The Enchanted Greenhouse

By: Sarah Beth Durst

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies

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“Davies infuses the story with tenderness and playfulness, matching its themes of second chances, found family, and quiet courage. This wonderfully narrated romantic fantasy has just the right touch of whimsy.”—AudioFile

New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst invites you to her new standalone novel set in the world of The Spellshop! Follow her to The Enchanted Greenhouse, a cozy fantasy nestled on a faraway island brimming with singing flowers, honey cakes, and honeyed love.

Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and created a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she was turned into a wooden statue and tucked away into an alcove in the North Reading Room of the Great Library of Alyssium.

This should have been the end of her story. Yet one day, Terlu wakes in the cold of winter on a nearly-deserted island full of hundreds of magical greenhouses. She’s starving and freezing, and the only other human on the island is a grumpy gardener. To her surprise, he offers Terlu a place to sleep, clean clothes, and freshly baked honey cakes—at least until she’s ready to sail home.

But Terlu doesn’t want to return home, and as she grows closer with the unwittingly charming gardener, Yarrow, she learns that the magic that sustains the greenhouses is failing—causing the death of everything within them. Terlu knows she must help, even if that means breaking the law again.

This time, though, she isn’t alone. Assisted by Yarrow and a sentient rose, Terlu must unravel the secrets of a long-dead sorcerer if she wants to save the island—and have a fresh chance at happiness and love.

Funny, kind, and forgiving, The Enchanted Greenhouse is a story about giving second chances—to others and to yourself.

"Fans of Studio Ghibli's animated films will enjoy the way Caitlin Davies performs this enchanting story.... She knows how to complement the humor on the page with a colorful delivery."—AudioFile on The Spellshop

A Macmillan Audio production from Bramble Books.

©2025 Sarah Beth Durst (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

“As warm as it’s whimsical, The Enchanted Greenhouse is a beautiful, profoundly hopeful love letter to the magic of community.”—Sangu Mandanna, bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

“The perfect comfort-read to sink into!"—Stephanie Burgis, author of Wooing the Witch Queen

“This magical novel offers the reader a respite from cold reality, a balm of beauty and fragrance, and a spell of priceless enchantment.”—Jennifer K. Lambert, author of Never the Roses

Another cozy amazing book with a rough start

While the vibrant cozy writing style and stellar vocal performance are just as amazing as the original. However the first 3 hours are rough due to an over talkative isolated character so the majority of the text is the main character talking out loud or to herself extensively to just fill the silence per se which can becoming grating at times.

After that however the story quickly opens up to a full cast and quickly but naturally fleshes out. The call backs to the original book near the end also make you tear up a bit. Overall an amazing book that will make you hungry(literally) for more of the cozy yet vibrant writing.

Lighthearted and Magical Read

Great listen, such a fun series! Fingers crossed we get another that is a crossover between the two islands!

Dreamy plant-asy book

I loved the plants, the magic, the love, and the perfectly imperfect relationships.

Super duper pleasant!

Cute

Loved reading this magical story! It’s very whimsical and nice to escape to this other world!

Low stakes Fantasy. I love it

It's a sweet fantasy novel with low stakes. One of my new favorites, its comforting but still intriguing to make you want to hear what comes next.

Another GREAT cozy fantasy

If you liked Spellshop, you will love it 🫶🏻 I love the world that she has created and the characters she develops

Beautiful!

Loved it so much! The story and the characters were enchanted. I enjoyed every moment of it.

It was a sweet story

I was hoping the other story intertwined with this story a little more. would love to see a reunion with the spider plant.

Thoroughly enjoyable

The story was enjoyable and easy to follow. The performance by the reader was perfect.

A greenhouse any gardener would love is just a listen away

Story is cute, creative and enjoyable. Narrator did a great job at vocalizing each character and presenting the emotions along with the words.