Happy Plants, Happy You (eBook)

A Plant-Care & Self-Care Guide for the Modern Houseplant Parent

Kamili Bell Hill (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
208 Seiten
Cool Springs Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-7951-6 (ISBN)

Infos

In Happy Plants, Happy You, author Kamili Bell Hill of @PlantBlerd shows you that spending quality time with your plants is spending quality time with yourself.Houseplants are so much more than a living decorative accent for your home or a relaxing hobby, and caring for houseplants should not be a mindless task. Instead, it's an opportunity to check in with yourself as you check in with your plants. You'll learn how houseplants can help you avoid burnout and bring a healthy focus to your own self-care. As it turns out, when you tend to your houseplants, you're also tending to yourself.Houseplants have a lot of lessons to teach aboutrelationships and the importance of a little give and take, including how to focus on the ones who love you back and howlike getting rid of a dead leaf or a mealybugsometimes you gotta cut bait and bail on relationships that are bringing you down. Author Kamili Bell Hillused houseplants to exit the stress highway that was overtaking her life and she knows they can do the same for you.Easy houseplant-care tips to help build your confidence in growing, combined with wise and witty words on everything from managing ';devil-spawn fungus gnats' to making your houseplant leaves shine like the top of the Chrysler Building, Happy Plants, Happy Youis part self-exploration, part houseplant handbook. In a nutshell, it's a plant-based roadmap to a happier you.You'll get the lowdown on:How to choose the rightplants for you as a person, not just for your growing conditionsAdvice on avoiding ';vampire relationships' with plants (and people!) that suck you dryA wish list of the best tools for houseplant parentsHow to date several plants before settling on the best onesfor youThe artof letting go of thingsthat aren't thrivingGiving up on the illusion of controland being totally okay with itAs your plants grow, you will too.Houseplants are a guilt-free path to peace, and the result of stepping into an intentional plant-care/self-care routine will be happy plants and a happy you.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.9.2023
• Zusatzinfo: 100 color photos plus illustrations
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Garten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Schlagworte: Advice • African American • Apartment • Beginner • Beginners • Benefits • best plant for the house • BIPOC author • black girls with gardens • Black History Month • Book • buying • choosing • Collection • collector • college student • cultivate happiness • cultural heritage • decorating • Diverse • Earth Day • emotional wellbeing • Funny • Gardening • gardening while black • Gratitude • green thumb • growing • guidance • Guide • healing through • Healthy • horticulture • house plant care • houseplants • how to choose • how to grow • Humor • Improve Mental Health • Indoor • interior plantscaping • Isolation • Journal • Joy • Jungle • Leader • Manual • Meditation • Mindfulness • Motivational • national gardening day • Nurture • parenting • People • Pests • plantblerd • plant influencer • Planting • quirky • relaxation techniques • repotting • Routine • self awareness • self-care • Self Help • self nurturing • small space • Soil • Spring • stress relief • therapy • TIPS • Troubleshooting • types of • Urban • Varieties • Voice • watering
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-7951-3 / 0760379513
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-7951-6 / 9780760379516