Into Green

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.

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