As an indoor gardener, it’s important to remember that you are Mother or Father Nature. Successful indoor garden care means the difference between surviving and thriving houseplants. A healthy indoor home garden requires proper watering, lighting, fertilizing, potting soil, humidity, staking, pruning and growing the best indoor plants. Read the articles in this section to learn how to grow healthy houseplants.

How to Create a Wineglass Terrarium: Unique DIY Mini Garden in Glassware

Wineglass Terrariums After you finish...

How to Create a Wineglass Terrarium: Unique DIY Mini Garden in Glassware

Wineglass Terrariums After you finish that glass of wine, make a decorative statement and use the wineglass to plant a...

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Grow Houseplants from Kitchen Scraps

Grow Houseplants from Kitchen Scraps...

Grow Houseplants from Kitchen Scraps

Grow Houseplants from Kitchen Scraps Looking for a fun, educational project for the kids or just something different...

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Speech Topics

Julie speaks about a wide variety of...

Speech Topics

Julie speaks about a wide variety of gardening topics for local and national audiences.  Here are some of her most...

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Interior landscaping a growing business

Houseplants are amazingly adaptable. They...

Interior landscaping a growing business

Houseplants are amazingly adaptable. They can thrive together in a mixed planting for years. Such Thriving...

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Anthuriums Add a Taste of the Tropics to Your Indoor Garden

About Anthuriums Want to grow a...

Anthuriums Add a Taste of the Tropics to Your Indoor Garden

About Anthuriums Want to grow a houseplant that flowers nearly year-round, attracts attention and makes you feel like...

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Venus flytrap Care

About Venus flytrap (Dioneae...

Venus flytrap Care

About Venus flytrap (Dioneae muscipula) Few plants are as captivating as the Venus flytrap (Dioneae muscipula)....

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African Violet Care

African Violets: How to Grow These...

African Violet Care

African Violets: How to Grow These Blooming Beauties The first time I saw an African violet  at the nursery I was...

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What Audiences Say About Julie

What Audiences Say About Julie...

What Audiences Say About Julie

What Audiences Say About Julie “Thank you so much for your informative (and funny) presentation at Cottages and...

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Corn Plant

About corn plant (Dracaena fragrans...

Corn Plant

About corn plant (Dracaena fragrans `Massangeana’) Corn Plant: A Reliable Tall Floor Plant for Low to Medium Light One...

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Jade Plant

Jade Plant When it comes to succulents,...

Jade Plant

Jade Plant When it comes to succulents, jade (Crassula ovata) tops the list as one of the easiest to grow indoors. This...

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