Hanging Plants: Creating Kokedama for the Home

When I glanced at the contents page, looking for but not seeing one or two plants I specifically wanted to wrap in 'koke', I was disappointed. But I went to the beginning and began reading. I was entertained. More importantly, I discovered everything I need to know to turn my interest into a passion. I now have new project ideas. The photos are gorgeous and inspiring. I know there is a lot of information available to us via the glorious Web. This (Kindle) book is a very good starting point on the topic of kokedama. Get your moss ball toes wet here. Bonus: I did not see even one typo.

excellent intro to kokedama

I love plants and I stumbled upon this book as a suggestion. Very happy I came across it, very excited to explore a new interest.

was a gift. Mom liked it

I love this book. Instructions are clear and the photography is lovely.

Beautiful pictures very helpful tips and ideas. Very modern living styled.

Hanging Kokedama seems to be a growing rage, here in Australia at any rate, I have seen it done and it can look very effective, and in some cases quite crazy, by using unique binding such as florescent or other colours.Kokedama as the opening pages say it is a "Japanese art of creating pots less plants using a unique soil, mix, moss and string" the results are very organic and can be used with many plants.The book explains the technique very simply and easily followed - the results are quite beautiful - even an olive tree can be treated in this manner and hung in a lounge room. The book separates species into chapters with cacti, ferns, tropical plants, bulbs, herbs and more. Each has an explanation and profile of the plant including care.The book is very informative and really easy to understand and a good beginning to creating fabulous living hanging gardens.

This book is lovely, it has a lot of big pictures that made me dream about all the different plants I want to hang from my ceiling, next to the window or beside my reading spot. I used to have a very general idea of kokedama: "a ball of soil covered in something that keeps the soil together and twine all around it, used for ferns and those kind of plants" but oh I was wrong! so wrong. First of all, there is a methodology and a reason for each material used when making a kokedama. Second, *get ready for it* you can even create kokedama trees and seasonal plants!.Most of the book focuses on instructions for making and maintaining kokedama of popular plants, organized by categories such as tropicals, succulents and cacti, tress and shrubs, herbs, bulbs, corms and tubers, epiphytes and of course, ferns. Each "plant profile" comes with scientific and common name, light, water and food requirements, growing speed and conditions, if it is pet friendly, most common concerns and a soil recipe that best fits that plant. There's a list at the end of the book with online suppliers from around the world (in case you have same problem as me and can't find the materials from your local shop and don't dare to ask the neighbor for their wild growing moss.)*I requested an eArc from Jacqui Small LLP in exchange of a fair review.

Really helpful book if you want to make your own and beautiful inspiration if you just want to look at the pictures- I'm in the first camp.

Lovely book, many tips where to start with kokedama. On overall good quality.

Livro de ótima qualidade material!!Para mim é um livro básico, com informações facilmente encontradas na internet. O que mais conta são as imagens, nem tanto a informação.

Muito satisfeita com o livro e chegou rapidinho!!

Bela impressão com dicas de cuidados específicos de cada planta tratada no livro.