How to Make a Plant Love You
Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart
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How to Make a Plant Love You
Narrated by:
Summer Rayne Oakes, Simon Sinek, Kaleo Griffith
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Narrated by:
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Summer Rayne Oakes
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Simon Sinek
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Kaleo Griffith
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Written by:
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Summer Rayne Oakes
About this listen
Everyone deserves to feel the inner peace that comes from taking care of greenery. Beyond the obvious benefits--beauty and cleaner air--there's a strong psychological benefit to nurturing plants as a path to mindfulness. They can reduce our stress level, lower our blood pressure, and improve our overall outlook. And they offer a rare opportunity to find joy by caring for another living being.
When Summer Rayne Oakes moved to Brooklyn from the Pennsylvania countryside, she knew that bringing nature indoors was her only chance to stay sane. She found them by the side of the road, in long-forgotten window boxes, at farmers' markets, and in local garden shops. She found ways to shelve, hang, tuck, anchor, secure, and suspend them. She even installed a 150-foot expandable hose that connects to pipes under her kitchen sink, so she only has to spend about a half-hour a day tending to her plants--an activity that she describes as a "moving meditation."
This is Summer's guidebook for cultivating an entirely new relationship with your plant children. Inside, you'll learn to:
When we become plant parents, we also become better caretakers of ourselves, the people around us, and our planet. So, let's step inside the world of plants and discover how we can begin cultivating our own personal green space--in our homes, in our minds, and in our hearts.
1. The core theme of the book - Next time you go to a nursery, don't just look at plants as decor; instead, ask would the plant like to live with you; instead of saying this plant will be perfect for this corner, try to understand the plant better first by learning more about it; instead of asking which plant is hard to kill, see if it would really thrive in the conditions you are able to provide.
2. Very beautiful, soulful, poetic prose; wonderful narration too by the author herself.
3. A good recap on the science of how plants work
4. A wonderful mosaic of all things plants - from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to mycorrhizal fungi to the great work of plant explorers and conservationists to deep philosophical reflections on when is a tree truly dead etc.
5. A wonderful opening letter with a deep metaphor by Simon Sinek and an exhilarating foreword by Wade Davis
What I didn't like:
1. Begins to sound very repetitive after some time - even the quotes.
2. The title is definitely misleading. This is more of a philosophical reflection on plants rather than a book on how to care for plants.
3. No pictures of plants.
4. Hardly any practical information or care tips for a prospective new plant parent.
4. While some portions of the book like the symbolism of Japanese gardens, the Babylonian hanging gardens etc are informative, what I would have preferred was Summer Rayne describing the peculiarities of at least a few common houseplant species and how best to make them thrive in a home environment.
A good message overall, but don't go by the title
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