Interior Plantscaping 1e

Interior Plantscaping 1e
Principles and Practices

Author: James M. DelPrince
ISBN: 9781435439634
Pages: 576
Format: 21 Χ 26
Binding: Hardback
Pub. Year: 2013


Plants are an integral part of modern interior design and INTERIOR PLANTSCAPING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, 1st Edition helps readers use them to enhance any commercial or residential space. Organized into four sections, the book addresses plant species, design fundamentals, plant science, and business considerations, while demonstrating the many professional and creative opportunities plantscaping offers. Digging deeply into horticulture, INTERIOR PLANTSCAPING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, 1st Edition discusses plant physiology, light, water, soil environment, pests, and diseases, and takes the mystery of out of plant selection, installation, and maintenance. Like no other book, INTERIOR PLANTSCAPING PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES, 1st Edition illustrates how plantscaping makes interior spaces more livable by adding beauty and making environments healthier, both physically and psychologically, through people and plant interaction.
Features
• Creative Perspective: The book presents interiorscaping as horticultural design, illustrating plants as living sculpture and demonstrating their value beyond greenhouse crops.
• Practical Business Information: Equip readers to become plantscaping entrepreneurs with the book''s in-depth discussions on effective workplace communications, day-to-day operations, managing employees, and choosing profitable plants.
• Plant Science Specifics: Includes thorough plant science coverage, such as discussions on foliage and root environments, in order to clarify how plants live indoors.
• Modern Views: A blend of horticulture science, plantscaping design, and business theory gives students a complete and accurate picture of today''s interiorscaping profession.
• Invaluable Plant List: An effective resource both in the classroom and on the job, the appendix provides an extensive list of indoor plants, including everything from tried-and-true peace lilies and dieffenbachia to interesting reintroductions such as nertera and juncus.

Table of Contents

Contents.
Preface.
About the Author.
Introduction.
Acknowledgments.
Dedication.
SECTION ONE: PLANTS IN THE INTERIOR.
1. Keeping Plants Indoors.
2. Plant Uses and Plant Opportunities.
3. Cultivation versus Aesthetics.
4. International Code of Botanical Nomenclature: How it Works.
5. Interior Plant History.
SECTION TWO: DESIGN.
6. Principles of Interior Planting Design.
7. Elements of Interior Planting Design.
8. Complementary Product and Design Services.
SECTION THREE: SCIENCE.
9. Origination.
10. Light.
11. Water and Soil.
12. Insect Pests.
13. Diseases.
SECTION FOUR: BUSINESS.
14. Business Management.
15. Techniques.
Appendix.
List of Indoor Plants.
Glossary.