James welcomes you to the course and dispels the mystery around plants, explaining that keeping plants happy is less complicated than one would imagine.
Renowned botanist James Wong makes caring for plants accessible – no matter the size of your indoor space. This course lets you in on the secrets of a green thumb, teaching you tips and tricks to not only keep plants happy but how to make them look their very best, creating easily achievable indoor habitats from Bornean rainforest canopies to Amazonian rivers. Learn to combine the skills of horticulture with floristry techniques to create flourishing mini indoor ecosystems.
You’ll spend over 5 hours with James, broken down into bitesize 10-15 minute lessons, providing clear and insightful knowledge that can be easily put into practice on your own houseplants.
Throughout the course, James unpacks years of knowledge as well as practical step-by-step guidance, from creating simple indoor gardens to making a traditional kokedama.
James’ top tips and additional learning resources are listed in a series of downloadable workbooks, so what you’ve learnt on the course stays with you.
Often referred to as the nation’s favourite botanist; plant scientist and gardening expert James Wong is a self-proclaimed botany geek, award-winning garden designer and a Royal Horticulture Society ambassador. He’s an internationally best-selling author with the inspirational ‘Grow Your Own Drugs’ and ‘Homegrown Revolution’, has presented multiple TV programmes, and is listed by The Sunday Times as one of the Top 20 most influential people in horticulture. James is perhaps the most passionate person in the world about plants; with over 500 houseplants in his tiny London flat.
James welcomes you to the course and dispels the mystery around plants, explaining that keeping plants happy is less complicated than one would imagine.
Introducing you to the essentials of plant maintenance, James illustrates the importance of light and light levels in keeping your plants healthy.
James reveals the most common cause of failing plants and shows you how to better water your plants, helping them to flourish.
James teaches you how to create your own indoor garden by mixing plants varieties, creating an atmosphere that transports you to places far and wide.
Not just any coffee table, James shows how to create a table-atrium, making a stunning planted table by renovating a 1980s coffee tray.
James demonstrates how to make the perfect terrarium that lasts, constructing one with a twist and adding a little bit of light.
James breaks down how you can grow plants on branches, creating living walls and towers in glass cases by mimicking the natural habitat of exotic plants.
Teaching you all you need to know about lithophytes. James demonstrates how to grow plants on pumice stone and porous ceramics, creating plants that look like they belong in magical worlds.
Interweaving floristry and horticulture techniques, James creates the illusion of species that do not occur in nature. Discover how to build tiny aquatic gardens in the privacy of your own home; as James breaks down his low-tech method of aquascaping.
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