The Modern Gardener: A Practical Guide to Houseplants, Herbs & Container Gardening

by Sonya Patel Ellis

Overview

This informative guide to selecting, potting, and tending to all types of plants will give your home a trendy, modern appeal.

The Modern Gardener will help you give your home a chic, modern aesthetic with the right plants—indoors and out. With sections devoted to choosing the right plants, budgeting, and making the best use of your available space, you’ll be able to transform your home into a sanctuary for the plants that will give it an appealing vibe. Chapters on tending to all sorts of plants—including annuals, perennials, herbs, flowers, and edibles—make this a handy how-to guide for beginner and experienced gardeners alike. Using a little TLC and the many helpful tips in this book, your home will be blooming with life in no time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781645179450
Publisher:	Thunder Bay Press
Publication date:	04/19/2022
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	724,001
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Sonya Patel Ellis is a London-based writer, editor, artist, and maker primarily exploring connections between plants, people, and sustainability through the prism of a botanical world. She founded her website, the Herbarium Project, in 2013, and her recent books include The Botanical Bible and The Heritage Herbal. She has worked with numerous publishers, publications, and clients, with particular emphasis on the plant world and sustainability.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

How to use this book 10

Glossary 12

Your personal planting guide 14

Lifestyle matters

Find your focus

Appraise your space

Planting inspirations 40

Planting for well-being

Planting for style

Planting for produce

Planting for seasonality

Happy, healthy plants 76

Selection

Pots and potting

Nurturing and nourishing

Pruning and propagation

Listening

Personal plant selector 108

Ornamentals

Edibles

Index 216

Further reading 222