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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: #52,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #12 in House Plant Gardening #18 in Container Gardening (Books) #57 in Gardening Encyclopedias


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    • 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 by AshBrown
    • 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
The media could not be loaded. 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.
    • 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
    • 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
    • This is THE ONE
Format: Paperback
I purchased 8 different books on the topic of plant care, and this one is the only one I really NEEDED. It is comprehensive and goes in depth on various topics that most books barely even touch on. I especially appreciate the explanations provided on lighting. The writer teaches you how to actually MEASURE the lighting in your space to determine the best place to put each plant. No more need to rely on vague terms like "partial shade" or "bright, indirect light." WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?! I now KNOW definitively what these terms mean and can TEST for accuracy to make sure my babies get exactly what they need. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2024 by Ashley.Ink
    • Great book
Format: Paperback
Love this book. Its great for beginners. Explains everything you need to know. Loved reading and learning!
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2025 by Meliha Custovic
    • A new "must" for any plant lover.
Format: Paperback
It was several years ago that I found Daryl Cheng's Instagram account, and started reading each of his posts. You could see in his photos, read in his posts, that this man knew a secret that other plant owners didn't. So, you can imagine my excitement when he came out with this book. It's ingenious. If you're a plant killer, a plant newbie, a plant enthusiast who only sticks to the safe plants - I recommend this book heavily. He simplifies and demystifies plant care, teaching you how to read those vague tags that plants come with. More importantly he helps you read your plant. The book is a smooth and easy read too, with beautiful, constructive illustrations. This book is s a wise addition to any plant lovers shelves. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2019 by J&T Dale

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