How to Plant a Room: And Grow a Happy Home

Ceramicist Doane and Cleverbloom blogger Harding follow up their How to Raise a Plant with this fun effort to grow the “house plant club.” The authors aim their advice at plant collectors looking to take “things a step further” with “fun and easy projects that will take your plant collection to the next level.” A section on water propagation features instructions for forcing bulbs in a mason jar, while the instructions for hanging plants cover kokedama (a Japanese “sphere-shaped, moss-wrapped plant”) and air plants (which are “gorgeous” and “low-maintenance”), plus a DIY beaded plant hanger. There are ideas for terrariums, as well as wall art designs: a mounted wall garden brings the forest indoors, while a framed one looks great hung with chains. All the projects come together in a final chapter on how to create a “well-planted” room, which requires using one’s imagination while grouping “pieces with similar care needs,” using furniture that can “double as an oversized plant stand,” and centering a display around one’s favorite plant type. The authors make growing and maintenance feel doable, and their projects are infused with creativity. Interior decorators with a green thumb will appreciate this sage plant advice. (Aug.)