Plants Are Speaking. Are You Listening?
A newly released book by Linda Langelo
What if plants were offering us more than beauty, shade, color, and food? What if the garden was also a place of connection, healing, intuition, and quiet wisdom?
In Plants Are Speaking. Are You Listening?, Linda Langelo invites readers to step beneath the surface of the garden and explore a deeper relationship with the plant world. Through her unique perspective as a Colorado State University Horticulture Specialist, lifelong gardener, educator, and plant lover, Linda shares deeply personal experiences of connecting with plants and listening to what they reveal.
Beneath the Surface: Connecting with Plants
For Linda, the garden has always been more than a beautiful outdoor space. It is a place of balance, grounding, renewal, and peace. Her connection with plants has shaped not only her personal life, but also her career in horticulture, education, and landscape consulting.
Linda brings a rare and intuitive perspective to the plant world. Much like Temple Grandin describes seeing what animals need, Linda experiences plants through visual impressions — seeing where they want to be placed, what they need in the landscape, and how a space can be brought into greater harmony.
Through this book, Linda shares those personal experiences while also exploring the idea that plants are more than their outward form. They offer beauty, nourishment, energy, awareness, and connection. With insight from science, research, and real-life observation, Plants Are Speaking. Are You Listening? encourages readers to consider how connecting with plants can support healing, calm the mind, and help us feel more rooted in the natural world.
What Readers Are Saying
“Linda’s knowledge of the plant world goes way beyond the do’s and don’ts of everyday gardening and horticulture. She connects with Nature in ways that could help all of us be more present and positive. Very interesting read!“
“This portal of understanding brings such depth to the interconnections of living and growing that surrounds us.“
About the Book
Plants Are Speaking. Are You Listening? is an invitation to look at gardens, landscapes, and the plant kingdom in a new way.
Linda writes for plant lovers, gardeners, nature seekers, and anyone who has felt a deep emotional connection to the living world around them. She explores the bond people form with their gardens — the joy of waiting for a favorite plant to bloom, the peace found in tending the soil, and the sense of loss felt when a beloved plant is damaged or gone.
This book asks readers to slow down, observe more closely, and listen with both knowledge and intuition. It is a thoughtful blend of horticulture, personal reflection, science, spirituality, and the emotional connection many people feel with plants but may not always know how to explain.
Who This Book Is For
This book is for gardeners, plant lovers, nature enthusiasts, spiritual seekers, and anyone who believes there is more to the natural world than what we see on the surface.
Whether you are an experienced gardener, a curious beginner, a landscape professional, or someone who simply feels restored by being outdoors, Linda’s words will encourage you to experience plants in a more meaningful way.
Plants Are Speaking. Are You Listening? is especially for those who find comfort in their gardens, feel emotionally connected to plants, or want to better understand the relationship between people, landscapes, and the living world.
A Message from Linda
My garden is a place that keeps me balanced and out of chaos. It recharges my energy, grounds me, and calms me.
Through this book, I want to share my unique experiences in connecting with plants beneath the surface. I want readers to understand that plants are more than their outward form and beauty. They have so much more to offer us when we are open to listening.
By sharing personal experiences, horticultural knowledge, and examples from science and research, my hope is to inspire others to build their own connection with plants and discover how meaningful that relationship can be in their lives.
Get In Touch!
Have a question about your garden, an idea for the podcast, or a consulting project in mind? Send a note — Linda reads every message.