Succulents for Your Home and Garden: A Guide to Growing 191 Beautiful Varieties & 11 Step-by-Step Crafts and Arrangements (Creative Homeowner) Gardening, Crafting, and Plant Care by Gideon Smith

A unique guide to growing and crafting with succulents! One-of-a-kind book combines thorough guidance on caring for succulents with using them to create high-quality home décor, accessories, and crafts 191 varieties, including string-of-pearls, snake plant, burro's tail, and many more, with plant profiles and details on care and propagation 11 step-by-step projects for easy to intermediate succulent crafts, including a wreath, fairy garden, wedding bouquet, and more, each with clear instructions and photos Stunning gallery featuring 11 artisans and their creations, inspiration, and methods for creating succulent crafts Co-author Gideon F. Smith is a renowned, award-winning expert in the field of succulents Co-author Jessica Surface is a live succulent crafter, designer, and owner of Arosezen Part gardening book and part craft book, Succulents for Your Home and Garden is an absolute must-have for anyone who loves succulents! Succulents have become very popular in recent years and for good reason: There hardy little plants are incredibly resilient, colorful, and versatile for succulent gardens, landscaping, window boxes, flowerpots, terrariums, and floral arrangements, as well as endless DIY crafting options. Their unique shapes and colors make for interesting and intricate designs. Read more

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From the Publisher This beautiful succulent is just a small part of a large topiary you can learn to make! Create Beautiful Projects with Living Succulents Succulents are chosen for a variety of fun projects because they are not only colorful, but very hardy, which is perfect for crafting. They also can be displayed in many ways, including: Window boxes Flowerpots Terrariums Gardens Topiaries Wreaths Create Your Own Succulent Masterpiece! Make beautiful eye-catching arrangements Popular as houseplants, succulents also make for interesting and intricate gardens, terrariums, arrangements, and more, with their unique shapes and colors. Inside this book, you’ll find care instructions for 75 popular succulent varieties, plus an overview of more than 100 other species. Also included are stunning projects you can make for your home and garden, from a succulent wreath to a succulent flower crown! How to grow, care for, propagate, and craft with succulents 11 projects with photos and step-by-step instructions Information on 191 succulent varieties, including 75 complete profiles Learn about the tools and materials you need to get started Inspirational gallery featuring professional artisans for continued inspiration Everything You Need to Know to Get Started Discover Popular Succulent Varieties Learn all about the top 75 succulents for beginners, along with useful tips on how to care for any succulent. An appendix of another 116 succulent varieties is also included for when you’re ready to expand your collection! Cultivate Your Succulents Growing your own succulent and keeping it in cultivation is easy with this extensive guide. Attention to the few basic rules presented here will ensure that your succulents not only grow, but thrive. Care and Maintenance Learn crucial information about succulent care, including when to water, how to maintain the soil, the succulent resting phase, how to feed them, and how to make sure they get just the right amount of light. Propagation Included are useful guidelines on how to properly take stem cuttings to create more succulents. Learn the desired length and how to place and stake them in the correct position, and how long to leave the cutting in the shade. Step-by-Step Succulent Projects for Your Home Pumpkin Topiary These colorful pumpkin-shaped topiaries make the perfect décor for fall! Fun and easy to create, the finished living topiary can be placed on your front stoop or displayed as a colorful centerpiece on your harvest table. Lighted Star Topiary This stunning living succulent topiary can be made separately or together with the Lighted Moon. LED fairy lights bring a little extra magic to this unique decor, making a perfect nighttime decoration for your event or patio. Living Succulent Flower Crown Stand out from the crowd with a gorgeous living succulent flower crown. Unlike regular flowers, which can die quickly, a crown adorned with succulents can last weeks. Bride and Bridesmaid Bouquets Learn how to create memorable bridal bouquets using succulents, greenery, and flowers. These show-stopping arrangements add a truly unique touch to your bridal party!