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Wild at Home

How to Style and Care for Beautiful Plants
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Wild at Home offers an immersive journey into the world of indoor gardening with Hilton Carter, a passionate plant lover who owns over 200 plants. Explore his vibrant apartment and other lush interiors filled with diverse greenery. Gain practical advice on plant care, propagation, ideal placement, and selecting the right pots. The book emphasises using a variety of foliage textures and shapes to create striking indoor displays, helping you cultivate your own urban jungle that enhances both your home's beauty and health.
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This book is ideal for plant enthusiasts of all levels, from beginners eager to introduce greenery into their homes to seasoned indoor gardeners looking for styling inspiration and expert care advice. Those interested in urban living, interior design, and creating healthier, more vibrant living spaces will find it especially valuable.

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Make your home a healthier and more beautiful place to be with Hilton Carter’s inspirational ideas.

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Hilton Carter's love for plants is infectious... His lush and exuberant displays are inspiring reminders that plants can be so much more than neat little containers on a window sill. Grace Bonney, Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Design*Sponge

Take a tour through Hilton’s own apartment and other lush spaces, filled with a huge array of thriving plants, and learn all you need to know to create your own urban jungle. As the owner of over 200 plants, Hilton feels strongly about the role of plants in one’s home – not just for the beauty they add, but for health benefits as well: ‘having plants in your home not only adds life, but changes the airflow throughout. It’s also a key design element when styling your place. For me, it wasn’t about just having greenery, but having the right variety of greenery. I like to see the different textures of foliage all grouped together. You take a fiddle leaf fig and sandwich it between a birds of paradise and a monstera and… yes!’

You will be armed with the know-how you need to care for your plants, where to place them, how to propagate, how to find the right pot, and much more, and most importantly, how to arrange them so that they look their best. Combine sizes and leaf shapes to stunning effect, grow your own succulents from leaf cuttings, create your own air plant display, and more.

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Praised by Real Simple for its helpful plant care tips and stunning photography, this book has been hailed as "a wondrous indoor woodland" by Dwell and lauded by Los Angeles Magazine for inspiring thousands to green their spaces. Martha Stewart Living notes its comprehensive advice on feeding, watering, potting, and styling plants, while Design*Sponge appreciates Hilton's evident passion and the book’s versatility for any level of plant enthusiast.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781782497134

Publisher: Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 April 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: CICO Books

Illustration: 200 col. photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 669g

Pages: 144

About the Author

Hilton Carter is a director, editor and fine artist, who loves making things with his hands. He is passionate about plants – his apartment is filled with over 200 – and has a loyal following on Instagram(@hiltoncarter) where he shares his knowledge of plant care and styling. Hilton is based in Baltimore, USA.

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