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

by Julie Bawden-Davis (Author), John M. Rickard (Photographer)

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Product Description
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.

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 (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,530,090 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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

By	Mandy Stanley (Marietta, Ga United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

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

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 & Indoor Gardening, July 12, 2002

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

This book is GREAT!!!! Growing up my mother always had silk plants that were unattractive. Come to find out later in my life she had tried living houseplants but somehow killed them once they are 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!!!!!!