Ferns

by Mobee Weinstein

Overview

A concise, creative, practical guide to growing these amazing plants, drawn from the award-winning volume The Complete Book of Ferns.

A more concise version of The Complete Book of Ferns, focused on practical use for gardeners, Ferns offers botanical information, indoor and outdoor growing and care information, details on propagation, display ideas, and even craft projects. With numerous color photos, it will help you add a new dimension to your home or backyard garden reflecting the beauty and wide variety of this hardy plant that dates back to before the time of the dinosaurs.

Acclaim for The Complete Book of Ferns

Winner of an American Horticultural Society Book Award

“A lovely and multifaceted exploration . . . as useful as it is educational.” —Publishers Weekly

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760368992
Publisher:	Quarto Publishing Group USA
Publication date:	07/27/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	189
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Currently, Mobee Weinstein is the Foreman of Gardeners for Outdoor Gardens at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. She has a degree in Plant Studies and has done post-graduate work in Botany. She has worked as an adjunct professor of Indoor plants at SUNY. She frequently appears and represents New York Botanical Garden on television (NBC, ABC, Martha Stewart Living, et al.) and radio (Ralph Snodsmith's The Garden Hotline program, et al.). She is a frequent lecturer to outside organizations and a Judge for Philadelphia Flower Show (Ferns and other plant classes) and NYC Community Gardens. She organizes and leads field trips for NYBG School of Professional Horticulture and has published more than a dozen articles and book chapters on various topics, including ferns and water lilies.

Table of Contents

Contents
Chapter 1 | History and Uses
The Evolution of Ferns
The Many Uses of Ferns
 
Chapter 2 | The Botany of ferns
Parts of a Fern Plant
Diversity in Ferns and Their Forms, Climates, and Lifestyles
How Ferns Propagate
 
Chapter 3 | Greening your environment: ferns indoors
Growing Culture
Indoor Fern Profiles
 
Chapter 4 | Greening your environment: ferns outdoors
What a Fern Needs
Seasonal Outdoor Fern Care
Outdoor Fern Profiles
 
Chapter 5 | Do-it-yourself Crafting with ferns
8 Creative Planting Projects
3 Projects to Turn Ferns into Art
 
About the Author
Photo Credits
Index