Plantopia

Plantopia takes the houseplant trend to the next level, offering not only growing tips for over twenty varietals but also rich inspiration for home decoration, crafting, and DIY natural health and beauty projects using nature.

Leafy green houseplants, hardy succulents and cacti, and flowering perennials add as much to your daily sense of well-being as to the beauty of your home once you convert it into a plant paradise. Opening her book with all the essentials you need to cultivate twenty home varietals—from calathea to monstera to pilea peperomioides—Camille Soulayrol provides practical tips for repotting, watering, and sunlight recommendations.

The Elle Décor Idée co-editor elevates the houseplant trend by presenting a broad program of gorgeous DIY projects. She shares step-by-step inspiration for creating terrariums and aquatic plant habitats, and offers decorative tips for showcasing plants at home with wreaths or geometric frames that allow vines to thrive. Additionally, nature-inspired table setting ideas incorporating leaves and dried herbs add to the allure.

Further, tips on framing blossoms and leaves and creating herbal dyes for textiles round out a rich palette of home decorating projects. Learn to leverage the benefits of specific plants through recipes for natural cosmetics, essential oils, and herbal infusions sourced from your houseplant haven.

Urban dwellers have finally caught on to the beauty, joy, and mindful benefits of bringing nature into the home. Plantopia is an essential read for those looking to reinvigorate their interiors using the diverse bounties of nature. Never has the art of creating an idyllic interior garden been covered in such a broad, accessible, and eye-catching volume, enriched with a pastel colour palette, innovative tutorials, and exquisite photography and illustrations.