My First Indoor Garden: Everything You Need to Know to Grow Little Houseplants - Paperback

by Philippe Asseray (Author), Charlène Tong (Illustrator), Grace McQuillan (Translator)

Discover the joys of growing plants everywhere from your kitchen to your bedroom with My First Indoor Garden, an interactive and illustrated guide for the youngest of gardeners.

This book teaches you everything you need to know to succeed in raising some very interesting houseplants. After following the easy steps, you'll know how to care for anything you choose to plant, from flowers like lilies to cacti, mushrooms, and even carnivorous plants and cocoa beans. In no time at all, you'll be proudly showing off all the beautiful and different (and sometimes even funny!) plants in your home!

Learn all about:

• Necessary gardening tools and materials
• Choosing the perfect place for your planter
• Building your very own terrariums
• Choosing the right houseplants for your mini gardens
• Properly watering and taking care of your plants
• Making sure your plants get enough sunlight
• Transferring your plants to new pots
• and more!

Few things are more exciting than planning your garden and watching its plants grow big and strong!

Author Biography

After demanding horticultural studies, Philippe Asseray has become a journalist, specialized in gardening and vegetable gardening. He writes for several French specialized magazines (Rustica, L'ami des jardins...). His own experience as a gardener is the base of most of his advice and techniques. He is also passionate about photography. He lives in France.

Charlène Tong is an artist who worked as an illustrator for children books and designer of sceneries for cartoons. Her hobbies are rather simple: reading, knitting, hiking, traveling, and gardening. Plants are for her an inexhaustible source of inspiration so, after ten years dedicated to an artistic career, she moved into a new inspiring career in horticulture.