The Houseplant Handbook

A Beginner’s Guide to Caring for Houseplants

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The Houseplant Handbook is a useful guide on how to find perfect plant matches for your home environments with a sustainable and innovative approach.

Focusing on working with the plants you already own, the book is divided in chapters detailing all the possible conditions: Extreme Sun/Heat, Dry Air/Central Heating, Deep Shade, High Humidity, Draughty, Cold.

By matching awkward spaces in your home with environments in the natural world, this book shows you how to relocate plants to improve their growth and help them thrive.

Features an extensive section with informative plant profiles that include their origin, easy-to-follow tips on feeding and watering, optimum conditions, prospective growth, and is concluded by a helpful troubleshooting chapter dealing with common problems, and what to try when all hope is lost.

About Alice Bailey

Alice Bailey hails from a London plant and flower dynasty – her grandfather was a Dutch flower merchant and nursery owner, and her mother the celebrated horticulturalist and author Fran Bailey. Alice heads up Forest, a cult plant and homewares shop with two sites in South London, along with a flower shop. She is co-author of several titles, includingThe Green Indoors and The Hidden Histories of Houseplants.

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About Maddie Bailey

Maddie Bailey was born in London, England, where her love for nature was nurtured. She helped her grandpa (a Dutch cut-flower grower) on his nursery and at his allotment, and her mum (an award-winning horticulturalist) in the garden and with her flower business.

After school, she began working in the family’s plant shop, Forest. In 2021, Maddie and her family won a gold medal at Chelsea flower show for their houseplant studio, and they have taken part in many talks and articles. Alongside her sister, Alice Bailey, Maddie has co-authored several titles, including The Green Indoors and The Hidden Histories of Houseplants. She has also written a children’s book, An Anthology of Flowers.

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