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101 Essential Tips: House Plants
The step-by-step series that brings expert advice at an affordable price, breaks down plant care into 101 easy-to-grasp tips, and gives answers to all questions.
72 pages, Paperback
First published April 4, 1996
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John Brookes
114 books9 followersJohn Andrew Brookes MBE was a garden and landscape designer. He started designing gardens and landscapes in the late 1950s and designed thousands of gardens. He also taught and lectured about horticulture, landscape and interior design.
Beginning as a Modernist and working with Dame Sylvia Crowe, Brenda Colvin, Geoffrey Jellicoe and other notable architects and landscape architects, Brookes came of age in the dawn of garden and landscape design for the middle classes in Britain and in the heyday of 1960s London.
Brookes was influenced by painters such as Piet Mondrian and Ben Nicholsen, and brought abstract and modernist principles to garden design.[2] He espoused the concept that a garden's design should be based first and foremost on the needs of its occupants, taking it out of the realm of the grand garden traditions which were labour-intensive, expensive, and high maintenance. He is the author of over two dozen books, including Room Outside and John Brookes, Master Class, that have been translated into several languages and has taught and lectured in venues around the globe, including Iran, Argentina, Japan, Russia, and the US.
In 2004 Brookes was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his for contributions to Garden Design and Services to Horticulture.
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Beginning as a Modernist and working with Dame Sylvia Crowe, Brenda Colvin, Geoffrey Jellicoe and other notable architects and landscape architects, Brookes came of age in the dawn of garden and landscape design for the middle classes in Britain and in the heyday of 1960s London.
Brookes was influenced by painters such as Piet Mondrian and Ben Nicholsen, and brought abstract and modernist principles to garden design.[2] He espoused the concept that a garden's design should be based first and foremost on the needs of its occupants, taking it out of the realm of the grand garden traditions which were labour-intensive, expensive, and high maintenance. He is the author of over two dozen books, including Room Outside and John Brookes, Master Class, that have been translated into several languages and has taught and lectured in venues around the globe, including Iran, Argentina, Japan, Russia, and the US.
In 2004 Brookes was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for his for contributions to Garden Design and Services to Horticulture.
[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_...]
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June 2, 2019
This is a beautifully illustrated book on house plants. Besides the fact that all photos and most illustrations are in color; this book shows the reader how to cultivate, propagate (start new plants) and decorate with indoor plants.
This is just the quality product one would expect from Readers Digest. The information is clear; they have organized things so that common directions (temperature, sunlight needs, moisture needs, etc.) are shown via (easily understood) symbols.
This volume groups plants by type (cacti & succulents, bulbs, water gardens, etc.). There is also an assortment of plants suggested if you want to create an all white or any other color flowering plant display for your home.
Then, they offer suggestions for containers, including which containers are most attractive with which plantings.
The book shows everything from:
How to water your plants correctly (some plants have unusual requirements for successful watering);
How and when to repot your leggy plants;
Illustrations and directions on the many ways to propagate new plants;
How to solve pests and plant growing problems;
How to solve problems of ill-health in plants;
How to save a parched plant;
How to use artificial lighting most effectively with plants;
How to self-water plants while you are on vacation; and
An excellent glossary.
This book is an excellent resource for the new to the intermediate indoor gardener.
This is just the quality product one would expect from Readers Digest. The information is clear; they have organized things so that common directions (temperature, sunlight needs, moisture needs, etc.) are shown via (easily understood) symbols.
This volume groups plants by type (cacti & succulents, bulbs, water gardens, etc.). There is also an assortment of plants suggested if you want to create an all white or any other color flowering plant display for your home.
Then, they offer suggestions for containers, including which containers are most attractive with which plantings.
The book shows everything from:
How to water your plants correctly (some plants have unusual requirements for successful watering);
How and when to repot your leggy plants;
Illustrations and directions on the many ways to propagate new plants;
How to solve pests and plant growing problems;
How to solve problems of ill-health in plants;
How to save a parched plant;
How to use artificial lighting most effectively with plants;
How to self-water plants while you are on vacation; and
An excellent glossary.
This book is an excellent resource for the new to the intermediate indoor gardener.
November 23, 2023
having 2 brown thumbs, I think this book is incredibly useful! Learned a lot!
December 29, 2011
Great book. Contains a lot of helpful tips and info on caring for house plants. Easy to understand.
June 14, 2017
What a waste of paper.. unethical care for house plants! Thanks for nothing.. 😬
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