Speaker 1: Hey, this is Summer rain Oaks, host of Bad Seeds.
Speaker 1: Our season just wrapped up, and if you want even
Speaker 1: more plant content, I wanted to recommend another podcast that
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Speaker 1: going to love the Growing Joy with Plants podcast, hosted
Speaker 1: by my longtime plant friend Maria Faiella. Growing Joy with
Speaker 1: Plants explores the plant person connection and teaches you how
Speaker 1: to care for plants successfully and cultivate joy in your
Speaker 1: life by doing so. Maria and I go way back.
Speaker 1: I was actually one of her first guests on her
Speaker 1: podcast five years ago when it used to be called
Speaker 1: Bloom and Grow Radio.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 1: If you don't know Maria, she is a plant killer
Speaker 1: turned happy plant lady with a contagious passion for houseplants, gardening,
Speaker 1: and nature. She also wrote the self help book Growing Joy,
Speaker 1: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness Now. I love
Speaker 1: that she asks questions for the least informed listener, and
Speaker 1: she keeps it light, informative, and full of good vibes.
Speaker 1: Growing Joy with Plants has episodes ranging from how to
Speaker 1: stop killing succulents, to gardening how to tutorials, to understanding
Speaker 1: the science of why plants make us happy. She even
Speaker 1: has a mini series on how to grow mushrooms. No
Speaker 1: matter what type of plant lover you are, there's an
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Speaker 2: only to care for plants successfully, but how to simply
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Speaker 2: and joy in our lives. I'm Maria, your new best
Speaker 2: plant friend, author of Growing Joy, the plant lover's Guide
Speaker 2: to Cultivating Happiness, speaker, podcaster, and most importantly, and epic
Speaker 2: plant killer turned happy plant lady. I'm a self development
Speaker 2: addict who realized that, after spending thousands on yoga retreats,
Speaker 2: juice lenses, and self development, the most effective tool for
Speaker 2: building a joyful relationship with myself and finding calm that
Speaker 2: I thought was reserved for vacations on the beach was
Speaker 2: in my simple and beautiful hobby of caring for houseplants
Speaker 2: and growing tomatoes in my gardener. On the growing Joy podcast,
Speaker 2: I host conversations about how to optimize your plant care
Speaker 2: with topics like how to stop healing your succulents, how
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Speaker 2: No matter what type of plant parent you are or
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