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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

By: Summer Rayne Oakes
Narrated by: Summer Rayne Oakes, Simon Sinek, Kaleo Griffith
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 Summer Rayne Oakes, an urban houseplant expert and environmental scientist, is the icon of wellness-minded millennials who want to bring nature indoors, according to a New York Times profile. Summer has managed to grow 1,000 houseplants in her Brooklyn apartment (and they're thriving!) Her secret? She approaches her relationships with plants as intentionally as if they were people.

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:

  • Pause for the flowers and greenery all around you, even the ones sprouting bravely between cracked pavement
  • Trust that your apartment jungle offers you far more than pretty décor
  • See the world from a plant's perspective, trading modern consumerism for sustainability
  • Serve your chlorophyllic friends by learning to identify the right species for your home and to recreate their natural habitat (Bonus: your indoor garden won't die!)

    • 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.     Biological Sciences Botany & Plants Environment Gardening & Horticulture Outdoors & Nature Personal Development Personal Success Science Gardening Ecosystem
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    So much plant passion and information is unusual in a book not destined for academia. An easy read and invites the reader to learn more and be more aware of the plants around us everyday.

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    As a qualified horticulturalist & massage therapist this book is so inspiring on so many level. Just like food and water are essential for sustenance and survival, so is the need for humans to be connected with nature. Humans have lost their way in the fast, evolving modern world with increased rates of anxiety, depression and physical illness. This book offers people from all levels of experience with plants to connect back to nature and harness the healing power of plants. Its this connection through daily and weekly rituals with plants that not only improve our aesthetics of our homes but improve our health and wellbeing, but also facilitates and instils a sense of peace and serenity in the home. Well Done Summer Rayne Oakes!!! You are truly inspirational!!! Thank you for sharing your personal journey so that others can enjoy this beautiful connection. This book is so relevant and needed in these present times.

    Plantastic!!!

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    A book that I can listen to again and again. A lot of good gardening ideas, speckled with deep spiritual inspight and refreshing honesty. Thank you so much for putting this book together, it has changed how I view my plants and gardens.

    An Beautiful, Inspiring and Heart Lifting Book

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