Contents

Title Page

Foreword

PLANT PEOPLE ARE PEACEFUL PEOPLE

CHOOSING THE RIGHT PLANT

Getting started

Propagation

CARE

Practical advice about light

Practical advice about watering

Practical advice about feeding

Plant care in the winter months

Plant care in the summer months

Pots

Compost and repotting

Plant grooming

Insects and pests

STYLING AND DECORATING WITH PLANTS

PLANTS ROOM BY ROOM

THE GREEN HOME IN PRACTICE

PLANT PORTRAITS

Indexes

Sources

Copyright Page

People have always been interested in plants, and there are botanical gardens all over the world. The Botanical Garden in Oslo is my favourite. TO MUM AND DAD, THE NURSE AND THE FARMER WHO TAUGHT ME A LOVE OF PEOPLE AND NATURE