Grow: A Family Guide to Plants and How to Grow Them

Discover 15 extraordinary plants and fungi with life-changing powers in Grow: A Family Guide to Plants and How to Grow Them, an inspiring introduction to the wonderful world of gardening and plant science.

Meet fascinating species from around the globe, uncover their surprising family ties (did you know the tasty tomato is related to deadly nightshade?), and explore remarkable stories from the natural world, including how lettuce became the first plant grown in space.

Along the way, young readers will discover how plants shape our lives, support ecosystems, and help make the world greener and healthier.

Then put your new knowledge to work. With clear, step-by-step instructions for growing and caring for each featured plant, this beautifully illustrated guide makes gardening approachable for families, whether they have a large backyard garden or a single sunny windowsill.

Written by horticulturalist Riz Reyes and brought to life with stunning illustrations by Sara Boccaccini Meadows, Grow is a joyful celebration of plants, curiosity, and discovery for families everywhere.

Rizaniño 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 at age seven. 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 color, 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 watercolor, gouache, and ink pen, and inspired by the great outdoors, has won her an audience of a quarter of a million followers on Instagram.