Grow: A first guide to plants and how to grow them

Description

Discover 15 plant 'heroes', explore their superpowers and learn how to grow them. Grow BEAUTY. Grow COMPANIONSHIP. Grow FLAVOUR. Grow PLANTS! Discover 15 plants and fungi with heroic powers, then learn how to grow them. Meet their surprising relatives (the tasty tomato is a cousin of deadly nightshade!) and unearth their interesting histories (lettuce was the first vegetable to be grown in space!). Then follow step-by-step instructions to grow and care for each one, whether you have a big backyard garden or a sunny windowsill. Written by horticulturalist Riz Reyes and fully illustrated by Sara Boccaccini Meadows, this is the perfect introduction to growing plants for families everywhere.

Rizanino Reyes is a horticulturalist, speaker and educator. Growing up in the Philippines, Reyes spent his childhood on a fruit plantation managed by his father before moving to the Pacific Northwest aged 7. Upon arrival in the United States, Reyes learned the names of the new and strange flowers and continued to nurture his love of horticulture - "the art and science of plants" - at the University of Washington. Of his work, he says he hopes to inspire more young people, "especially people of colour, to be involved with interacting with nature and learning about the environment... If everyone did this, can you imagine what a beautiful world this could be?" Sara Boccaccini Meadows is a British-born illustrator based in Los Angeles. Her playful and illustrative work, created in watercolour, gouache and ink pen and inspired by the great outdoors, has won her an audience of a quarter of a million followers on Instagram.

This book has a place in all libraries and would make a perfect gift for a young gardening enthusiast. * Read Plus * This guide to plants and how to grow them is a thing of beauty * i News * An exceptionally good-looking volume * The Bookseller * Grow is described as a children's guide to plants and how to grow them, and it will absolutely appeal to young readers with an interest in the garden. All the same, I think it has a much broader appeal than just children. I think that readers of any age who want to grow their own plants and flowers but maybe don't know quite how or where to start would find this book accessible, informative, encouraging, and inspiring. * Reading Time *