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How to Make a Plant Love You: Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart by Summer Rayne Oakes
gabbi_reads's review
4.0
A book to make you smile and look at your interactions in a more plant-minded, empathetic way.
thepoptimist's review
3.0
Closing out my home gardening trifecta with the most woo-woo of the bunch. It's less a book about caring for your new houseplant and more a way to readjust your thinking of our chlorophyllic compatriots. There are the heartfelt testimonials of plant owners pulled from the depths of depression and overcoming personal challenges with the help of plants. And each chapter ends with a mindful practice, perhaps consider how your attitude towards plants has changed as you've matured. And I expected what exactly from an author named Summer Rayne Oakes?
Dammit Summer, I just want to know if I'm overwatering my pilea peperomioides! She does get points for being published under Simon Sinek's imprint and getting the one and only OG botanical-bro Wade Davis to provide the intro. I enjoyed her investigation of the greening of Singapore, the long and ancient history of indoor gardening and identifying geosmin, the smell of earth. Less so the references to her Masterclass I should take to get the answers I was looking for in the first place. But hell, you gotta hustle out here when it comes to houseplants I guess.
Dammit Summer, I just want to know if I'm overwatering my pilea peperomioides! She does get points for being published under Simon Sinek's imprint and getting the one and only OG botanical-bro Wade Davis to provide the intro. I enjoyed her investigation of the greening of Singapore, the long and ancient history of indoor gardening and identifying geosmin, the smell of earth. Less so the references to her Masterclass I should take to get the answers I was looking for in the first place. But hell, you gotta hustle out here when it comes to houseplants I guess.
dphilip319's review
3.0
The title of this book is a bit misleading, so if you’re looking for something that will teach you how to take care of plants I’d recommend looking elsewhere. That being said, I still enjoyed the thoughtful way in which the author advocated building a relationship with our plants and how it can help connect us to nature as well as be therapeutic.
dazyiscrazy's review
4.0
This book is a great foundational read on the importance plants play in our environment and the impact they can have on our lives. Oakes does a great job of speaking in layman terms while introducing important scientific terminology related to plants. If you are looking for a book to provide an introductory foundation of plant life, this is your book. If you are looking for plant care information, I highly recommend her youtube channel.
lotjedoor's review
3.0
I liked the message of the book, it was a very motivating book. However it didn’t grasp me as much as I hoped it would, I personally thought there were too many quotes in there, which made me disengage.
thecraftywelshie's review
3.0
Quite an interesting read about how to care for plants, although a lot of science and history in a good chunk of the book. It was only in the last couple of chapters I started to enjoy it to be honest. A decent book but probably wouldn't pick it up ever again.
kimveach's review
4.0
Not what I expected, but I really enjoyed it. Instead of the usual general plant care tips and types of plants, this was more of a meditation on plants and what they can do for you and the earth. I learned a lot, but this isn't the book if you want to learn how to care for a particular type of plant. However, if you want a book to inspire you to add more nature to your life, this is the one.