The Complete Book of Ferns: Indoors • Outdoors • Growing • Crafting • History & Lore

I am a plant lover but ferns seem complex to me - they always seem hard to identify but are so beautiful. I bought the book because I wanted to learn more about ferns and was attracted to the design of the book. I also had seen the author on Martha Stewart's show several times. I really loved this book because it made ferns seem simpler to me. I love the writing - as if someone was talking to me. And I love that there were craft projects included besides great info on the use of ferns in my garden and home.

Not much for tropical ferns in here, but a good book still.

The wife says it is beautiful! Pictures were wonderful and clear and the organization was good. Far more than she expected to get.

It's a beautiful book and a great addition to my fern book "The Plant lovers guide to ferns". This book offers different ideas.

The conversational tone and the comprehensive fern knowledge make this book a must-read if you're either caring for or planning to buy any kind of fern. A great book!

For whatever reason and for the life of me I cannot keep an indoor plant alive. I really like ferns. They are so green and lush and yet they struggle to survive for me. So, when I saw this book I immediately scooped it up in hopes that it can shed light for me on how to keep my last two ferns alive.Thoughts:The book is broken out into five main sections. These are not what they are called within the book, but terms I am just using to describe in general: History, Botany, Growing Indoors, Growing Outdoors, Crafting/CreativityHistory: Includes evolution, Victorian fern craze, lore, uses, and lots of lush green pictures.Botany: Includes plant parts and diversity based on climate. This section includes information on how ferns propagate as well as step-by-step instructions, with pictures, on how you can propagate them.Growing Indoors: Includes information on light, temperature, potting mix (includes 3 soil recipes), watering, and humidity. Since I suspect my personal fern issue lies within the watering and humidity area, I paid specific attention to this part of the book. The book gave some ideas of how to increase humidity, which I immediately put into action by buying some mini ferns and placed them in a type of holder with pebbles and water. This section also includes a trouble-shooting guide. A good portion of this section includes quite a few pictures of indoor ferns with specific information on each fern.Growing Outdoors: Similar to the Growing Indoor section, this one includes information on light, soil, water, temperature, seasonal care, and a trouble shooting portion. At the end is also a lot of beautiful pictures of outdoor ferns.Crafting/Creativity: This section includes information on crafting projects, such as terrariums, vertical gardening, kokedama, moss baskets, fern mount, and more. A lot of step-by-step instructions in this sections with pictures to go with them. My next fern goal is to tackle a terrarium with ferns, so it was good to have instructions here.Overall, a lovely, informational book on ferns that came at the perfect time for me. Pictures of the ferns are beautiful and are mostly set against a white background allowing us to clearly see the stunning green foliage. Warning, if you don’t like green then this book may not be for you.Rating: 5 starsThanks to Netgalley and Quarto Publishing Press – Cool Spring Press for the advanced reader copy and opportunity to provide an honest review.

This book had me eagerly seeking more books by Mobee Weinstein. Alas, other than a shorter book on ferns coming out soon, I found none. I will be keeping an eye out for her next one!This is a true 5 star book. It could be used as a coffee table book, as there are many, quite delightful photos and the cover and pages are of pleasingly heft and quality. But the writing is even better. The depth of information is far more than I expected, and it is very well presented. The first section, with information about the evolution, biology, and human history of ferns is detailed, yet not textbook-like in presentation. The second section outlines how to care for ferns and presents all the information anyone but a serious fern fancier would need. The section profiling species of ferns for indoor growing is not encyclopedic, but does offer a variety of ferns with a good amount of information on each one. I found this part to be less thorough than the preceding sections, though. If you desire more detailed information on more species, I still highly recommend getting this book for all the other information it offers. The section on the care of outdoor ferns is informative, though shorter than that on indoor ferns. I love the part covering the different care needed for the different seasons. The species profiles of outdoor ferns is similar to that for indoor ferns. I thought I would bypass the section on crafting with ferns, but then discovered that it is mostly about crafting ways to grow and display live ferns and I liked it quite a bit. The last part of this section does cover things like pressing fronds.Overall, a delightful, thorough book on ferns.But that’s JustMe. (I received this product in exchange for an honest review, and that is what I have offered here.)

Absolutely love this book, highly recommend.

A very interesting read. I learnt things about ferns I never knew about before, how long they have been growing on this planet etc. I highly recommend this book.

Recommend

Fantastic book.... Very thorough and informative . Full of ideas and tips.... Lots of pictures to how to with different potting techniques.....