Anne M. Halpin
Author of Horticulture Gardener's Desk Reference
About the Author
Anne Halpin is a gardening editor and lecturer. Her magazine articles have appeared in Horticulture, Country Gardens, and numerous other publications
Series
Works by Anne M. Halpin
Foolproof Planting: How to Successfully Start and Propagate More Than 250 Vegetables, Flowers, Trees and Shrubs (1990) 72 copies, 1 review
Cutting Gardens: The Complete Guide to Growing Flowers and Creating Spectacular Arrangements for Every Season and Every Region (1993) 39 copies
Morning Glories and Moonflowers: A Guide to Climbing, Trailing, and Cascading Plants (1996) 26 copies
The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: The Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables at Anytime of the Year (1992) 20 copies
Great Gardens from Everyday Plants: How to Create a Beautiful Garden With Easy-To-Find Plants from Your Local Nursery or Garden Center (1993) 15 copies
Gourmet gardening: 48 special vegetables you can grow for deliciously distinctive meals (1981) 6 copies
Growing Great Herbs 2 copies
Year-round vegetable gardener, the complete guide to growing vegetables and herbs... 1 copy, 1 review
Common backyard birds 1 copy
Gardener's Desk Reference 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Halpin, Anne M.
- Legal name
- Halpin, Anne Moyer
- Other names
- Moyer, Anne
Halpin, Anne M. - Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
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- USA
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Directly or indirectly, plants provide most of our food, and the green plants supply all of our oxygen. This material brings modern "ecology" sciences to bear in the rich perduring and intense relationship between us and plants.
Chapters 1-3 introduces the "world of plants". This introduction conveys information that will make one want to share one's home with plants. Also acquainting the reader with basics of light, moisture, humidity and soil.
Chapters 4-9 explain cultural techniques for show more indoor gardening, such as mixing soils, potting, propagating, and controlling pests and diseases by organic means.
Chapters 10-24 cover 14 types of plants: foliage plants, ferns, flowering, gesneriads, bromeliads, cacti and succulents, edibles, herbs, bulbs, orchids, trees and shrubs, bonsai, miniature plants, carnivorous, and aquatic.
Chapters 25-29 discuss best use of specific indoor environments: light gardens, terraria, dish gardens, indoor spaces, window sills, and both solar and traditional greenhouses.
Chapter 30 is a Designers discussion - provides a psychological, aesthetic and functional view of plant uses in the home: design qualities, color, texture, form, size, qualities of the rooms, presentations, plans.
The penultimate Part is an Encyclopedia of House Plants. Includes color photos and cultural information about 252 plants suitable for indoors, with bibliography, index of common plant names, and general index. show less
Chapters 1-3 introduces the "world of plants". This introduction conveys information that will make one want to share one's home with plants. Also acquainting the reader with basics of light, moisture, humidity and soil.
Chapters 4-9 explain cultural techniques for show more indoor gardening, such as mixing soils, potting, propagating, and controlling pests and diseases by organic means.
Chapters 10-24 cover 14 types of plants: foliage plants, ferns, flowering, gesneriads, bromeliads, cacti and succulents, edibles, herbs, bulbs, orchids, trees and shrubs, bonsai, miniature plants, carnivorous, and aquatic.
Chapters 25-29 discuss best use of specific indoor environments: light gardens, terraria, dish gardens, indoor spaces, window sills, and both solar and traditional greenhouses.
Chapter 30 is a Designers discussion - provides a psychological, aesthetic and functional view of plant uses in the home: design qualities, color, texture, form, size, qualities of the rooms, presentations, plans.
The penultimate Part is an Encyclopedia of House Plants. Includes color photos and cultural information about 252 plants suitable for indoors, with bibliography, index of common plant names, and general index. show less
Year-round vegetable gardener, the complete guide to growing vegetables and herbs... by Anne M. Halpin
Media Type:Book. SUBJECT: 1. Vegetable gardening. 2. Herb gardening 3. Herbs
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Statistics
- Works
- 36
- Members
- 893
- Popularity
- #28,688
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 44