The best way to arrange your plants, the best plants to have inside and outside your house and the best plant and easy plant to keep and how to make them thrive. A very useful book that I would have loved reading it before...

Il modo migliore di sistemare le piante, le migliori piante da appartamento o da terrazzo o giardino e le migliori e piú facili da far fiorire. Un libro utile che mi sarebbe piaciuto aver letto prima....

THANKS TO NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW!

Thank you Netgalley for letting me read and review this book. This was an enjoyable read. I work with plants and have a love for them. I have many plants at home, and am always looking for a good plant care book. I learned more about plants, and liked the beautiful art. It was easy to read and follow along as well, This book shows the basic care for some indoor plants people have nowadays… a great read for newer plant parents.

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Urban Botanics is a calm and beautifully illustrated short book by Emma Sibley and Maaike Koster, from Quarto Publishing - Aurum Press. Although it's only 160 pages, half the page count is taken up by the gorgeous watercolors of illustrator Maaike Koster. The rest of the pages are given over to the accompanying descriptions and culture tips for the more than 75 houseplants. Though most of the included plants are relatively common houseplants, there are some surprises included (Epipremnum aureum for example; a lovely plant and one that is widely ignored in the floral trade).

I wasn't sure what to expect from a plant handbook with watercolor illustrations instead of photographs, but the result is lush and beautiful, even better than it would have been with photography in my opinion.

The book is available in ebook and hardcover formats and was released 14 Sept, 2017.

It's worth noting that the Amazon description for this book incorrectly lists the illustrations in the book blurb next to descriptions for other plants which are also included in the collection. The descriptions and illustrations are correct in the actual book.

Really beautiful illustrations, reassuring and accessible short culture tips. Well worth a look.

Four stars

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher.

More of a pretty watercolor guide with info blocks that are right out of google 101, not informative and not useful if you really want to take care of plants but very lovely art - the book would be better served without words.

Pretty illustrations of different plants. They offer a section on succulents, cacti, flowering plants and foliage plants. Descriptions are short with some care tips so it makes for a quick read as the illustrations take up most of the book. I'd say it makes for a nice decorative or coffee table book. But if you're looking for a book on how to take care of plants and more in-depth information, I'd suggest getting another book. Or if you know you want a certain kind of plant (I prefer flowering and foliage plants), you may prefer getting a book that is only focused on those plants since half or part of the book may not be of interest to you.

This indoor plant guide is a piece of art! I was very kindly provided an e-copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The book contains beautiful watercolour illustrations of each plant accompanied by a brief description of the plant with a few care tips of note. It is divided into sections containing succulents, flowering plants and foliage plants. Although it is not an extensive care guide for looking after specific plants, it provides a good starting point for people looking to get into the hobby of indoor gardening and it doubles as a good coffee table book to flip through.

The plants included seemed considerably rarer than other books, and it's not as easy to reference care instructions. Still, it had the largest variety of plants and beautiful illustrations.