Published in 2019
144 pages
Kay Maguire is the author of the award-winning RHS How to Grow Your Own Crops in Pots (2013). She is a regular contributor to gardening magazines such as BBC Gardeners’ World, The Garden and Amateur Gardening, as well as being the video producer for the RHS website. Kay trained at The Royal Botanic Garden Kew, where she gained the Kew Diploma, and was the Horticultural Editor of BBC Gardeners’ World for six years. She is now a freelance writer, editor, producer and most importantly, grower.
What is this book about?
Which are delicate and which indestructible? – We show how to find the right home for your plants and the right plants for your home.
The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing House Plants is a beautifully illustrated gardening reference book, combining exquisite botanical illustrations with practical indoor projects.
Readers can discover over 75 life-changing plants and 12 home-transforming projects. Each project is described and illustrated with step-by-step photographs.
Starting from the premise that we want to show how to grow the right plant in the right place, we demonstrate the benefits of all common house plants and how to care and curate them in the home. Includes cacti, succulents, bromeliads including air plants, foliage house plants, flowering house plants, and house plants for scent and air freshening.
