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title: "How to Make a Plant Love You: Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart"
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price: "$83"
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# How to Make a Plant Love You: Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart

**Brand:** summer rayne oakes
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- **What is this?** How to Make a Plant Love You: Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart by summer rayne oakes
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How to Make a Plant Love You: Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐ 2.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    This is NOT a horticulture book and will NOT teach you how to make any houseplant love you
  

*by D***E on Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2022*

The main problem with this book is the title, which is very misleading. I'm 2/3 of the way through this book, and so far, it has absolutely nothing to do with how to take care of houseplants. It would be more aptly named "A Review of My Fabulous Travels", "Why We Need Plants", or "I Heart Plants."Summer Rayne Oakes has spent most of the book describing her frequent trips to exotic locales. She saw a Philodendron while hiking in Costa Rica, and traveled to Thailand, Singapore, Mozambique, and many other fabulous destinations. Instead of simply including interviews of various prominent conservationists or horticulturalists, she has to place herself in the exotic locale, as well. Apparently, the airport in Singapore is to die for. I expect any page now she's going to fondly reminisce about the Dali Lama giving her the plant that currently resides on her coffee table. The unintended tone is a brag book of vacations, sans photos, when I just came here to learn how to keep houseplants alive. She single handedly, heroically, saved a Bryophyllum delogoense, or "maternity plant" from an abandoned building. How? I have no idea. it would sure be nice to know exactly how to save a neglected plant, but instead the vignette is a warm remembrance of how she obtained a plant in her bedroom.Part of the book is devoted to her imagining herself as a tree, burrowing her toes as roots into the soil, or wondering if a tree loses its "treeness" when it falls.. In fact, too much of the book is devoted to herself, her feelings, thoughts, imagination, travels, and her saving plants. She just barely touches on some fascinating conservation efforts, such as the Mezimbite Forest Centre in Mozambique, but rather than describe in detail the work, it's more of another destination she's checked off a travel log.I've skimmed forward the last few pages, and there is nothing, absolutely nothing, on growing houseplants. I don't care where the author has traveled, and anyone who buys this book doesn't need to be convinced of the value of plants.If this book had a more honest title, then it might be enjoyable. As it is, as a buyer, I feel disappointed.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    This highly anticipated book is finally here!
  

*by M***S on Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2019*

If you have been following Summer as long as I have, you understand the torture of anticipation as I waited for my pre-sale purchase of "How To Make A Plant Love You" to be shipped and delivered. My plan was to read this immediately and write a review, but, unfortunately, my region of South Louisiana has been devastated by by back to back flooding and a major hurricane within a few weeks time, so my "downtime" has been almost non existent. And, to add to the strife of these already difficult times, my hundreds of plants, including houseplants, have suffered too. Finally being able to finish this book encouraged me to keep going and have faith in my botanical abilities to get everything thriving again.As much as Summer has enriched my inner plant loving soul, I feel like it would be disrespectful to offer anything less than an honest review of her first book.This book is many things beneath it's covers...part memoir, part info manual, part inspirational guidance, etc, etc... Even the technical aspects were written with an eloquence that could only come from an intense passion for it's subject.To my surprise, and slight disappointment, there are no photos in this book. This was not a huge issue for me since I follow Summer's videos and see her beautiful botanical capabilities almost on a daily basis. Although, her passion comes through the pages and captivates the reader in a way that makes you forget the lack of photos.I suspect, and look forward to, this being the beginning of Summer taking on the new title of "Best Selling Author"... hopefully with many more books to come...

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A perspective that invites sensitivity, appreciation and depth for the plant world
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2019*

I think I can speak for a lot of people that Summer Rayne, through her book and her postings on YouTube and Instagram, has not only changed my perspective on plants, but has made me appreciate and understand them on a whole other level. She’s like the female equivalent of David Attenborough—but for the plant world!Her enthusiasm is infectious on screen and in person. But what I loved most about “How to Make a Plant Love You” is the sensitivity she strikes in the book. Some people may initially think that her book is strictly a practical guide, like a lot of what she covers on her YouTube or Houseplant Masterclass, but this actually in a way goes deeper than that and I would say gives me a deeper insight into who she is as a person.She somehow manages to elegantly and eloquently bring in personal stories together with science-based information and stats and common sense knowledge and tie it all together into a really neat bow. When I finally read/listened to the entirety of her book (I should note that I actually got both the physical book and the audible version because I sometimes have trouble reading, and the audio version is really well executed too), I didn’t think it was going to be what it was, and then I realized after having gone through it, I got so much more out of it. Thank you for putting out such great information and writing.

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