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The Healing Power of Plants

The Healing Power of Plants

The Hero House Plants that Love You Back

Summary

Make your home your happy place with house plants. Bring the outside in.

This gorgeous guide features over 80 indoor plants that will turn your house into a happy, healthy, healing home.

Discover plants that will clean the air you breathe, help you get a good night’s sleep, reduce stress and anxiety, help you get well soon, boost your brain power and bring greater joy and wellbeing into your life.

From cacti and succulents to ferns and palms; flowering plants and foliage – find the perfect house plants for your living room, bathroom, bedroom and even your workspace. Bring the joy of the outdoors in and harness the natural healing power of plants.

Features:
Over 80 plants and their wellbeing benefits,
A guide to choosing your plants and pots,
Essential care instructions (indoor plants are so easy to look after!), and
Simple propagation techniques to share your plants with friends

About the author

Fran Bailey

Award-winning horticulturist Fran Bailey grew up on a cut flower nursery near York, where her Dutch father encouraged her love of all things botanical. After studying at the Welsh College of Horticulture she moved to London working as a freelance florist. Later she opened her first shop the Fresh Flower Company in South London expanding into houseplants with the opening of Forest in 2013, which she runs with the help of her daughters. Fran has written two other House Plant books in collaboration with the RHS. Visit forest.london or follow @forest_london on Instagram.
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