Houseplants and Indoor Gardening (Black & Decker Outdoor Home Series) [Paperback]

Julie B. Davis (Author), Julie Bawden-Davis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Black & Decker Outdoor Home | Publication Date: November 1, 2001

This new addition to the Black & Decker Outdoor Home series helps readers bring all the benefits of outdoor gardening to the interior of their homes. In addition to bringing natural garden beauty to the indoor decor, houseplants are now known to be an important component of indoor air quality, especially in homes that are tightly sealed against outside air. Many plants filter out toxins and convert carbon dioxide to oxygen.

Indoor gardening has its own particular challenges, and this book addresses them all, including: controlling pests and diseases in a confined environment; providing supplemental lighting where natural sunlight is limited; and propagating difficult species.

Like other volumes in this series, Houseplants features the most up-to-date information available, including latest developments in potting soil compositions, water retaining polymers, pest and disease control. The plant encyclopedia is the most comprehensive listing of popular indoor species and includes not only flowers and foliage plants, but also ornamental grasses and dwarf trees.

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About the Author

Julie Bawden-Davis has written a weekly gardening column for the Times Syndicate for 10 years. In addition, she has written more than 200 articles for the San Francisco Chronicle's gardening section and has contributed numerous articles to Organic Gardening, National Gardening, and Parenting magazines. She lives in Orange, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Creative Publishing International; illustrated edition edition (November 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589230035
• ISBN-13: 978-1589230033
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,017,223 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Julie Bawden-Davis is a garden writer and Master Gardener. She is founder of HealthyHouseplants.com and in addition to gardening books has written over 1,000 articles for publications such as Organic Gardening, Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal, Better Homes & Gardens, Parents, The Toastmaster, Wildflower Magazine (where she has a column), The Gardener, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Romantic Homes, Garden Compass, Aquascape Lifestyles, and Flowers &.

Julie is a member of the Garden Writer's Association of America (GWA) and the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). She regularly speaks on gardening topics.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a wealth of knowledge!!!!, July 22, 2002

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Mandy Stanley (Marietta, Ga United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Houseplants and Indoor Gardening (Black & Decker Outdoor Home Series) (Paperback)

This is a great book! The author is apparently an extremely knowledgable indoor gardener and she shares this information in an easy to read enjoyable book. All aspects of indoor gardening are covered from decorating with plants, care and requirements, planting and placement. Included in the book is an encyclopedia of common houseplants with plant requirements and pictures to help you identify all those plants you never knew the names of!! If you have houseplants this book is a MUST.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Houseplants & Indoor Gardening, July 12, 2002

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Katie Weissberg (Tustin, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Houseplants and Indoor Gardening (Black & Decker Outdoor Home Series) (Paperback)

This book is GREAT!!!! Growing up my mother always had silk plants about the house that were not attractive. Come to find out later in my life she had tried living houseplants but somehow killed them once they were in her home. If she had this book she would have not had that problem!

When I had a home of my own I vowed that I would not succumb to her tactics with plants. I love the look and ambiance of living plants and was determined to have many of my own. Over the years I have become a more avid gardener and have always loved indoor houseplants. Although I have become a better indoor gardener it seemed that I still had my mother's knack of being able to swiftly kill some plants until I came across the Black and Decker series book, "Houseplants & Indoor Gardening". This book gives you so much information for decorating your home with houseplants it is unbelievable. After reading this book I quickly was able to identify some quick targets of my plants demise. One was as simple as the selection of plants when buying them in the nursery. It is a great reference tool that I use almost daily. I really love the encyclopedia of Common Houseplants which breaks all the specifications and growing conditions needed for certain plants. Overall I have found this book to be invaluable. A must have if you want you indoor garden to flourish!!!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Houseplants Thriving!, December 10, 2011

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Dragon's Folly - See all my reviews

This review is from: Houseplants and Indoor Gardening (Black & Decker Outdoor Home Series) (Paperback)

Thank you, Thank you Julie Bawden~Davis! My family no longer calls our houseplants "three month plants". They used to be named that because the only plant I could keep alive longer than three months was a sturdy pathos. I've taken your book with me on my gardening shopping trips and used it as a resource to ensure that I am choosing the right plant for the right location in my home. Suddenly, with your guidance, my plants are surviving and even thriving. I've even referenced it for my patio plantings. My gardening attempts are no longer a "Folly" thanks to your concise book.