WEBVTT - Check out the Growing Joy with Plants Podcast

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, this is Summer rain Oaks, host of Bad Seeds.

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<v Speaker 1>Our season just wrapped up, and if you want even

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<v Speaker 1>more plant content, I wanted to recommend another podcast that

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<v Speaker 1>I love. If you like plants and feeling good, you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to love the Growing Joy with Plants podcast, hosted

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<v Speaker 1>by my longtime plant friend Maria Faiella. Growing Joy with

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<v Speaker 1>Plants explores the plant person connection and teaches you how

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<v Speaker 1>to care for plants successfully and cultivate joy in your

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<v Speaker 1>life by doing so. Maria and I go way back.

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<v Speaker 1>I was actually one of her first guests on her

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<v Speaker 1>podcast five years ago when it used to be called

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<v Speaker 1>Bloom and Grow Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>If you don't know Maria, she is a plant killer

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<v Speaker 1>turned happy plant lady with a contagious passion for houseplants, gardening,

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<v Speaker 1>and nature. She also wrote the self help book Growing Joy,

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<v Speaker 1>The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness Now. I love

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<v Speaker 1>that she asks questions for the least informed listener, and

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<v Speaker 1>she keeps it light, informative, and full of good vibes.

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<v Speaker 1>Growing Joy with Plants has episodes ranging from how to

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<v Speaker 1>stop killing succulents, to gardening how to tutorials, to understanding

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<v Speaker 1>the science of why plants make us happy. She even

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<v Speaker 1>has a mini series on how to grow mushrooms. No

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<v Speaker 1>matter what type of plant lover you are, there's an

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<v Speaker 1>episode for you. Click over to Growing Joy with Plants

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<v Speaker 1>and subscribe and take a listen to the short trailer

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<v Speaker 1>to get to know Maria better.

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<v Speaker 2>The answer to a happier and calmer life might be

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<v Speaker 2>simpler than you think house plants and gardening. Come learn

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<v Speaker 2>how plant care can be your best tool for self

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<v Speaker 2>care on the Growing Joy podcast, where we learn not

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<v Speaker 2>only to care for plants successfully, but how to simply

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<v Speaker 2>and affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more calm

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<v Speaker 2>and joy in our lives. I'm Maria, your new best

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<v Speaker 2>plant friend, author of Growing Joy, the plant lover's Guide

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<v Speaker 2>to Cultivating Happiness, speaker, podcaster, and most importantly, and epic

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<v Speaker 2>plant killer turned happy plant lady. I'm a self development

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<v Speaker 2>addict who realized that, after spending thousands on yoga retreats,

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<v Speaker 2>juice lenses, and self development, the most effective tool for

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<v Speaker 2>building a joyful relationship with myself and finding calm that

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<v Speaker 2>I thought was reserved for vacations on the beach was

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<v Speaker 2>in my simple and beautiful hobby of caring for houseplants

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<v Speaker 2>and growing tomatoes in my gardener. On the growing Joy podcast,

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<v Speaker 2>I host conversations about how to optimize your plant care

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<v Speaker 2>with topics like how to stop healing your succulents, how

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<v Speaker 2>to care for hoya, and how do grow lights really

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<v Speaker 2>even work. But in addition to that amazing plant care education,

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<v Speaker 2>on the growing Joy podcast, we take it to the

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<v Speaker 2>next level with conversations about wellness through the lens of

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<v Speaker 2>plants with topics like herbalism, nature therapy, forest bathing, and more.

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<v Speaker 2>No matter what type of plant parent you are or

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<v Speaker 2>what type of nature based therapy that you're into, I

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<v Speaker 2>bet we've got an episode for it. Come grossome joy

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<v Speaker 2>with us with weekly episodes. The plant care is self

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<v Speaker 2>care on crowing Joy the podcast