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My house plant changed my life : green wellbeing for the great indoors / David Domoney.

By: Domoney, David [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, [2021]Description: 144 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780241458518 (hardback).Subject(s): House plants | Well-being | Keep learningDDC classification: 635.965
Contents:
Let houseplants into your life -- Houseplants and modern living -- Houseplants and mental well-being -- Houseplants and air quality -- Engaging kids with houseplants -- Mood-enhancing plant colours -- Buying houseplants -- Where to position your plants -- Cultivating houseplants -- Houseplant heroes -- Top five ... Plants to calm and relax -- Plants to energise and enthuse -- Plants to cheer you up -- Plants to spark creativity.
Summary: "Everyday products pollute the air in our homes, and our mental well-being is threatened like never before--but help is on hand from the humble houseplant! Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research, this book reveals the 50 most life-enhancing houseplants and shows how they can actively purify the air and improve your mental well-being through their color, scent, habit, and nurturing needs. Build a thriving collection of houseplants to create a detoxifying, reenergizing environment in the home, full of opportunities for mindfulness."-- Page 4 of cover.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Use the power of houseplants to combat the pollution and stresses of modern life.

Everyday products pollute the air in our homes, and our mental wellbeing is threatened like never before - but help is at hand from the humble houseplant!

Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research, this book reveals the 50 most life-enhancing houseplants and shows how they can actively purify the air, and improve your mental wellbeing through their colour, scent, habit, and nurturing needs.

Build a thriving collection of indoor plants to create a detoxifying, re-energising environment in the home, full of opportunities for mindfulness.

Includes index.

Let houseplants into your life -- Houseplants and modern living -- Houseplants and mental well-being -- Houseplants and air quality -- Engaging kids with houseplants -- Mood-enhancing plant colours -- Buying houseplants -- Where to position your plants -- Cultivating houseplants -- Houseplant heroes -- Top five ... Plants to calm and relax -- Plants to energise and enthuse -- Plants to cheer you up -- Plants to spark creativity.

"Everyday products pollute the air in our homes, and our mental well-being is threatened like never before--but help is on hand from the humble houseplant! Drawing on groundbreaking scientific research, this book reveals the 50 most life-enhancing houseplants and shows how they can actively purify the air and improve your mental well-being through their color, scent, habit, and nurturing needs. Build a thriving collection of houseplants to create a detoxifying, reenergizing environment in the home, full of opportunities for mindfulness."-- Page 4 of cover.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

David Domoney is a Chelsea Gold Medal-winning horticulturalist and TV presenter. In his professional career he has bought over 5 million indoor plants from all over the world for many leading garden retailers. A passionate advocate for the beneficial effects of plants on our physical and mental wellbeing, he lectures regularly on \"The Positive Power of Plants\" and \"Plants and Nature for Better Health\" and is Garden Ambassador for the mental health support charity SANE.