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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Jun 18, 2019 · 41 min
A Plants Journey from Grower to Your Home with Mickey Hargitay
Mickey from the Hollywood based Mickey Hargitay plants joins us to discuss houseplant trends over the last four decades and a plant journey from being grown at a grower to plant shop to our homes.
Jun 11, 2019 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 64: Propagation 101 with Leslie Halleck
Leslie Halleck returns to Bloom and Grow Radio after her successful series on Understanding Natural Light to talk PROPAGATION!
Jun 4, 2019 · 56 min
Container Gardening 101 with Kevin from Epic Gardening
Kevin from Epic Gardening joins me for a fun conversation on indoor vs outdoor gardening and container gardening 101 for houseplant parents who might want to take their first step to growing edibles!
May 28, 2019 · 1 hr 1 min
Live Taping in Tucson! Living with Plants in the Desert!
Our live taping in Tucson with a panel discussing living and styling houseplants in the desert!
May 24, 2019 · 8 min
We are now on Patreon and I wanted to tell you why
Maria shares why Bloom and Grow Radio is now on Patreon- and how and why you should become a "Plant Friend" of the show!
May 23, 2019 · 32 min
How to Move with Plants
Maria shares tips about how to move homes with houseplants! Tips come from Maria herself and the Bloom and Grow Community! Full blog and youtube video with all details associated with this episode in show notes!
Apr 30, 2019 · 1 hr 3 min
Live Taping! DIY Succulent Crowns with Infinite Succulent
Rachael from Infinite Succulent joins Maria at a live taping in San Diego to make living Succulent Crowns!
Apr 23, 2019 · 57 min
Live Taping! How to Cultivate Healthy Plant Community: Online and IRL
First Live Taping of BAGR with Folia Collective and Work Hard Plant Hard on the wonderful work of online and IRL plant community
Apr 16, 2019 · 50 min
How to Identify a Plant with No Name Tag
Summer Rayne comes back on the show to help us navigate that tricky moment when we are plant shopping and find a plant we want to take home... but have no idea what type of plant it is.
Apr 9, 2019 · 55 min
Pollinators and Native Bees
Dave from Crown Bees joins us to discuss what pollinators are, why bees are so important and why the honey bee might not be the most effective pollinator out there.
Apr 2, 2019 · 44 min
Community Episode: Plant Fail Lessons
Today's episode features YOU, the listeners, who called in to share their lessons learned from their own #plantfail . This episode is meant to show you that everyone has plant fails, and that they are actually an important learning opportunity for every plant parent!
Mar 27, 2019 · 2 min
Seattle Plant Friend Meet up announced for THIS SATURDAY!
Not an episode- but invite for local Seattle Plant Friends to come to a Bloom and Grow Radio Listener Meet up!
Mar 19, 2019 · 12 min
Plant Side Chat: Lessons Learned in the Redwood Forest
A short and sweet episode in my Plant Side Chat series about what I experienced visiting the Redwood Forest for the first time.
Mar 12, 2019 · 55 min
Plant Latin 101
Chris Satch comes back on the show to demystify plant latin, why it's so important for us to understand and the fun history behind it!
Feb 26, 2019 · 50 min
Episode 53: Plants IRL aka Nature and Monstera Talk
Today’s guest caught my eye on social media because of his incredible travel itinerary and his obvious passion for finding the plants we know and love as houseplants, in their natural habitats around the world.
Feb 19, 2019 · 51 min
Episode 52: Soil Aeration and Thriving vs Surviving in a Low Light Home
Darryl from Houseplant Journal joins us to discuss the important of soil aeration and how to have plants in a low light environment.
Feb 12, 2019 · 48 min
Episode 51: Tips for Living with a “Crazy Plant Person” with Billy!
Plant Friends, you’ve heard me talk about my “Plant Co Parent” on this podcast, you’ve seen in him in our Botanicals and Booze Happy Hour Insta-stories, or maybe in our most recent Wallygro Install insta-story, and now, it’s time for me to officially introduce to the love of my life, and “partner in plants,” Billy Morrissey, to you. This past year and a half has been big for me with leaving my Plant Killer Ways and becoming a Crazy Plant Lady, but it’s also been a whirlwind for my live in boyfri
Feb 5, 2019 · 47 min
Episode 50: Maranta, Calathea and Stromanthe 101
with Marc Hachadourian NYBG Marc joins us today to educate on where the plants that make up the Marantaceae family come from, how to care from them indoors and troubleshoots our listener questions!
Jan 29, 2019 · 12 min
Season 3 Intro: Announcements and an Invitation to be featured in Season 3!
Updates and exciting announcements about Season 3 and an invitation (and instructions) for YOU to be featured in an upcoming episode!
Jan 8, 2019 · 31 min
Episode 49: Plant Parent Lessons Learned in 2018
Happy News Years! Today I’m reviewing the lessons I’ve learned in all of the incredible conversations I’ve had over the 49 episodes of Bloom and Grow Radio. Man, I have learned so much!

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

A Plants Journey from Grower to Your Home with Mickey Hargitay

Episode 64: Propagation 101 with Leslie Halleck

Container Gardening 101 with Kevin from Epic Gardening

Live Taping in Tucson! Living with Plants in the Desert!

We are now on Patreon and I wanted to tell you why

How to Move with Plants

Live Taping! DIY Succulent Crowns with Infinite Succulent

Live Taping! How to Cultivate Healthy Plant Community: Online and IRL

How to Identify a Plant with No Name Tag

Pollinators and Native Bees

Community Episode: Plant Fail Lessons

Seattle Plant Friend Meet up announced for THIS SATURDAY!

Plant Side Chat: Lessons Learned in the Redwood Forest

Plant Latin 101

Episode 53: Plants IRL aka Nature and Monstera Talk

Episode 52: Soil Aeration and Thriving vs Surviving in a Low Light Home

Episode 51: Tips for Living with a “Crazy Plant Person” with Billy!

Episode 50: Maranta, Calathea and Stromanthe 101

Season 3 Intro: Announcements and an Invitation to be featured in Season 3!

Episode 49: Plant Parent Lessons Learned in 2018