Living with Air Plants: A Beginner's Guide to Growing and Displaying Tillandsia

by Yoshiharu Kashima (Protoleaf), Yukihiro Matsuda (Brocante)

Overview

I loooooove air plants but have killed every one I have ever bought. This book is perfect for people like me. --Desire to Inspire blog

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462920549
Publisher:	Tuttle Publishing
Publication date:	03/26/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	41 MB
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About the Author

Author Yoshiharu Kashima (Protoleaf) is a botanist and media commentator on air plants, succulents and other forms of indoor gardening in his native Japan. He directs purchasing and sales at the Tamagawa branch of Protoleaf Garden Island and manages the Chofu branch of tukuribaGREEN, a specialist plant boutique.

Stylist Yukihiro Matsuda (Brocante) is a gardening and lifestyle author, landscape architect, and owner of BROCANTE--a Yokohama shop selling antique furniture and home furnishings.

Editorial Reviews

12/03/2018
Kashima, a botanist, and Matsuda, a garden writer, offer a helpful guide to ornamental air plants—species capable of drawing most of the nutrients they require from the air—that’s so beautifully photographed it’s nearly guaranteed to turn casual page-turners into rabid fanciers of the family Tillandsia. Especially appealing are the reference and source guides in the last of the book’s three sections, which picture 118 air plants—notably including the rare T. “Peru Inca Gold,” the aptly named T. ionantha “Fat Boy,” and the fine-leaved T. andreana. As the authors explain, Tillandsia come big or small, tiny or trailing, wispy or abundant, with only silver or green leaves. Most of all, they are easy to care for: just a spritz of water (absorbed through the leaves), ventilation (no closed terraria, please), and a splash of sunlight filtered through an obstruction like lace curtains (don’t burn those leaves). After laying out the characteristics and charm of air plants, Kashima and Matsuda delve into rooting, flowering, and displaying, explaining how to use air plants on a tablescape, as a welcome bouquet at the door, wired to a limb, or flying on a mobile. Tillandsia beginners and experts alike will be encouraged and delighted. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly

"Kashima, a botanist, and Matsuda, a garden writer, offer a helpful guide to ornamental air plants—species capable of drawing most of the nutrients they require from the air—that's so beautifully photographed it's nearly guaranteed to turn casual page-turners into rabid fanciers of the family Tillandsia…Tillandsia beginners and experts alike will be encouraged and delighted." —Publishers Weekly

"Beautifully illustrated throughout, Living with Air Plants is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, and community library Contemporary Gardening instructional reference collections." —Midwest Book Review

"Showing you everything from basic cultivation to creative display, this handbook and reference gives you all the basics…If you want fresh ideas for displaying air plants and other houseplants indoors, this book provides helpful tips and beautiful photos. Perfect for those who love an earthy style like I do." —Empress of Dirt blog

"You're given the idea, the how to and great pictures of the finished project. The activities are all easy enough that everyone can follow along." —SensibleGardening.com

"This guide, split into three parts, explains in-depth everything you need to take care of any air plant you may come across." —Washington Gardener Magazine

"…a very thorough guide, both practical and inspirational. It would make a great gift for a gardener, or a good choice for the public library!" —TheBookChook.com

"Living With Air Plants: A Beginner's Guide to Growing and Displaying Tillandsia is exactly as marketed. Filled with large color pictures and plenty of informative text, this is a book aimed primarily at folks new to gardening with air plants…[Though it] also has plenty of tips and information for seasoned air plants gardeners as well." Kevin's Corner blog

"This book is a one-stop resource for anyone who wants to delve into adding air plants to their own indoor space, as it covers all of the information that you need…The authors have very creative ideas for incorporating air plants inside the home, in tabletop arrangements, terrariums, hanging art and much more." —AZ Plant Lady blog

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