The opposite of inspiration

This picture of my boyfriend's mouldy dead plant (anyone know the Latin) is the exact opposite of what I want to achieve. Now I know sometimes plants die after being given the best care by their owners but this one actually screamed help me when I walked in the door.

On the brighter side of life this is us two reading real gardening books in a fake living room in a real museum called Urbis.

Furniture by Ikea pretension by the Morley-Burgess Design Group.