Every windowsill has a story. This one is told by the plants.
Meet Thai Constellation, a speckled Monstera who was once the most wanted plant in the country, then a bargain at four pounds fifty, and is now simply trying to grow some roots in a quiet kitchen. Beside her sit a Calathea who prays every night, a fiddle leaf with strong opinions about chairs, a Queen Anthurium who faints for effect, an Alocasia who insists she is not dying but dropping, and a Pothos who is very tired of being called unkillable.
Over one year, through a gnat uprising, a great deal of YouTube advice, a garden centre errand that goes wildly off plan, a thrips outbreak and a long, dark winter, the household discovers what every plant person eventually learns: it was never about having a green thumb.
 
Funny, tender and quietly wise, The Secret Life of Plants is a love letter to anyone who has ever bought one more plant, been told they're "bad at this," or decided they were simply too difficult to keep. It invites you to change the words you use, put down the guilt, and let living things grow.
Come and sit on the sill.