The New Plant Parent: Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family

For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng offers a new way to grow healthy houseplants. He teaches the art of understanding a plant’s needs and providing it with a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. After reading Cheng, the indoor gardener will be far less a passive follower of rules for the care of each species and much more an active, confident grower, reliant on observation and knowledge. And in the process, the plant owner becomes a plant lover, bonded to these beautiful living things by a simple love and appreciation of nature. *New Plant Parent* covers all the basics of indoor plant care, from finding the right light to daily care like watering and fertilizing, to containers and recommended species. Cheng’s friendly tone, personal stories, and accessible photographs fill his book with the same generous spirit that has made @houseplantjournal, his Instagram account, a popular source of advice and inspiration for thousands of indoor gardeners.