**The Art of Compact Greenery Transform Your Small Spaces into Lush, Urban Oases** Unlock the potential of your small spaces with **The Art of Compact Greenery**! Whether you're living in a bustling city apartment or have limited outdoor space, this eBook is your ultimate guide to mastering the art of container gardening. Dive into an immersive gardening experience where ingenuity meets nature. The journey begins with an Introduction to Compact Greenery, revealing the allure and numerous benefits of small space gardening. Create your personal green retreat by assessing your available space and envisioning a stunning mini-garden with practical tips on planning. Selecting the right containers is crucial, and this book walks you through the pros and cons of various container materials, ensuring your plants thrive. Equip yourself with essential and optional gardening tools that elevate your gardening experience. Understand the foundation of healthy plants with comprehensive sections on soil mix and plant nutrition. The eBook unfolds with a treasure trove of advice on choosing the best plants for your mini-garden, designing vibrant container gardens, and maximizing vertical space with wall planters, hanging baskets, and tiered arrangements. Achieve flawless hydration with effective watering techniques and master light management, even in shaded spaces. Explore the creative realms with DIY Container Garden Projects, transforming household items into beautiful planters. Combat common gardening issues with natural pest deterrents and sustainable practices, all while maintaining an eco-friendly approach. Embark on a journey of sensory delight with themed gardens, such as serene Zen gardens, and enjoy the rewards of growing your own herbs, compact vegetables, and fruits. The Art of Compact Greenery doesn't stop at gardening tips; it also enhances your garden ambiance with art, decor, and evening lighting solutions. Join a community of urban gardeners, share your green spaces with neighbors, and find inspiration from small-space gardens worldwide. This eBook is packed with real-life stories and practical wisdom, designed to help you create and maintain a stunning container garden all year round. Embark on your green adventure with **The Art of Compact Greenery** and transform even the smallest of spaces into thriving urban jungles. Your lush, compact garden awaits!

Covering a broad array of landscape plants, including edibles, flowering and fruiting trees and shrubs, evergreens, and perennials, horticulturist Jessica Walliser takes a deep dive into the emerging category of compact plants. Whether short, narrow, columnar, or dwarf, this new and exciting group of plants provides the same decorative function as full-sized ornamental plants, but in a fraction of the space. Plus, edible compact plants offer comparable productivity, without having to add more square footage to the garden. In this comprehensive guide, Jessica uses her numerous contacts in the seed and plant production world to give space-challenged gardeners a heads up on what's new, as well as re-introducing a few traditional small-footprint favorites. In both urban and suburban neighborhoods, yards are shrinking, and big plants and gardens require too much maintenance for today's time-starved homeowners. If you're searching for plants that require less space and reduced day-to-day maintenance, dwarf shrubs and other compact plants to the rescue! With little to no pruning required, columnar trees, dwarf shrubs, mini veggies, short-statured perennials, and other compact plants fill a much-needed niche. In the Gardener's Guide to Compact Plants, you'll discover fantastic, brand new dwarf and compact plant varieties you didn't even know existed. And, you'll learn how to grow more flowers, fruits, and veggies than ever before, no matter how much—or how little—space you have. It's the perfect book for homeowners with small yards, urban gardeners, container growers, or anyone looking to grow a beautiful and productive small-scale garden.

Longing to nurture your houseplant addiction without cramping your space or style? If you can't squeeze another giant leafy friend onto your plant shelf, author Leslie Halleck is here to inform you that tiny is the new BIG! In Tiny Plants, you’ll discover a fascinating array of perfectly petite houseplants you can collect and grow—in a minimal amount of space. Yes, tiny plants are the ideal solution for plant keepers who don’t have much space, but even if you’ve got all the room in the world, their adorableness is reason alone to grow these mini wonders. These are the eternal puppies, kittens, and babies of the plant world—they never grow out of their cuteness because their genetics keep them itty-bitty for their entire lives. Beyond a few small succulents, most houseplant parents aren’t aware of the extensive array of tiny plants they can collect and display on windowsills, on tables and desks, and in terrariums. Prepare for cuteness overload with: Profiles of dozens of miniature houseplants, including aquatic, carnivorous, flowering, succulent, and tropical varieties Detailed growing information and tips for success A fascinating look at the botany of miniature houseplant varieties Advice on how to stylishly display your tiny plant collection How-to lessons on the basics of propagating mini houseplants to share with friends Details on the best tiny houseplants for terrarium growing From the sweet blooms of micro orchids and the soft, smooth texture of lithops, to the frog foot–shaped foliage of the creeping oak fig and the tiny orbs of the string-of-pearls, you'll fall in love with these little curiosities before you can say #plantnerd.

Contains photographs, case studies, ideas, and tips that provide instruction in growing and training bonsai.

Discover how to create an even more productive, beautiful, and enjoyable garden across the seasons, and provide a steady stream of fresh food from early spring through late fall

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 giftable 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.

In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.