My Indoor Garden [Hardcover]

Carol Lerner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1999

Beginners will learn how to cultivate houseplants with this easy-to-follow handbook. My Indoor Garden covers everything from proper plant selection to basic plant care to simple propagating techniques. Packed with practical advice and helpful tips, and filled with exquisite watercolor illustrations, this basic how-to book guides youngsters to a hobby that can be a source of lifelong pleasure.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6-This fine companion piece to the author's My Backyard Garden (Morrow, 1998) has the same picture-book format and beautifully accurate watercolor-and-pencil illustrations. This time, Lerner offers a practical look at growing and caring for indoor plants. Light, temperature, and humidity are discussed, as well as how to select a healthy plant for the environment in one's house. Caring for a plant through health and sickness is covered, as are the various ways to start new plants from those that are established. The book concludes with a chart of 65 common houseplants, their botanical and common names, amounts of light required, special care, and propagation techniques; many of these plants are pictured and labeled throughout the book. The information is clear, botanically correct, and user-friendly, creating a fine balance for children who are just beginning to or want to learn more about growing healthy indoor plants. The picture-book format belies this title's thoroughness: there is a wealth of material here.
Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Once again teaming her knowledge and love of plants with her pen-and-watercolor botanical artwork, Lerner offers a well-planned guide to nurturing an indoor garden. Her explanations of essentials--from adequate light and humidity to selection of appropriate plants--are accompanied by her delicate, realistic illustrations. Sidebars contain such additional clarification as an explanation of dormancy and a depiction of a cyclamen plant. Illustrated panels, among a wealth of other information, portray a painless method of repotting a spiny cactus and detail the various means of propagating new plants. Lerner's discussion of the types as well as the uses of compost and her treatment of plant pests demonstrate her talent for lucidly relating facts and delivering step-by-step instructions. Her tips on providing for plants' care during a gardener's extended absence reveal her effort to cover all aspects of her subject. An attractive, readable, and valuable resource for library collections. Ellen Mandel

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Morrow Junior Books (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688147534
• ISBN-13: 978-0688147532
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,177,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How To Cultivate Houseplants, December 20, 2004

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G. Reid (Roseland, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Indoor Garden (Library Binding)

This is an excellent indoor gardening how-to-do book written for the young adult and beginner to indoor gardening. ISBN 0-688-14754-2 is the library edition with the better binding. The book has 50 large-size pages. As it is written for the young adult the pages are easy to read. However, the information provided is thorough and gives the beginner everything needed to get started with an indoor garden. The full-color illustrations are in watercolor and add quality to the book.