Ocean State Libraries

Transform your home into a verdant retreat with this information-packed guide to houseplant care, with profiles for over 125 different plants. Well-chosen, well-cared-for houseplants bring life to a room, both literally and figuratively. They add color, texture, motion, uniqueness, beauty-and they even improve air quality. They also fulfill our need to nurture and care for other living things. In Houseplants, expert grower Lisa Eldred Steinkopf gives...

Describes how to plan and create an indoor garden, discussing propagation, making a terrarium, potting plants, feeding and watering, pests, and other problems.

Provides instructions for propagating and caring for plants, with more than twenty beginning gardening projects.

Presents eleven indoor gardening projects involving carrots, beans, potatoes, apples, and other plants, and related cooking andhandicraft activities.

Describes a variety of flowering plants and what it takes to grow them successfully indoors.

Provides ideas and instructions for projects that involve growing various kinds of plants indoors during the different seasons.

An innovative, fully recyclable board book for babies and toddlers that introduces the beautiful world of houseplants and helps children connect with the natural world.