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 (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,599,823 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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

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

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.