After you’re done tending to your succulent garden, it’s nice to relax and do a little light reading about succulents. Now people will think you’re an intellectual instead of an obsessive plant-person. Well, we can hope 😀
Cacti and succulents are the plants of the moment. Beautiful, affordable and - if you know how - easy to care for, they're a shortcut to creating brighter, calmer, more relaxing spaces in the home and office.
In Prick, cactus and succulent expert Gynelle Leon gives you all the knowledge you need to help your plants thrive in a simple, easy-to-understand way. Featuring:
A plant gallery, showcasing the many weird and wonderful varieties
A chapter of styling ideas to show off your plants
A care guide to help your cacti and succulents flourish
As an RHS-award-winning plant photographer and founder of London's only shop dedicated to cacti and succulents, Gynelle is the perfect guide on your path to cactus know-how.
£12.99
2. Succulent Container Gardens.
I strongly suggest that you add a copy to the shopping list for yourself. You'll be reading it for years. "
A pleasure for the eye and filled with ideas and useful information.
There is plenty to inspire here, with lots of lovely photographs of plants spilling out of all manner of pots and Baldwin s extensive information. . . has the hallmark of personal experience. Succulent Container Gardens - Book Details.
£20.00 FREE Delivery in the UK.
3. Cacti and Succulents: An Illustrated Guide to the Plants and Their Cultivation.
Beautifully illustrated and highly accessible, this essential guide to cacti and other succulents is both a practical manual and a source of reference and inspiration for all enthusiasts.
More than 250 different species or genera, and their natural habitats are described.
Topics covered include the unique nature of succulents; the natural environment; history, classification and nomenclature; watering, feeding, general care and propagation; pests and diseases; and profiles of cacti and other succulents.
£11.58 FREE Delivery in the UK.
4.Urban Jungle: Living and Styling with Plants
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Provides ideas for styling and tips on how to plant plus its full of inspiration for seasoned plant lovers as well as beginners, providing the total package on the topic of living with plants.
£16.68 FREE Delivery in the UK.
5.Teeny Tiny Gardening: 35 step-by-step projects and inspirational ideas for gardening in tiny spaces
No matter how tiny your space – indoor or outdoor, garden, balcony or even a windowsill or tabletop – here you will find original and inspiring ideas.
The projects range from an elegant fern terrarium and a scented spring bulb basket with colourful woven bags and sacks filled with cheerful summer blooms.
There are edible gardens, including fruit bushes planted in catering-sized kitchen pans and a vertical garden of herbs grown on a wooden stepladder.
You will find ideas for using salvaged containers, such as a metal bathtub filled with vegetable plants, food tins used for an indoor garden of wildflowers and wooden drawers filled with trailing plants. And at the teeniest end of the scale, there are miniature tabletop gardens created in eggshells!
Children can learn basic gardening skills too, by following the step-by-step photos to make a magical fairy garden or a mysterious dinosaur garden. Whether you are looking for ideas for all-year foliage or for a summer display of flowers, wanting to grow your own veggies and herbs, or needing to revamp your balcony, Teeny Tiny Gardening provides all the inspiration and practical knowledge you need.
£12.38 FREE Delivery in the UK.
