http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/bloomandgrowradio/BG087.mp3   My Fiance, Billy, joins me today to give you the inside scoop on what the last year has looked like for us. As most of you know I left home for an entire year to travel with Cats the Musical, and Billy was left to care for all of our 150 plants […]

  http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/bloomandgrowradio/Episode_86-_Pause_with_Plants_-_3-23-20_5.26_PM.mp3     Brittany Gowan, the plant lady behind @ihavethisthingwithurbanjungles on IG and the Pause with Plants Podcast has been a #plantfriendIRL for a while now and a lovely lady. She has been practicing and teaching her Pause with Plants Method and we thought today would be the perfect time to discuss how to […]

  http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/bloomandgrowradio/Episode_85-_Historic_Black_Plant_People_-_31720_12.56_PM.mp3   I’m excited to have another podcaster join me today on the podcast! Today we welcome Colah B Tawkin of the Black in the Garden Podcast who created the podcast to bring more of a voice and presence for the stories and voices of Black Gardeners and Plant People, she says it’s the […]

    http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/bloomandgrowradio/BG084.mp3   African Violets are having a comeback, plant friends! You heard it here first. I know a lot of people feel like African Violets are their “grandma’s houseplants”, but this flowering gesneriad brings cute fuzzy leaves and bright, multi-colored blooms to the tropical landscape of our urban jungles. What’s not to love! […]

  http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/bloomandgrowradio/Herbal_mixology_panel_edit_-_2-25-20_1.46_PM.mp3   Thrilled to be bringing you the audio from the Live Taping on Herbal Mixology done in 2019 in Dallas at the Gardenuity HQ! The entire evening was built around my two favorite things: herbs and drinks! We had an amazing panel of female founders talking about how liquor and spirits are made […]

http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/bloomandgrowradio/BG082.mp3   I’m in Canada and connected some my favorite Canadian plant friends for a fun discussion on the winter months (while we are in the midst of a cold Toronto December). Today I have Darryl from @houseplantjournal and Jaz from @gardenstead to not only discuss how to care for our plants the winter months, […]

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/bloomandgrowradio/BG081.mp3   Today Leslie Halleck (“Her Highness of Horticulture”) joins me again to talk about the topic I was most excited to cover this season: ROOTS (or as we call it “root-ology”. We spend so much time thinking about the “above soil” section of the plant, and often times, disregard the unbelievable root structure underneath […]

Plant Friends! Last year’s “Maria’s Favorite Things” was such a success, I decided to release another “Maria’s Favorite Things” Gift Guide  for the 2019 Holiday Season. I love highlighting small businesses who are making amazing products for our community. It’s been so fun getting to know so many of these businesses and business owners as […]

http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/bloomandgrowradio/BG080.mp3 Today I speak with several people about various aspects of laws around plants- whether it’s importing plants from abroad or seeking to patent plants in the states. First we hear a tale from a friend of the show, Alessia from @apartmentbotanist, about how the USDA seized a plant that was illegally shipped to her. […]

    http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/bloomandgrowradio/BG079.mp3 Thrilled to have the OG Botanical Bro of Bloom and Grow Radio, Chris Satch back today to discuss a very hot topic- Variegation. What the heck is it, why does it occur and how can we foster and encourage it in our plants. I love when Chris comes on the show because […]