The Indoor Plant and Flower Expert

by Dr. D.G. Hessayon

• ISBN13: 9780903506014
• ISBN10: 0903506017
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2013-06-04
• Publisher: Expert Books

Summary

In Britain we spend £2,000,000,000 each year on house plants and cut flowers. Dr Hessayon#146;s books on house plant care and flower arranging have sold a world record-breaking 16 million copies. Yet in most homes this plant material ends up as a few isolated pots on the windowsill or sideboard, or as a vase stuffed with a bunch of flowers. Ornaments - not decor features which change the look of the room. We can do so much more with living plants. Dr Hessayon#146;s new book reveals the craft of Roomscaping. This is the way plants and cut flowers can be used to add beauty to a room in the way we use plants when we landscape our gardens. In its pages the basics of design are clearly explained, and the magical effect of grouping indoor plants together in Pot Groups and Indoor Gardens is described and illustrated. The design secrets of producing professional-looking flower arrangements which turns them into focal points are revealed. There#146;s more - an A-Z guide to 350 plants and over 400 cut flowers is included. Roomscaping - the new craft which helps you get so much more from your house plants and cut flowers.

Author Biography

Dr. David Hessayon initiated a major innovation in gardening publications in 1959 with the first of his gardening Expert guides. These popular guides--the world's bestselling gardening books--have had an unparalleled influence over the past 50 years. There are over 51 million copies in print. He was awarded the 1993 Gardening Book of the Year Award from the Garden Writers Guild and received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement “Oscar” at the National British Book Awards. In 1999 he received a Guinness World Record Award as “Britain's best-selling living author of the 1990s.”