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KAY MAGUIRE is an award winning author, and a regular contributor to gardening magazines such as BBC Gardeners' World, The Garden and Amateur Gardening, as well as being the video producer for the RHS website. Kay trained at The Royal Botanic Garden Kew, where she gained the Kew Diploma, and was the Horticultural Editor of BBC Gardeners' World for six years. She is now a freelance writer, editor, producer and most importantly, grower.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has cultivated plants for more than 250 years. Today, Kew’s horticulturists grow over 19,000 species of plants in the gardens – the most diverse collection in the world.
INTRODUCTION to the book: Why have houseplants (good for mental health, phsychologically, for beauty, health, clean air. Finding a plant for your home and finding a home for your plant, using the book to ensure success.
DISPLAY, staging, modern use: solo, sequence, habitat, negative space, feature, vertical, stands, hanging, privacy. Considering shape, texture, form, size, scale.
WHAT can we grow and WHERE: What are houseplants?
EIGHT GROUPS. Where they come from, how to look after them, the rooms where you can display them. Native habitat dictates our care.
Eight groups are: Ferns; Palms; Cactus; Succulents; Bromeliads including Air plants; Flowering house plants (possibly shorter or longer); Foliage; Carnivorous.
HOW TO GROW in general: consider situation, right plant right place, temperature, light, humidity
including: Kit and bit on containers to grow them in. This practical section includes the key care points: watering; heating; choosing compost; changing humidity; feeding; repotting; cleaning; holiday care.
MAKING MORE PLANTS Propagating in five ways: leaf cuttings using begonia or sanseveria; bulbil babies using sedum; division of palm roots; suckers/offshoots and runners using chlorophytum; adventitious roots using hoya
HOUSE PLANT PORTRAITS
PROJECTS 12 projects including Kokedama; Plant leaf in a clear glass frame; A series of Sanseveria pots on a windowsill for privacy; Cactus grafting for impressive results; Macrame hanging planter; Air plant mobile; Desert Plant stand; Tray of succulents with strong pattern and landscape feel; Air fresheners collection; Touch me, touch me not.
PROBLEMS: trouble shooting, preventative and curative
endmatter (index and acknowledgments)
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
| Thema: | Heimwerken & Do it yourself |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Gebunden |
| ISBN-13: | 9780711240001 |
| ISBN-10: | 0711240000 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: |
Kay Maguire
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Kamera: | Jason Ingram |
| Hersteller: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Maße: | 216 x 167 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Kay Maguire (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.03.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,508 kg |
KAY MAGUIRE is an award winning author, and a regular contributor to gardening magazines such as BBC Gardeners' World, The Garden and Amateur Gardening, as well as being the video producer for the RHS website. Kay trained at The Royal Botanic Garden Kew, where she gained the Kew Diploma, and was the Horticultural Editor of BBC Gardeners' World for six years. She is now a freelance writer, editor, producer and most importantly, grower.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has cultivated plants for more than 250 years. Today, Kew’s horticulturists grow over 19,000 species of plants in the gardens – the most diverse collection in the world.
INTRODUCTION to the book: Why have houseplants (good for mental health, phsychologically, for beauty, health, clean air. Finding a plant for your home and finding a home for your plant, using the book to ensure success.
DISPLAY, staging, modern use: solo, sequence, habitat, negative space, feature, vertical, stands, hanging, privacy. Considering shape, texture, form, size, scale.
WHAT can we grow and WHERE: What are houseplants?
EIGHT GROUPS. Where they come from, how to look after them, the rooms where you can display them. Native habitat dictates our care.
Eight groups are: Ferns; Palms; Cactus; Succulents; Bromeliads including Air plants; Flowering house plants (possibly shorter or longer); Foliage; Carnivorous.
HOW TO GROW in general: consider situation, right plant right place, temperature, light, humidity
including: Kit and bit on containers to grow them in. This practical section includes the key care points: watering; heating; choosing compost; changing humidity; feeding; repotting; cleaning; holiday care.
MAKING MORE PLANTS Propagating in five ways: leaf cuttings using begonia or sanseveria; bulbil babies using sedum; division of palm roots; suckers/offshoots and runners using chlorophytum; adventitious roots using hoya
HOUSE PLANT PORTRAITS
PROJECTS 12 projects including Kokedama; Plant leaf in a clear glass frame; A series of Sanseveria pots on a windowsill for privacy; Cactus grafting for impressive results; Macrame hanging planter; Air plant mobile; Desert Plant stand; Tray of succulents with strong pattern and landscape feel; Air fresheners collection; Touch me, touch me not.
PROBLEMS: trouble shooting, preventative and curative
endmatter (index and acknowledgments)
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
| Thema: | Heimwerken & Do it yourself |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Gebunden |
| ISBN-13: | 9780711240001 |
| ISBN-10: | 0711240000 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: |
Kay Maguire
Kew Royal Botanic Gardens |
| Kamera: | Jason Ingram |
| Hersteller: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Maße: | 216 x 167 x 20 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Kay Maguire (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 28.03.2019 |
| Gewicht: | 0,508 kg |
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