The plant library
What does your plant need today?
Trusted plant guides and bundles — written by real plant people to help you grow with confidence.
51 guides
Starter packs
Three guides each · save €10 · incl. VAT
New here, learning fast
The sprout person's pack
€35€45Save €10
Dramatic, but worth it
The monstera person's pack
€35€45Save €10
Thrives on neglect
The cactus person's pack
€35€45Save €10
Wants attention, daily
The fern person's pack
€35€45Save €10
Unkillable optimist
The pothos person's pack
€35€45Save €10
Always facing the light
The sunflower person's pack
€35€45Save €10
51 guides
guide
Plant myths, busted
Twenty houseplant myths, put on trial — with the true fact kept and the one thing to do instead.
€15
guide
Plant red flags
Twenty warning signs to check in the shop, before the till — the five-minute skill that saves you hundreds and keeps spider mites off the shelf you already love.
€15
guide
The €40 mistakes
The expensive divas you should skip first — and the cheap twin that teaches you the same skill for a tenth of the price.
€15
guide
The alocasia file
The honest dossier on the most beautiful plant that will make you doubt yourself, monthly — including the one page that stops you binning her alive.
€15
guide
The anthurium file
The plant everyone gets as a gift and nobody understands — starting with the fact that her flower is a leaf.
€15
guide
The bathroom & kitchen list
The moisture-lovers, room by room — free humidity, honestly rated.
€15
guide
The beginner's ten
The ten plants that actually live on my shelf — who they are, how they arrived, and the order a beginner should copy.
€15
guide
The begonia file
The collector's genus, honestly filed — three tribes, one white-dust villain, and the leaves that outshine the flowers.
€15
guide
The calathea file
The most dramatic plant in the shop, filed properly — the diva that folds up to pray every night.
€15
guide
The carnivorous plants starter file
Venus flytraps and sundews indoors — the most-wanted, worst-treated plants in the shop, filed properly. She's not a houseplant. She's a bog plant with special effects.
€15
guide
The dark room list
What actually survives a north-facing room — the honest buy list for the flat with one sad window.
€15
guide
The divas
The field guide to dramatic plants — why they act like they're dying when they aren't, and the one time per diva when it's real.
€15
guide
The dog person's plant list
Thirty dog-safe plants, scored and grouped by where they actually survive a dog — plus the one page that belongs on your fridge.
€15
guide
The fern file
The 350-million-year survivor that can't survive your living room — the honest fern dossier.
€15
guide
The ficus & rubber plant file
The rest of the ficus family, reviewed honestly — the weeping fig that faints at every change, and the rubber plant that forgives almost anything.
€15
guide
The fiddle leaf fig file
The honest review of the interior-magazine tree that punishes you for believing the photo.
€15
guide
The graveyard
Everything I've killed, filed by cause of death — and the exact lesson that would have saved each one.
€15
guide
The heatwave guide
The 35-degree week, survived — what heat actually does to a plant, and exactly what to do by the forecast.
€15
If a guide doesn't help you, I'll refund it — I've wasted enough money on plants for the both of us.
Quick answers
How do I get the guide?
Right after payment you land on a download page, and the link also arrives in your inbox. It's a PDF — read it on your phone, tablet, or print it.
Do I need an account?
No. Your email address is all it takes — that's where the download goes.
What if it's not for me?
Email hello@leafjournal.app within 30 days and you get your money back. No forms, no questions. I'd rather refund you than have you own a guide you don't use.
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Starter packs
Three guides each · save €10 · incl. VAT
New here, learning fast
The sprout person's pack
€35€45Save €10
Dramatic, but worth it
The monstera person's pack
€35€45Save €10
Thrives on neglect
The cactus person's pack
€35€45Save €10
Wants attention, daily
The fern person's pack
€35€45Save €10
Unkillable optimist
The pothos person's pack
€35€45Save €10
Always facing the light
The sunflower person's pack
€35€45Save €10
If a guide doesn’t help you, I’ll refund it — I’ve wasted enough money on plants for the both of us.
Quick answers
How do I get the guide?
Right after payment you land on a download page, and the link also arrives in your inbox. It's a PDF — read it on your phone, tablet, or print it.
Do I need an account?
No. Your email address is all it takes — that's where the download goes.
What if it's not for me?
Email hello@leafjournal.app within 30 days and you get your money back. No forms, no questions. I'd rather refund you than have you own a guide you don't use.