Synopses & Reviews
Grow some of the world's most unique and beautiful houseplants with this one-of-a-kind guide. Plus, find DIY projects for using houseplants to kick up your decorating skills!
Houseplants make epic house guests--they don't talk back, they're 100% no drama, they're exceptional listeners, and they help beautify your bedroom and calm your senses. Plus, houseplants are fun to nurture and care for. In
Houseplant Party, you'll discover over a dozen amazing, easy-to-care-for houseplants that are a perfect fit for your desk, windowsill, bedside table, or bathroom vanity. From peace lilies and ponytail palms to fairy washboards, air plants, and Venus fly traps, author and houseplant guru Lisa Eldred Steinkopf has your back with easy-to-follow houseplant advice and insight.
But,
Houseplant Party isn't just about taking care of plants. It's also about decorating with plants. Get step-by-step plans for making:
- • A gorgeous, hand-beaded band to decorate the rim of a plant pot
- • A braided plant hanger using recycled fabric or an old t-shirt
- • A stress-reducing Zen garden for your favorite homework spot
- • A bedside aquatic garden with a Japanese moss ball
- • A "Frankenstein" plant made from two cacti you graft together into a single plant
- • A jungle bamboo trellis to train climbing plants to grow on your wall and ceiling
Join the
Houseplant Party and decorate your world with green!
Review
"...I just love all the easy-to-follow houseplant projects and insight, as well as the crisp bright photos included on every page." Ciao! Newport Beach
About the Author
Lisa Eldred Steinkopf is The Houseplant Guru, who features all things houseplants on her blog, thehouseplantguru.com. She is the author of Houseplants and Grow in the Dark and has written for HGTVgardens.com, Real Simple magazine, Michigan Gardener Magazine, the houseplant section of Allan Armitage's Greatest Perennials and Annuals app, and Michigan Gardening Magazine, where she writes a monthly column. She worked for more than a decade at Steinkopf Nursery as the Annuals and Houseplants Manager, and has been interviewed online, in print, and on TV about houseplants. She harbors well over 1,000 houseplants in her home.