Course 01
Reading Your Home
Every home has its own quiet climate — patches of strong light, pockets of dry heat, corners that never really warm up. This course teaches you to read those patterns before you bring a single plant through the door, so that the plants you choose are ones your home was already halfway ready to support.
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6 modules · about 54 min · 3 downloads
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What you'll be able to do
- Read a window's compass direction and predict roughly what kind of light it offers
- Judge how light quality changes with distance from a window and test it yourself with a simple hand-shadow check
- Spot drafts, vents, and temperature swings that quietly stress plants year-round
- Understand real humidity differences room to room, and which humidity fixes actually work
- Draw a simple map of your home's growing spots and match each one to plants suited for it
Modules
Windows and Compass Direction
What a window's compass direction tells you, and what it doesn't.
Light Bands by Distance
How light quality falls off the further you move from a window.
Drafts, Vents and Temperature
The invisible temperature swings that quietly stress plants.
Humidity Room by Room
Real humidity differences around the house, and what actually helps.
Mapping Your Home
Turning everything you've learned into a simple map of your space.
Right Plant, Right Place
Choosing a plant for a spot you already understand, not the other way around.
Downloads
Printable charts and cards for the fridge, the potting bench, or your phone.
Compass and Light Band Guide
A printable reference for reading window direction by hemisphere, plus the four light bands and how to test for them.
Home Mapping Worksheet
A blank worksheet for sketching your rooms and rating each candidate plant spot for light, drafts, and humidity.
Draft and Humidity Checklist
A room-by-room checklist for spotting drafts, vents, and cold glass, plus a plain guide to what actually raises humidity.