The Inspired Houseplant: Transform Your Home with Indoor Plants from Kokedama to Terrariums and Water Gardens to Edibles - Paperback

by Jen Stearns (Author)

Now in paperback--the ultimate go-to guide for aspiring indoor gardeners offers inspiration to envision and instructions to create your own gorgeous in-home garden spaces.

Perfect for beginners or anyone looking for DIY plant inspiration, this gorgeous guide will inspire you to beautify your home with greenery. Here, you'll discover:

- Plant Basics: beginner-friendly plant care info, including potting, watering, pruning, and feeding
- Plant Guide: profiles of popular houseplants by environmental zone (desert, temperate, tropical, and aquatic)
- Plant Projects: fun, easy DIY projects with major wow factor (including terrariums, air plants, marimo habitat, kokedama, mounted staghorn ferns, and a living herb frame)
- Plant Style: ways to use plants in your favorite décor style, including desert boho, eclectic, midcentury, minimal, rustic, and urban oasis

With plentiful images and a distinctly modern and sophisticated feel, this book imparts both easy-to-follow advice and creative garden-design inspiration. And like the garden spaces it will inspire, the book is a piece of art to display. You'll be tempted to thumb through it again and again--for both resource and relaxation.

Author Biography

JEN STEARNS was born and raised in the historic Wallingford neighborhood of Seattle where she spent time in her mother's vegetable garden as a child. A lifelong plant-lover, she has a BS in environmental science from the University of Washington and has found her calling empowering beginning gardeners to create spaces brimming with personality and life. She is the owner of Urban Sprouts, a plant storefront, online store, and mobile unit that offers hands-on classes, private events, and subscription services to make plant care simple and enjoyable. She lives with her husband in Renton, WA.