Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Looking for free, natural ways to decrease stress and increase joy and calm in your life? The answer might be simpler than you think: houseplants, gardening and nature. On Growing Joy with Plants, learn alongside Happy Plant Lady, Maria Failla to care for plants, engage with nature, and use them to manage your overwhelm, anxiety and experience happiness and calm you thought was only available on vacation.Plant care is self care. Come grow some joy with us. Follow along on socials @growingjoywithmaria

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Nov 29, 2022 · 58 min
How to Adjust to Moving to a Different Garden Zone with Mama Failla
How do you tackle a different garden zone than what you’re used to? Moving can be a tremendous and significant change in our lives, with so much excitement and opportunities awaiting us in new places. However, for gardeners like us, it can mean a scary and stressful time starting from scratch with our gardens, especially in a completely different gardening zone. This is what Mama Failla, an expert gardener in Zone 7, had to learn and adapt to when she and Father Failla moved to a Zone 10, which
Nov 15, 2022 · 52 min
How To Keep Your Plants Alive While On Vacation
Are you worried about leaving your plants at home this holiday season? When I was constantly on the road for shows as a musical theater performer, I became a professional traveler and learned a lot of dos and don’ts when it comes to leaving your plant babies at home. The experience can be scary: it can make traveling—what is supposed to be exciting and relaxing—a time filled with anxiety. In this episode, I share many helpful tips you can start implementing on your plant collection so you can en
Nov 1, 2022 · 1 hr 14 min
Everyday Plant Magic with Rachael of Infinite Succulent
Do you believe in magic? When we were kids, it was so easy—almost natural—for us to believe in magic. There was a certain charm to casting spells, making potions, or even wishing on a random star on a starry night. For many of us, as we grew older and we found ourselves in different unexpected directions, we started to let go of our belief in magic. Fortunately, our plants are the best bridge to reconnecting us with this magic, with ourselves, with our curiosity, and even with things yet to be k
Oct 18, 2022 · 55 min
Plant Care for Earth Care with Farmer Nick
How can our plant hobby make this world a better place? For me, learning to care for plants was the gateway drug for becoming more aware of how much growth opportunity I had when it came to caring for the earth. I've discovered that there are so many ways to lead a sustainable life, especially with our plant care journey. In this episode, I invited back Nick Cutsumpas, aka Farmer Nick, to further guide us in making small shifts that have a big impact on our planet’s wellbeing.In this episode, we
Oct 4, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min
Heart Centered Gardening with Danielle LaPorte
Taking care of plants is putting our love into practice. Even if it’s not something we actively think about or do, this hobby of ours revolves around kindness, care, and deepening our love for ourselves, other people, and our planet. We lead with love when it comes to our plant collection, and there is no one else more perfect to talk about love than bestselling author, spiritual leader, fellow plant lady, and an inspiration to thousands of people everywhere, Danielle LaPorte.In this episode, we
Sep 20, 2022 · 1 hr 8 min
3 Easy DIY Houseplant Projects to Utilize Vertical Space
Are you running out of space for your plants? Growing your plant collection can be quite the challenge when all your countertops, tablespace and even floorspace have been populated with your plant babies. Don’t fret any longer, plant friends, as we got the most beautiful and mess-free DIY projects for you to make the most out of your vertical space at home! In this episode, learn alongside me as Erin Harding of @houseplantclub and @cleverbloom gives us step-by-step tutorials on three amazing yet
Sep 6, 2022 · 1 hr 3 min
Fall Gardening Tips with Joe Lamp'l
Did you know that fall is secretly one of the most wonderful gardening seasons? As we move into fall and the air starts feeling colder, you might be thinking that gardening season is well over. But good news, plant friends! Fall is an amazing time to extend your growing season and plant a different variety of edible plants. To guide us through this underrated gardening season, Joe Lamp’l of Joe Gardener joins me in a conversation and shares basic knowledge and tips for successful fall gardening.
Aug 23, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
Self-Care Through Plant Care
Plant care is self-care. We hear this phrase a lot these days and I just wrote a book entirely dedicated to this topic. If you are a plant parent, no matter what stage you are in, you know that this hobby is so much deeper than just making our home environments look beautiful; they are, frankly, about beautifying our internal worlds as well. Creating space and time for us to connect with nature and connect with ourselves. If you’ve been a longtime listener, you know this is my favorite topic to
Aug 16, 2022 · 6 min
What is Transpiration and Why is it Important for Our Plants? // Knowledge Nugget #6
As we are in the hottest month of the year for us northern hemisphere folk, I thought it was just fitting to share this little nugget of knowledge with you on transpiration and how water moves through our plants as we are likely watering our plants more than we ever have. In this Nugget of Knowledge, Garden Society's resident horticulturist Leslie Halleck gives a little more insight on a familiar yet essential aspect of caring for plants - understanding how they use and move water. I'm sure I'm
Aug 9, 2022 · 50 min
Houseplants that Bloom
Houseplants are celebrated for their amazing foliage, but I think we overlook an another amazing ability, a specific subcategory our favorite indoor plants have—the ability to bloom! Some people say we are intrinsically connected to flowers because way back when, they signified fruit. Personally, I just think they are joyful as hell with their bright colors and let's be frank, we all need a little more joy and color in our lives. To give us a better grasp of this beautiful subcategory, I've invi
Jul 26, 2022 · 1 hr 17 min
Intro to Essential Oils with Chris Satch
Plant friends, you probably know my brain broke a little bit last year when Dr Elle Barnes explained plant science and how the smells we know and love are actually something called VOCs, or volatile organic compounds, that plants use to communicate with each other. I had another mind-blowing experience as I researched my book Growing Joy and learned that scent and smell is one of the most powerful senses for memory and feeling. No wonder candles and essential oils are so popular! For this episod
Jul 18, 2022 · 7 min
How Often Should I Change My Propagation Vessel Water? // Knowledge Nugget #5
As plant parents, I'm sure you can agree with me when I say that propagation water situations can bring about SO many questions: Does it need to be changed? Why is it cloudy? Can I just leave it and reuse it? That is why I am so excited to bring this Ask our Horticulturist Anything, or AHA, snippet to you where Leslie Halleck, Garden Society's resident horticulturist, answers common propagation questions, including the best time to take cuttings off your mother plants. Learn along!Join the Bloom
Jul 12, 2022 · 1 hr 22 min
Engage Your Senses with Plants at the NYBG
When I started researching the plant/person connection for my book, Growing Joy, something that surprised me was how limited my view of the plant/person relationship was to sight and taste. I knew I could enjoy looking at my plants and when appropriate, eating the ones I grew, but I realized that I was disconnected from my other three senses when it came to my plant collection. This conversation with Marc Hachadourian is all about our senses and feelings with plants - taped live at the New York
Jun 28, 2022 · 56 min
How Our Community Grows Joy
Plant friends, the most awaited day is here: it's Growing Joy's Pub Day! To celebrate Growing Joy hitting the bookstores and to give thanks to the wonderful community behind Bloom and Grow, I've asked community members to share with us how plants help them grow joy. This episode is a wonderful reminder of what plants can do for us: from helping us learn about the world around us, to rediscovering our inner child, to guiding our healing may it be a spiritual, mental, or emotional, to building a c
Jun 26, 2022 · 2 min
NYC Plant Swap this Tuesday 6/28!!!
Join my Plant Swap & Book Launch Party at Greenery Unlimited!Tuesday 6/28 June 28thGreenery Unlimited in Brooklyn7-8 Plant Swap8-9 Cocktails by JuneShine and a book signing!It's totally free, just RSVP here Order my book! Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness (and Plants)
Jun 21, 2022 · 1 hr 10 min
Cultivating Curiosity with Plants with Tyler Thrasher
Plant friends, we are diving deep about how and why plants are such a fantastic tool for cultivating curiosity. Beyond making my home look beautiful, the greatest gift plants have given me is reinvigorating my connection with the natural world, and my inner student and child. As kids, we are blessed with this childlike wonder that gets so easy to lose touch with as we grow older, and plants bring that back to us. Our guest, Tyler Thrasher, is just the kind of person to learn how to cultivate cur
Jun 15, 2022 · 6 min
LIVE NY & Philly Events PLUS an AMAZING Giveaway!
Lots of free online and IRL events happening in the world of Bloom & Grow! The Cultivating Happiness Giveaway happening on IG through June 16thDetails to enter at @bloomandgrowmaria on IG Urban Jungle PHILLY Event THIS FRIDAY June 17th at 6 pm RSVP HERENYC Plant Swap and Launch Party at Greenery Unlimited June 28th at 7 pmRSVP HEREPre-order your copy of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness (and Plants) Here! - hitting bookstores on June 28th!
Jun 14, 2022 · 10 min
Does Isolating Plants and Castile Soap Actually Work? // Knowledge Nugget #4
There is so much confusion on the internet and so many different contrasting practices around how to treat fungus gnats and what to do with a plant when you bring it home. Some people insist on isolating plants for two weeks, some people dismiss that practice. Some people say to sprinkle cinnamon on the soil surface to combat fungus gnats, some say completely swap new soil. One of our Society members, Barbara, asked about whether or not castile soap works and if we really need to isolate our pla
Jun 7, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
How to Make Terrariums, Paludariums and Vivariums
Terrariums have played a huge role in my plant collection and life. I recently created a good luck terrarium to bring into the recording studio to record my audiobook for Growing Joy: The Plant Lover’s Guide to Cultivating Happiness (and Plants) and had such a special experience planting up this tiny mason jar terrarium, filling it with special plants, stones and crystals, and carrying it in my backpack around NYC while I fulfilled this dream of recording my audiobook. Terrarium guru, Patricia o
May 17, 2022 · 44 min
Popular and Unique Aroids to Try this Summer with Enid of NSE Tropicals
Aroids have always been fascinating, with their different leaf shapes, structures, and texture, it's no surprise that this set of plants is only growing more and more popular today. In this episode, we welcome back the queen of the aroids, Enid from NSE Tropicals, to discuss five popular and unique aroids to try growing this summer! Enid is just such a well of knowledge on more unusual aroids and she shares some more unique types that we might want to introduce to our collections. This episode i

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

How to Adjust to Moving to a Different Garden Zone with Mama Failla

How To Keep Your Plants Alive While On Vacation

Everyday Plant Magic with Rachael of Infinite Succulent

Plant Care for Earth Care with Farmer Nick

Heart Centered Gardening with Danielle LaPorte

3 Easy DIY Houseplant Projects to Utilize Vertical Space

Fall Gardening Tips with Joe Lamp'l

Self-Care Through Plant Care

What is Transpiration and Why is it Important for Our Plants? // Knowledge Nugget #6

Houseplants that Bloom

Intro to Essential Oils with Chris Satch

How Often Should I Change My Propagation Vessel Water? // Knowledge Nugget #5

Engage Your Senses with Plants at the NYBG

How Our Community Grows Joy

NYC Plant Swap this Tuesday 6/28!!!

Cultivating Curiosity with Plants with Tyler Thrasher

LIVE NY & Philly Events PLUS an AMAZING Giveaway!

Does Isolating Plants and Castile Soap Actually Work? // Knowledge Nugget #4

How to Make Terrariums, Paludariums and Vivariums

Popular and Unique Aroids to Try this Summer with Enid of NSE Tropicals