Growing Joy, Maria Failla
Growing Joy, Maria Failla
List: $17.99 | Sale: $12.59
Club: $8.99

Growing Joy
The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness (and Plants)

Author: Maria Failla

Narrator: Maria Failla

Unabridged: 4 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/28/2022


Synopsis

Discover the power of plants to help you disconnect from the stress and anxiety of modern life and grow more joy in your world. Filled with practices to help plant lovers step away from their screens and cultivate delight and peace of mind with plants, Growing Joy is your guide to transforming plant care into self-care. In easy to read, light-hearted chapters, author Maria Failla, host of the beloved podcast Bloom and Grow Radio, explores the science behind our love of plants and shares how that humble aloe plant on your windowsill can unlock a world of wellness and delight. With ideas and tips both big and small?from simply making a habit of looking at a plant before looking at a screen in the morning to creating a plant-infused restorative retreat in your home?Growing Joy will help you create a meaningful wellness practice rooted in nature and connection. And of course, there?s some plant care tips in there too to make sure both you and your green friends thrive! Whether you?re a plant parent pro or the anxious owner of a single, not-dead-yet succulent, Growing Joy will help you reconnect with yourself, bring more smiles to your face and peace in your heart, and inspire a lifelong relationship with plants that will keep you blooming and growing.

About Maria Failla

Maria Failla is a New York-based plant-killer-turned-happy-plant-lady on a mission to make the world a kinder and greener place by helping everyone successfully care for houseplants. A former Broadway performer, she now uses her voice to help her community of thousands of plant friends care of their plants successfully through the Bloom and Grow Radio Podcast, Youtube Channel, and Garden Party Community Platform.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ugnė on April 12, 2023

Knyga pradedantiesiems augalų augintojams, kuriems greta konkrečių patarimų, kaip ką laistyti ir kur laikyti, dar reikia paskatinimo ir padrąsinimo. Draugiška ir optimistiška, vietomis gal netgi perdėm, orientuota į nuostatų augalų atžvilgiu ugdymą ir skatinanti per augalus žiūrėt į save. Jei norisi......more

Goodreads review by Agnė on April 28, 2023

Tebūnie, pasiduodu, neprisiverčiu perskaityti iki galo. Kam ši knyga galėtų patikti? Žmogui, nutolusiam nuo gamtos, norinčiam namus pagyvinti žaluma, sulėtinti gyvenimo tempą, daugiau laiko praleisti lauke, gamtoje, pastebėti tiek kambarinių, tiek lauko augalų grožį ir taip sumažinti patiriamą stresą......more

Goodreads review by Eirimė|Pusvalandis tylos on November 21, 2022

Nuostabi knyga, pilna džiaugsmo, gėrio ir meilės. Auginti geles verta ne tik dėl grožio, bet ir savo vidinio gerbūvio. Skaitant knygą, užsidega meilė augalams, noras juos puoselėti, jais rūpintis. Supranti, kokie jie gali būti kartais trapūs ar kaip tik tvirti lyg medžiai. Tai knyga apie gamtą, apie......more

Goodreads review by CallahansBooks on June 23, 2022

A book of inspiration to help you make like a tree, and grow! What I loved about ‘Growing Joy’ is its focus on self-help *through* something: myriad mental & emotional benefits are the byproduct of a healthy interest in plants. It gives you something to do while working on yourself. There’s a calming......more

Goodreads review by Kris on May 13, 2022

Growing Joy is a book for plant lovers at any stage of their love affair with plants. In a fantastically relatable and conversational style, Maria Failla explores ways in which plants, and nature, can foster well-being in our hectic, over-stimulated human lives. She explores the outdoors, the home,......more