Happy Plant
A Beginner's Guide to Cultivating Healthy Plant Care Habits
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Foreword by Morgan Doane and Erin Harding, co-authors of How to Raise a Plant and Make it Love You Back and co-founders of @HouseplantClub.
This comprehensive visual guide to houseplant care is packed with illustrations and hand drawings, color photography, accessible infographics, and advice for first-time and experienced plant parents alike.
Build confidence in tending indoor plants through this guide to basic plant care, all while learning about the history of houseplants, how they communicate, and sustainable ways to troubleshoot houseplant parenting issues. Whether you're afraid to bring home a plant or have a healthy row of potted green pals on your windowsill, this book will walk you through the trials, errors, and joys of plant care.
Perfect for those who are new to gardening or who want to learn more about how plants enrich our lives, this how-to guide from Puneet Sabharwal, cofounder of popular plant subscription company Horti, is a verdant treasure trove of information on how to raise your very own houseplants.
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Sabharwal, co-owner of Brooklyn plant studio Horti Play, delivers an excellent guide to keeping plants alive and well. After a quick recap of the history of plants and a passionate plea that "plants are not objects—they are more like housemates who do not pay rent but pull their weight in countless other ways," the author moves to practical matters such as plant care, how to repot, and recognizing plant illnesses. Perhaps the most useful advice is on choosing a plant to match one's lifestyle, including five of the easiest plants to keep alive: there's pothos, a climbing vine; the snake plant, which requires little watering; the baby rubber plant, with tall cream-colored spikes; the hardy, fast-growing spider plant; and the ZZ plant, an East African succulent. Sabharwal sprinkles in some amusing anecdotes—one friend of his was filled with pride after keeping a fern alive for two years, only to find out it was made of plastic—and the photos and hand-drawn illustrations are a plus. Even those with the least green of thumbs can be redeemed with these tips.
