Plant Parenting for Busy People
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Plant Parenting for Busy People
It's one thing to fill your house with gorgeous plants; it's another to keep them happy for weeks, months and years. Medical doctor and passionate plant lover Nora Mutalima offers a simple, science-driven guide to creating your own indoor jungle and keeping it thriving with minimal effort.
- Create the perfect environment: Learn how your home layout affects plant health and discover easy switches that will turn your black thumb green.
- Find your style: Are you a Nurturer or a Minimalist? A Decorator or a Rescuer? Don't change yourself for that fiddle-leaf fig β learn your plant parenting style so you can choose plants that will love you just as you are.
- Set up your systems: Discover how making smart choices at the start can create a lush indoor garden that only needs a simple, bare-minimum routine to flourish.
- Avoid common stumbling blocks: Arrive armed and prepared for the pests and watering problems that plague many new gardeners.
- Try something new: Take the fear factor out of semi-hydroponics and discover how growing your plants in LECA could make your life easier and far less messy β with incredible results.
Featuring clear advice and step-by-step activities, this is a fun and approachable guide to indoor plant care from YouTube sensation @TheLecaQueen. Perfect for everyone from seasoned gardeners keen to explore new techniques to new plant parents who just want their monstera to survive the year.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781923135390
Publisher: Affirm Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 October 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Affirm Press
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 160.0mm
Height: 225.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 272
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About the Author
Nora Mutalima is a dedicated plant parent who has lived and worked in Zambia, the UK and Australia. She trained and practised as a doctor before turning to medical research. Passionate about indoor plants, Nora specialises in growing them without soil and shares easy, stress-free plant care tips through videos and social media posts. Combining her scientific skills with creative content production, she inspires others to enjoy indoor gardening. Nora is also a mum of three who loves spending time with her children. In her downtime, she enjoys music, theatre and a good true crime series. Her work unites scientific precision with creative inspiration.
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