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

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For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng’s New Plant Parent: Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family offers a new way to grow healthy house plants. “While this book does cover how to care for and propagate plants, its real value comes from helping readers understand the whys behind plant care. By learning to care for a plant holistically, and tapping into how each plant would grow in nature, you’ll be able to raise happier, healthier plants.” —Growfully The creator of House Plant Journal teaches the art of understanding a plant’s needs and giving it a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. After reading Cheng, the indoor gardener will be far less the passive follower of rules for the care of each species and much more the confident, active grower relying on observation and insight. 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. The New Plant Parent covers all the basics of growing house plants: Finding the right lightWatering FertilizingContainersPruning and propagationPestsHelpful toolsRecommended speciesAnd more! Cheng writes, “My goal in writing this book is to empower you to understand your home’s growing conditions, to be observant, and to accept what nature has in store. . . . I want to help you break away from old habits and ways of thinking that hinder you from truly enjoying plant parenthood.” 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. Includes Color Photographs Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harry N. Abrams


Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 19, 2019


Edition ‏ : ‎ Illustrated


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1419732390


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 93


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 0.85 x 9 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #65,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #16 in Urban Gardening (Books) #22 in House Plant Gardening #28 in Container Gardening (Books)


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    • Great gift for your friend with an unhealthy indoor plant obsession (or a treat to yourself)!!
Format: Paperback
I have over 100 plants in my apartment, but I don't consider myself a plant expert. I have been given a few different plant books as gifts from friends (who know I'm a crazy plant lady) and each has its own strengths. Some are well-designed and pleasing to flip through, others look more like catalogues but are packed with useful information, and still others are written more like novels, expressing a deep appreciation for plants. I would hands down recommend "The New Plant Parent" as a first indoor plant book over the other ones (that isn't to discourage you from buying other ones - this just hits plant basics more explicitly than other books I have). This is a really great book for anyone that wants to learn more about keeping indoor plants or anyone that is looking for a friend who has a seemingly unhealthy addiction to plants. I've been following Daryl Cheng's instagram (@houseplantjournal) for a while - his book is just as aesthetically pleasing and packed with helpful tips and explanations (e.g. "three practical watering methods") as his Instagram. The added benefit is that his voice carries over in the book so that it feels like you're sitting in a plant-filled room watching him show you what to do for your plants. The book starts with plant basics (lighting, watering, soil, pruning, dealing with different types of pests) and then describes how to care for some of the most popular indoor plants... and it's packed with photos that actually show you what he describes in the text. EXCELLENT gift for a friend, but also a wonderful way to treat yourself! :) You won't regret it! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2020 by Yasmin
    • Amazing book for beginner to intermediate plant parents!
Format: Paperback
This is easily one of my top two favorite plant care books. As a plant collector with well over 100 houseplants, I am always looking for more ways to learn about them and how to care for them and keep them happy. Cheng is obviously very well experienced in the houseplant world, and does an incredible job sharing his wealth of information with us. This book covers a very broad range of topics, from watering how-tos, determining what type of lighting you have, soil and soil amendments, necessary and helpful plant-care tools, propagation methods, etc. Cheng does a wonderful job of giving great detail and scientific information about everything he writes, without making it challenging or confusing. He gives great examples of different plant care situations that help demonstrate the information he provides, and help us to apply the information to our own plants. If you’re wanting to learn how to better care for your plants, you absolutely must read this book! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2023 by Rachel M.
    • Great perspective, already shared with several people
Format: Paperback
I started following Darryl on Instagram under @houseplantjournal by recommendation when I was discussing my plant woes. It had useful tips, but also just a refreshing framework to discuss plants and their care--especially his perspective on light and how we should generally be using that as the lens to evaluate all other factors, like soil and watering. After a few weeks with a cat palm that started failing, I knew I wanted to figure this whole plant thing out once or for all, and I needed to just dive in and get the full lesson. I ordered his book and a light meter immediately, and read through it in about an hour. Somehow this book made the case for a very simplistic, easy to understand conceptual framework that I hadn't heard before about plant care, while helping you to understand how all the individual factors fit together. It's not just black/white directives like "don't overwater!" He talks about how to understand light, plants optimal growth, survival mode, a plants satisfactory lifespan, etc. I gave this to two people already--one who is an experienced plant owner and one who is not. Highly recommend! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2019 by Alicia Calano
    • Content helpful, but text is very small and light
Format: Paperback
I know each book is different, but the text in this is very light and small, it makes it hard to read. The content that I have read so far has been very helpful, I just have to be in bright light to read it.
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2025 by Denny
    • Excellent for new plant parents
I’ve read a lot of regurgitated info that left me more confused than before I read them. I was struggling with lighting and blaming myself for things that happened naturally to my plants. This book gave me in-depth yet simple to understand rules to being a new plant parent. I’ve already started implementing some of the strategies. I highly recommend this book! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2026 by Flowerchild
    • Very informative with lots of pictures Very informative with lots of pictures
Format: Paperback
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This is very informative with LOTS of pictures, which I appreciate. It’s easy to understand without being super basic. He also included progress pictures of his plants over time, really shows how much time and effort he put into this book. 100% recommend
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2025 Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2025 by AshBrown
    • Different from other plant books
Format: Paperback
This book was made with such careful detail that it stands out from other plant books I’ve read. Other plant books that I’ve checked out, IMHO, read more like an encyclopedia: they would state something along the lines of “xx plant needs such light and only thrive in these conditions”. But this book is much more comprehensive than that. It made me think of what the different light levels (e.g. bright light, low light) meant; it made me realize that I was actually starving some of my plants of their food source. I’ve also learned about holistic plant care and what it means to apply that towards my plants. This book doesn’t contain unnecessary information like how to build a terrarium or other tutorials that I won’t use. Its point is how to guide an individual to take optimal care of their plants. Overall, this book is practical, focused, and concise. I would highly recommend this book to new plant parents. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2019 by Lemie
    • Great book for beginners or those wanting a good reference for houseplant care Great book for beginners or those wanting a good reference for houseplant care
Format: Paperback
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Bought this for myself and a copy for my mother who is new to caring for houseplants. I appreciate the content is easy to read, engaging, and does not take very long to get through. It covers a lot of topics essential to new houseplant owners succinctly. There are pictures to explain each topic that help you to understand lighting situations, how to water properly, pests, soil requirements, and more! The last third of the book goes over some common houseplants and how to ensure they do well in your home. Highly recommend for beginners and even for those that aren't necessarily new to houseplants but would like to have a good reference book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2023 Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2023 by chikachic817

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