Vihreä valtaa kodin

by Rose Ray, Caro Langdon

Onnistuneen ja trendikkään vihersisustamisen tietopaketti: yksissä kansissa ilmakasvit, mehikasvit, kaktukset sekä trooppiset kasvit. Opit Langtonin ja Rosen johdolla sekä sisustamaan viherkasveilla että varmistamaan kasviesi erinomaisen kasvun. Kirjassa on myös helppoja ohjeita erilaisten kasvialustojen tekemiseen: tiesitkö himmelin olevan mainio alusta ilmakasville?

Genres: Nonfiction, Gardening, Plants, Nature

224 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2017

About the author

Rose Ray and Caro Langton run a successful 'green interior' company called RO CO. They offer advice on how to bring green into urban spaces, as well as run an online shop specializing in airplants, macramé hangers, and himmelis. They also supply high end concept stores and sell their products through stockists in the US, Europe, and Australia. They are the authors of the international hit, House of Plants. Find them on Instagram @houseofplants.

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars A nice library read with some beautiful photography. Some nice ideas for house plant presentation, propagation and care. Lots of individually featured plant species, quite a few tropical plants and air plants but this was enjoyable to look through.

[Merel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorgeous book with so many inspirational ways of using your space for plants. The best thing about this book might be that it focusses on plants that are easier to take care of and stresses what will kill a plant, so that a beginner at house plants will understand at least why plants do die.
This book is incredibly aesthetically pleasing and I love the colour palette used for it. The muted tones are absolutely striking against the beautiful and vibrant green of the plants.
Now I just want to have an air plant, because this book has made me love them.

[n i i n a · Rating 5 out of 5]

IHANA KIRJA.

[sevdah]

I try not to review big hardbacks and table books like this one, but I've read it a couple of times already and really wanted to give it a shoutout - for its' many ace tips, beautiful photography, and practical bits and pieces of information that help me keep my plants happy. And also because the writers' enthusiasm is really growing on me, even though I must admit they seemed just a bit too eager at first.
The title is a bit misleading - it's got a lot of tropical plants, and DIY planters/ wall hangers/ display ideas as well. There is a section on how to encourage kids to care for plants, which is also cool.

[Lauren · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beatuiful book, but also a great resource for a number of succulents, air plants, and tropical houseplants. The scenes are highly stylized - it feels like you're looking through Pinterest, or a design magazine - but it also feels accessible and replicatable. There are clear instructions for some DIY projects (concrete pots, kokedama string arrangements, etc.), and good plant care tips for a number of different genuses/species.

[Lindsey Preston · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you know me IRL then you know how much I love plants.. I adored this book so much! From its writing to its beautiful curation and imagery. If begins with the story of how Caro and Rose came to fall in love with plants too, how they nurtured, inherited and grew up around plants. I felt on such a parallel here. There are some great tips regarding propagation and separating plants. And sound advice on how to treat your plants well and keep them alive!

[Thibault · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marvelous! Truly a fascinating and easy-going book to read. Styling, typography and photography are truly beautiful

[Liam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Could not put it down! Need to get my own copy of this a borrow at the library isn't enough

[Deirdre · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book fine - it had lots of good advice about growing the titular houseplants, with a good variety of plants described, excellent tips on growing plants, and even some DIY container and presentation instructions - but I found it to be almost sterile in its totally on-point and on-trend presentation, photography, and aesthetic. It strongly reminded me of the Kinfolk Living book that I perused while living at some friends' house over the summer - too perfect to be real. I'm sure I'm doing Ray and Langton an injustice by saying so, but that is the inescapable impression that I received upon finishing this book. Beautiful, but not for me.

[M Aghazarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very good book--I too about a page and a half of notes. It was well organized and featured small projects alongside detailed features of plants, clearly outlining not just light, temperature, and watering, but also feeding (fertilizing), repotting, and propagation. The propagation information was particularly helpful. I also learned to avoid potting mixes that include peat, as it isn't sustainable. Some of the photos can be a bit...hipster, focusing on the aesthetics of the photo rather than clearly showing the plant (often extreme close ups with one leaf in focus and everything else blurry) but if you're willing to look past that, it's a lovely book. The authors include some of their personality without too much self insertion or self promotion.

[Suzanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this book in July 2021 in COS Stores in Paris on sale -70%.
The book was written in 2016 (almost 10 years ago). The book contains 222 colorful pages and nice photos. Both authors are educated, and the sentences are very well written.
The book was nice to read, but I did not find my home plants and advice I needed: orchids, Anthurium, Ficus benjamina. Nice book to decorate you shelf.

[A · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet review: This book is beautiful, useful and practical. Lovely photos and presentation/design, useful for the plant care provided (mostly common plants, but a pretty thorough page-long run-down of each), and practical for the interesting project ideas provided. I just loved it, well worth buying (I got it from the library but would definitely like to pick it up).

[Tom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gorgeous book for all plant lovers.

[Meredith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Makes my list of top plant books. Worth looking at again and again.

[Lorilin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Don't really need all the projects, but I do like the write-ups on each houseplant.

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reference book on growing indoor plants with beautiful photography.

[Ellen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is very pretty and features some unusual plants and some solid care advice, but I feel like it is the plant companion to Unhappy Hipsters.

[Cecelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book does not disappoint. The photographs are gorgeous and I have learned very much from reading this book cover to cover!

[Kori Kropp · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful book with great care and decor tips

[Karina Eliassen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pretty good book, dont agree with eeeverything in it, but thats how it is! Gorgeous pictures, and I think I need more plants?

[Naomi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars is enough JUST for the photography

[Veera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Todella kaunis, inspiroiva.

[Olga]

A lovely book with some beautiful photos and design ideas.

[Alaina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a beautiful book.

[. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well made and descriptive, but only specialized in succulents, air plants and cacti.

[Sandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed all the tips and pictures. I've just Added growing plants indoors.
If you love plants and displaying them give this book a read.

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book - well designed and laid out, informative and easy to read. Has a nice personal narrative from the author too

[Hanneke Mwk · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mooi vorm gegeven boek, leuke projecten om zelf te doen. De selectie van de beschreven planten is wat willekeurig, de informatie vrij summier - ik vraag me af of de informatie over het stekken compleet is, en mis dat er verschillende methodes worden gesuggereerd.
De schrijfstijl vond ik enigszins aanstellerig; de auteurs doen alsof ze een band met je hebben en spreken de lezer direct aan, maar vertellen weinig over zichzelf. De combinatie 'how to & diy' met 'verhalend vertellen over de auteurs ervaring met kamerplanten' vond ik daardoor niet geheel geslaagd.