You Grow, Gurl!: Plant Kween's Lush Guide to Growing Your Garden *Book
Discover the joys and self-nurturing benefits of plant parenthood, from learning how to begin building your own lush plant family to getting into those fun tips on how to care for your green gurls, with this beautiful, illustrated guide from the dazzling creator of the @plantkween Instagram account. “We all love some new growth, dahling.” Six years ago, Christopher Griffin was just beginning the plant parenthood journey with one small Marble Queen Pothos. Today, this Black Queer non-binary femme plant influencer known as Plant Kween tends to a family of more than 200 healthy green gurls in the Brooklyn apartment they call home. You Grow, Gurl! is Kween’s fun and fabulous guide to becoming a plant parent and keeping your green gurls growing and thriving. Anyone can be a plant parent! It’s all about TLC—taking the time and energy to focus on a plant’s needs, and ultimately your own. Featuring 200 full-color photos and illustrations, practical instructions and tips—on everything from propagating to measuring humidity to repotting—activities, and stories, this fun and joyful guide shows how to green-up any space and have it serving those lush lewks. Self-care takes many forms and tending to your plants’ needs helps you grow too. In addition to information and advice on plant care, Kween provides meditations, mindfulness activities, playlists, and more to help you practice self-care through plant-care. As Kween says, “We can learn a lot about how we treat ourselves, how we treat others, and how we navigate the world from these green lil creatures.” Healing and growing your heart, body, and soul takes time, love, and focus. Taking care of plants teaches you to apply that same attention and love to yourself and helps you find new pathways to explore on your own botanical adventure to self-love. Read more
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Why Must Read You Grow, Gurl!: Plant Kween's Lush Guide to Growing Your Garden?
I am only on the first few pages. This book arrived the day my grandmother passed as I held her hand, warm in her bed at our home. I couldn’t appreciate this book in that moment but set it on my bedside table knowing a time would come when I could. I would glance at it in passing, knowing within those pages would be comfort, from someone else who had a close relationship with their grandmother, one that inspired them to bloom from within, to love, and to DO the things that bring joy. I’ve always had an extra special connection with my grandmother and reading just a few pages made me stop and think of some of the incredible moments I had with my grandmother and great grandmother. Really looking forward to reading the rest, this book brought me some comfort today as I go through one of the hardest times I’ve ever lived through. And I couldn’t be more grateful. The timing on this book was just ….. pure magic. Thank you, Christopher, for sharing your stories and your light, and your wisdoms. PS I hope to wallpaper my home in the print on the inside of the covers. Just gorgeous!
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