Into Green: Volume 1

“Brimful with accessible and inventive ideas, this beautiful book provides an inspiring and practical guide to fostering calm and connectedness.”

Auteur
Caro Langton and Rose Ray are the founders of plant design studio Ro Co @studio.roco and have a decade of experience in the indoor garden design business. They are the authors of best-selling houseplant care and styling bible House of Plants and the popular propagation guide Root Nurture Grow.

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Into Green is a meditative and engaging guide to help us reconnect with nature and tune in to the natural world around us

Contenu
Intentions
The who, why and how of the book
– Note reader from Caro
– Note to reader from Rose

Reconnect
Take new paths, discover yourself
– Introduction: unearth new pathways
– Slow down to reconnect
– Find your labyrinth
– Journal: grow a pocket garden
– Nature meditation: a neighbourhood pilgrimage

Reignite
Stir your energies, find peace within
– Introduction: sense your superpowers
– Walk auditory landscapes
– Have a conversation with silence
– Conjure mood with scent
– Reinterpreting nature: nostalgic aromatherapy (room sprays)
– Nature meditation: songs of the aurora

Wonder
From ordinary to extraordinary
– Introduction: notice the extraordinary in the ordinary
– See the world with new eyes
– Taste your neighbourhood
– A world within a flower
– Draw nature forms
– Nature meditation: the power of moss

Disappear
You are small, but the possibilities are infinite
– Introduction: Feel small and find awe
– Bathe in a forest
– Imagine landscapes
– Reinterpreting nature: ramble with the elements (seasonal drinks)
– Nature meditation: vibrate with the universe

Fail
Cultivate chaos, embrace the accidental
– Introduction: find beauty in chaos
– Try everything, make mistakes
– Grandma’s allotment
– Get to the middle ground moment
– Reinterpreting nature: re-wildflower your garden (seed bombs)
– Nature meditation: embrace natural disorder

Unlock
Welcome your feelings, foster hope
– Introduction: use your hands to unlock your feelings
– Turn the earth
– Nurture prickly pets
– Make miniature gardens
– Reinterpreting nature: microgreen gardening
– Mini nature meditation: start a garden

Renew
Appreciate authenticity, unearth truth
– Introduction: read old books, treasure old things
– Look out for strays
– Befriend an ancient tree
– Reinterpreting nature: refresh fabrics with food waste
– Mini nature meditation: life cycle of stars

Share
Open up, invite the world
– Introduction: the joy of giving
– Community and kindness
– Propagate and let go
– Reinterpreting nature: air-drying clay pots for gifting cuttings
– Mini nature meditation: the kinship of atoms

Retreat
Create your sanctuary
– Summary of how