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

by Philippe Asseray, Charlïne Tong (Illustrator), Grace McQuillan (Translator)

Overview

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!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510763937
Publisher:	Sky Pony
Publication date:	11/23/2021
Series:	I Love Nature , #1
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	1,114,131
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Grace McQuillan has translated the works of Andreï Makine, Stéphane Allix, and has received a French Voices Award for her translation of Le Crieur de Nuit by Nelly Alard. Her work has also appeared in The Brooklyn Rail and PBS NewsHour. Originally from New Jersey, she now lives in Nevis.

Table of Contents

Tools I Need 6

Arranging My Indoor Garden 8

Taming a carnivorous plant 10

The Butterwort: A Strange Carnivore 12

Other Funny Carnivores 14

A Water Lily at Home! 16

My Prehistoric Desert Plant 18

Making a Hyacinth Bloom for the Holidays 20

I Can Grow an Avocado! 22

I'm Growing Peanuts! 26

Rocks that Bloom! 30

My Shy Plant Folds Its Leaves When I Touch It 34

Trivia 35

Creating a Miniature Cactus Forest 38

Growing Mushrooms in My House 42

My Plant's Seedpods Explode to Release Its Seeds 44

A Dancing Plant 46

Trivia 48

Plants Eat Light 50

Watering My Indoor Plants 52

Feeding My Little Plants 55

Repotting My Plants 60

Index 62

Editorial Reviews

"I love books that directly empower kids and encourage them to be independent. My First Indoor Garden definitely delivers, giving young gardeners all the info they need to grow plants year-round." —Stacy Tornio, award-winning author of The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book and The Ultimate Book of Scavenger Hunts

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