Get Your Hands On Moss Assembled By Ulrica Nordström Available As Textbook

Cute! But I wanted more mosses and fewer moss gardens to get the fullstars, It has now cost me aquid donation to the British Bryological Society for their official field guide because I didn't get a big enough hit from this book.
Good for them, bad for my pocket, Smal men väldigt intressant och snygg bok,
Hade varit härligt med ännu fler snygga foton! Found this gem at the library and have ordered my own copy.

Wonderful pictures and illustrations of moss, with ideas on how to collect and create your own mossy habitats.
Just looking at his book makes me feel peaceful, I enjoyed very much reading this beautiful, inspiring book, I learned to identity the moss from my beloved forest! I read about very beautifully described and pictures moss gardens, and I just realised that i can have my own, very simple moss garden, based on information from the book.

All in all, this book helped me in getting deeper into understanding the magical world of the moss.
Really brilliant book with a bit of something for everyone as it relates to moss, from how it grows, to how to grow it and everything in between.
I particularly liked the large chapter on Japanese moss gardens, and am very keen to try and grow some moss myself now.

If youre interested in moss, I highly recommend this book, Nice pictures. Very similar to the other book I read, only without the explanation of how brophytes work, so, . . it's fine. Enjoy the pictures./I've long been curious about moss, Often easy to entirely overlook, . especially in dry Australia. But even here I have a dark green moss inhabiting the gutters on my roofline, Most of the time it is a dried up muddy looking black lump, as it is right now after a year of drought, But for the last two days it has been raining and I've just had a look at the moss.
It's still black but plump and soaked with water and I know that within a few days it will turn that beautiful dark green that I like so much.
I've also been impressed by the mosses that I've seen in the Australian rainforests, . . when you get up really close and can see the tiny ascocarps, and by the moss gardens in Japan, I was amused by a story I heard about some Australian students in Japan who were renting a house in Numazu with a small garden.
They were unimpressed with the bare dirt maybe with a bit of moss so they planted lawn and proudly invited the owner to view the fruits of their handiwork.
The owner was horrified! Different perspective,
This little book is quite a good guide to the world of the brophytyes, with some material on the liverworts and hornworts as well, Since studying biology many years ago i've had some appreciation of the great diversity of species that are small and not very obvious to our human senses.
We all react to the likelihood of the extinction of the koala but who notices if a species of moss or a worm go extinct As this book points out there are some,species of moss proper and some,species of liverworts and aboutspecies of hornworts or foliage mosses.
. . in the world. To put this in perspective there are less thanspecies of mammals in the world,
Mosses can reproduce both sexually and asexually, The asexual reproduction is basically cloning,
Basically the book

sets out to give a broad overview of mosses and has a good though rather brief introduction to the biology of mosses.
. . then a selection about mosses in gardens around the world, with some fascinating profiles of workers who specialise in mosses, Then about a third of the book is devoted to the practicalities of growing and cultivating mosses, . . both in outdoor, garden, situations and as indoor, miniature projects, Having spent a good number of months, probably now stretching into years, . . in Japan . I was pleased to see a very healthy section devoted to the beautiful gardens using moss in japan.
Of course, the environment is ideally suited to mosses and Japanese gardeners really seem to appreciate the different species.
Though when I looked for a mossherbicide to get rid of the moss growing on the carport roof I found that they were not readily available.
. the main technique seemed to be gouging out the moss with a stick, In fact, the moss was a great filter for any dust that gathered on the canopy and was washed down to be captured and utilised by the moss.

Maybe, I would have liked a bit more about the botany of mosses, . especially some simple key to classifying the main sorts but overall, an interesting and useful book, I give itstars. Moss is all around us, While it is most often associated with damp, shady spaces, it can be found in the most unexpected and farflung places, from deserts to Antarctica.
This book is a celebration of its quiet, unassuming beauty and a primer to understanding the secrets of the world's most ancient plant:

Discover the key moss verieties and where they can be found
Explore the cultural history of moss, both as a garden plant and its uses in traditional handicrafts
Take a tour of some of the most beautiful moss gardens in Japan, the UK and the US, and meet people who share theor passion for these multifaceted plants
Find out how to cultivate moss, tie Japanese moss balls kokedama and plant moss landscapes in pots and terraria.


With stunning photography and botanical illustration, this is an utterly unique book that will be treasured by plant enthusiasts of all kinds.
A very informative book about moss, different types, how to grow and different gardens and gardeners as well as some activities in the back.
Really, I am here for the beautiful pictures of moss, Got this as a freebie from work, Wanted to learn more about mosses, but not about how to grow them, so the book wasn't for me at all.
Lots of practical info for any aspiring moss gardeners, though, Ulrica Nordström är fristående skribent, De senaste åren har hon skrivit böckerna Växterrarier: en handbokoch Mossa i skog, trädgård och kruka.
Ulrica är utbildad journalist och har arbetat som reporter, kommunikatör och lärare, Som skribent tar hon gärna uppdrag med inriktning på natur, trädgård, djur och miljö, Under namnet Siccus Stockholm utforskar Ulrica också naturens konstformer genom att skapa växtterrarier och objekt med hållbara och lättskötta växter som ger illusionen av ett landskap eller en bit natur.
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