Horticulture: Indoor Gardening Guide
This section contains information on how to care for your indoor plant, a practice called "indoor gardening."
Although each sub-section goes into great detail on how to care, maintain, and troubleshoot, the fundamentals of plant care are basic.
The Four Fundamentals of Indoor Gardening:
- Light
- Water
- Growing Media and Fertilizer
- Tender Loving Care
For care instruction on a specific plant variety, reference our Plant Care Guide.
If your plant has a problem, which you are trying to treat or diagnose, reference our Self-diagnosis Symptom Charts.
About the Author:
The contents are a compilation of excerpts from the Planterra Field Guide, a proprietary handbook used by professional horticultural technicians at Planterra, a leading interior landscape firm serving North America.
The Institute of Interior Horticulture (IIH)
IIH is a program dedicated is increasing awareness of indoor plants and the practice of interior landscaping. The IIH originated as a training program for professional plant technicians at Planterra. Elements of this program are now being adapted for the home gardener.