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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Aug 18, 2020 · 56 min
Styling with Plants with Danae from Folia Collective
Danae from Folia Collective joins us for an AWESOME conversation on how to style our homes with plants!
Aug 11, 2020 · 55 min
100: 10 Planty Lessons Learned from 100 Episodes
We've reached 100 episodes! Today I'm joined by several of community members to reflect on lessons learned from their listening to 100 episodes, and my top 10 planty lessons learned from 100 episodes worth of interviews!
Aug 4, 2020 · 1 hr
Episode 99: How to Care for Ferns
Today I'm joined by Lisa from The Houseplant Guru to talk ALL THINGS FERNS: how to not kill them (and possibly actually have them thrive in your home), care, troubleshooting and best types for indoors!
Jul 31, 2020 · 3 min
Want to be Featured on the 100th Episode of BAGR! Tell me your favorite episode or lesson learned! (Instructions inside)
I want to feature our community and their favorite lesson learned from BAGR in our 100th episode! Instructions inside (also in show notes). I can't wait to hear from you!
Jul 29, 2020 · 18 min
Pruning Back to Inspire Growth: Thoughts on Transition
Plant friends: big announcement, WE’VE MOVED. I’ve been returning to the concept of pruning as I go through many unforeseen changes in life these days, the biggest being that Billy and I have moved out of our tiny NYC apartment in search of adventure and more space. Today I share the science behind pruning, and how it’s been helping me stay present and trust these sudden changes will all work out. I hope it helps you in your transitions and changes of 2020 as well!
Jul 21, 2020 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 97: Aha Moments from "Intro to Plant Science" with Dr Elle Barnes
Today I'm joined by Dr Elle Barnes, the teacher of my Intro to Plant Science Class at NYBG, to discuss all of the mind blowing "aha moments" I had throughout taking this class.
Jul 7, 2020 · 1 hr 24 min
Episode 96: Common Garden Pests with Nadia from Urban Farm Sista and Agricademy
Today Nadia joins us to discuss the common garden pests during the growing season and how to address them in our gardens and what she is doing with the Agricademy and how we can get involved
Jun 23, 2020 · 1 hr
95: Understanding Drainage and the Perched Water Table
I'm joined by my teacher from the NYBG Soil Science 101 class I took to discuss drainage for houseplants, the science behind bottom watering and the Perched Water Table!
Jun 10, 2020 · 20 min
Episode 94: Growing Together
On the heels of the #amplifymelanatedvoices initiative, we take pause to reflect on the national and international conversation happening. We hear excerpts from two episodes with two beautiful Black Plant People, Christopher from PlantKween and Colah from Black in the Garden, share inspiring stories about how the Plant Community rallied support the Black Lives Matters Movement, Maria and Bloom and Grow's commitments and end with a special poem and time for reflection.
May 26, 2020 · 58 min
93: The Wild World of Plant-Tube! (a Plant-tuber/Podcast Collaboration)
Today I'm joined by Becca de la Plants and 11 of your favorite plant-tubers to showcase the wild world of planty youtube and why we all need to be paying attention to the youtube plant community!
May 12, 2020 · 38 min
92: Begonias: Care, History and more!
Marc from NYBG joins me today to talk all things Begonias: different varieties, general care guidelines, history and more!
May 6, 2020 · 1 hr
Ep 91: 10 Tips for Edible Landscaping and Beginning Gardeners with My Mom!
My Mom joins us to share her 10 Tips for Edible Landscaping and Beginning Gardeners!
Apr 28, 2020 · 1 hr 7 min
Episode 90: Jane Perrone of On the Ledge
Today I'm FINALLY joined by Jane Perrone of On the Ledge podcast to talk about our experience in the plant podcasting space, her favorite houseplants and lots of wonderful planty conversation.
Apr 14, 2020 · 1 hr
Fundamentals of Vegetable Gardening
Today I give an overview of what I learned at the NYBG Fundamentals of Gardening Class and later am joined by Toby Adams, the director of the Edible Academy at the NYBG for an amazing overview of the fundamentals of vegetable gardening! If you are interested in growing your own food this season, this episode should not be missed!
Apr 7, 2020 · 33 min
Episode 88: Inspirational Stories and Ideas for Isolating Times:How to Help the Horticulture Industry Get Through
Today I've compiled a list of inspirational people and companies doing amazing things to help the horticultural industry (and world) during these trying times. This episode is meant to make you aware of several amazing movements that you might want to get involved with, and give you some fun educational resources to use with your quarantine downtime! I'm so inspired after learning about them!
Mar 31, 2020 · 55 min
Episode 87: My Fiancé Cared for My Plants for a Year While I was on Tour: Here’s What Happened
my Fiance, Billy, joins me to discuss his experience taking over the fulltime care of our 150 plants while I left to tour the country with Cats the Musical for the year!
Mar 24, 2020 · 56 min
Episode 86: Pause with Plants to Release Stress and Increase Calm with Brittany from the Pause with Plants Podcast
Brittany from the Pause With Plants Podcast joins us today to talk about how to use our plant babies to help us destress!
Mar 18, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min
Episode 85: Historic Black Plant People and Top 5 Favorite Plants from Africa
Today Colah B Tawkin from the Black in the Garden Podcast joins us to talk about historic Black Plant People, her top 5 houseplants that originate from Africa and more!
Mar 3, 2020 · 55 min
African Violets 101 with Lisa from @houseplantguru
Lisa from Houseplant Guru joins today to give us the care guide for African Violets- but these are not your grandma's African Violets, Plant Friends!
Feb 26, 2020 · 41 min
Bonus Episode! Herbal Mixology with Gardenuity, Katy Trail Vodka and HD Liquid Catering
listen in on the live panel we had at the evening of Herbal Mixology hosted by Gardenuity in Dallas! We talk all aspects of how botanicals can be used in drinks: how they are used to make liquor/spirits, how to grow them and harvest them for a cocktail and how to incorporate them in creative ways in your cocktail of choice!

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

Styling with Plants with Danae from Folia Collective

100: 10 Planty Lessons Learned from 100 Episodes

Episode 99: How to Care for Ferns

Want to be Featured on the 100th Episode of BAGR! Tell me your favorite episode or lesson learned! (Instructions inside)

Pruning Back to Inspire Growth: Thoughts on Transition

Episode 97: Aha Moments from "Intro to Plant Science" with Dr Elle Barnes

Episode 96: Common Garden Pests with Nadia from Urban Farm Sista and Agricademy

95: Understanding Drainage and the Perched Water Table

Episode 94: Growing Together

93: The Wild World of Plant-Tube! (a Plant-tuber/Podcast Collaboration)

92: Begonias: Care, History and more!

Ep 91: 10 Tips for Edible Landscaping and Beginning Gardeners with My Mom!

Episode 90: Jane Perrone of On the Ledge

Fundamentals of Vegetable Gardening

Episode 88: Inspirational Stories and Ideas for Isolating Times:How to Help the Horticulture Industry Get Through

Episode 87: My Fiancé Cared for My Plants for a Year While I was on Tour: Here’s What Happened

Episode 86: Pause with Plants to Release Stress and Increase Calm with Brittany from the Pause with Plants Podcast

Episode 85: Historic Black Plant People and Top 5 Favorite Plants from Africa

African Violets 101 with Lisa from @houseplantguru

Bonus Episode! Herbal Mixology with Gardenuity, Katy Trail Vodka and HD Liquid Catering