few extra-easy plants spotlighted, plus an extra section on popular plants that are...well, not so easy. Don't be fooled by the early 70's hippie-trippy line drawings and casual style, this really is all you need to know about starting with plants!

A few cautions though. First, she is not as organic as some people nowadays would have us be: she even discusses pesticides (though she mostly recommends against them). Secondly, some of these plants aren't available, or available under other names nowadays. It would help if she included a bibliography. But otherwise, it's a great book. I long for its reprinting.

5.0 out of 5 stars My gift to novice indoor gardener., August 14, 2011

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This review is from: Greenworks: Tender Loving Care for Plants (Hardcover)

Beautiful little reference book with good advice I've tested. Specific and brief information on each plant it discusses, with sections for general care of houseplants. This book helped me launch my indoor garden, and I bought and sent it to my friend eager to start her own.