How to Grow
Nurture Your Garden, Nurture Yourself
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Narrated by:
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Marcus Bridgewater
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Marcus Bridgewater
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“Garden Marcus is not only a trove of information if you’re looking to flex your green thumb, but a balm for the chaos happening in the world.”—Vogue
“Bridgewater’s planting tips are just as valuable when applied to life.”—The Root
In this transformative guide, TikTok’s most popular gardener, Marcus Bridgewater—aka Garden Marcus—offers lessons for growth rooted in lessons from the plant world to help cultivate the soul.
Marcus Bridgewater has been compared to Bob Ross and Mister Rogers for his soothing TikTok videos that relate botany to humanity. A gardener “who shares tips about caring for one’s plants and oneself” (New York Times) and “is not only a trove of information if you’re looking to flex your green thumb, but a balm for the pandemic-induced chaos happening in the world” (Vogue), his soothing observations on plants and life have made him a social media star. In caring for over 600 plants, Marcus has gained invaluable wisdom. Life inside us yearns to grow; like plants, humans maximize their potential when presented with the right conditions. Through care and attention, he reminds us, we can successfully cultivate growth.
Centered on a trinity of wellbeing—Mental Health, Physical Fitness, and Spiritual Awareness, How to Grow weaves together insights from the garden with stories from Marcus’s life to help you foster personal development. With lessons rooted in his experiences gardening—from how a replanted flourishing sweet potato vine is a reminder that all living things benefit from a change of scene, to how to embrace patience to foster growth—this inspiring guide helps you do “the dirty work” (pun intended) to discover kindness, patience, and positivity within. “We cannot make anything grow,” he advises. “But we can foster an environment where it may grow.”
How to Grow isn’t a gardening book. It is a self-help book that draws inspiration from the garden. Original, timely, and filled with nurturing wisdom, it takes perennial knowledge from plants to teach us about ourselves and opens our eyes to what we are capable of achieving.
©2022 Marcus Bridgewater (P)2022 HarperCollins PublishersWhat listeners say about How to Grow
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- Mo
- 2024-03-31
This is more than a book about gardening!
I'm currently not an avid gardener. I own 3 plants. but I chose this book because I knew it would have lessons to help bring me to a place of harmony with myself so I can be the best version of me and the best mom to my kids. And it did just that and more. This book stands out from other self-help books by that of not being from a place of privilege. Other books assume food security, access to healthcare, access to resources and privelages. Marcus makes you feel rich in the ability to practice wellness right where you are with all that you have. The advice proposed in his message feels accessible, relatable and achievable.
I found the delivery warm, non-condescending, and inviting. Also easy to focus on and not get distracted. Would read again and again. Can't wait for his next book!
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