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You’ve filled your home with houseplants, but now what? New book Root, Nurture, Grow shows how to grow your collection through propagation, from leaf cuttings to air layering. Authors Rose Ray and Caro Langton of interior planting designers RoCo Studio break down the key techniques.
Grow this
Fancy something unusual to raise this winter? I’ve been growing tasty yellow and pink oyster mushrooms using kits from Merryhill Mushrooms. Given twice daily misting and a spot in daylight at room temperature, frills of fungi quickly grow from the holes in the box.
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The warm fug of a packed glasshouse is a wonderful relief from a long winter. Cambridge University Botanic Gardens’ restored glasshouse range boasts an 80m corridor lined with doors leading to all kinds of delights, from cacti and succulents to giant waterlilies. See botanic.cam.ac.uk.
