263-Growing Joy: How Plant Care Can Be Self Care, with Maria Failla
The joe gardener Show - Organic Gardening - Vegetable Gardening - Expert Garden Advice From Joe Lamp'l
Joe Lamp'l
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2022
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
If you have been gardening for any amount of time, you've experienced how being with plants can bring great joy. My guest this week, self-professed plant killer turned plant lady Maria Failla, has penned a book that explores how and why plants lift our spirits, and she's here to share the wellness benefits of raising houseplants and gardening.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Joe Gardner Show, the podcast all about gardening, where we cover |
| 0:08.7 | everything you need to know to grow like a pro, no experience required. |
| 0:13.1 | And now here's your guide, National Gardening Television Host, and the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, |
| 0:18.5 | Joe Lample. |
| 0:19.5 | Hi everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardner, and welcome to the Joe Gardner |
| 0:23.4 | Show. |
| 0:24.4 | You know, whenever we have an episode on a totally unique topic, I make a point of |
| 0:28.4 | saying so because, well, after 260 something episodes, it's exciting to have a totally |
| 0:33.6 | new topic to share. |
| 0:35.2 | And today is one of those days, almost three years ago, I did a podcast on growing indoors, |
| 0:40.9 | the basics of house plant care and maintenance, and that was with my friend Maria Fiella. |
| 0:46.0 | At that time, she was a New York City apartment dweller right in the heart of Manhattan. |
| 0:50.9 | She was a Broadway performer, a big time house plant parent, and a podcaster for her own |
| 0:55.6 | show called Bloom and Grow Radio, which is still very much alive and well. |
| 0:59.9 | Well, fast forward a bit, and along comes COVID and everything changes. |
| 1:04.3 | We all know that. |
| 1:05.7 | We're all impacted in some way, and Maria was certainly caught up in that in a big way. |
| 1:10.1 | She had some pretty dramatic changes that hit her head on. |
| 1:13.7 | But when light throws you lemons, you make lemonade, right? |
| 1:16.7 | And Maria did just that. |
| 1:18.2 | She doubled down on her podcasting efforts. |
| 1:20.4 | She had just secured a new book deal, ironically, all about the many parallels between growing |
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