Cynthia Stringham: "Curious About Gardening? Here's 3 Tips to Get Started from an Amateur-Turned-Professional"

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Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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What happens when a simple hobby takes root and ends up transforming your life? In this session, Cynthia Stringham shares her journey from amateur gardener to greenhouse owner and TV host—revealing how gardening became her "therapy," her business, and, most importantly. her way to connect with others. Discover why failure is part of the process, how to start small (even if you have zero experience), and the surprising life lessons that bloom when you get your hands in the dirt. Whether you’re a seasoned grower or just garden-curious, Cynthia’s honest stories and practical tips will inspire you to dig deeper—both in your garden and in yourself. Whether it's gardening or another hobby you want to explore, this session will inspire you to grow something new. FREEBIE for all: Spring Harvest Mix Planting & Grow Guide BONUS raffled off to All-Access Pass Holders: Local winner: $50 to 42nd Street Greenhouse OR Non-Local Winner: $50 to Heritage Mums Get the Basic Pass to watch and/or read each speaker session for free through Sunday, October 12th. Upgrade to the All-Access Pass for ad-free listening on a private podcast feed, + lifetime access to all content visual, audio, and written. Cynthia “Melon” Stringham is the passionate owner of 42nd Street Greenhouse in Millcreek, Utah, where she cultivates thousands of plants annually. She hosts PBS Utah’s Modern Gardener, sharing gardening tips and inspiring novice growers. In 2022, she and her husband revived the 42nd Street greenhouse’s 40-year legacy and launched and online plant company Heritage Mums, offering heirloom chrysanthemums. A lifelong gardener with a social media presence as Melon Monologues, Cynthia encourages growth, community, and some good times. FOLLOW ON IG FOLLOW 42ND STREET GREENHOUSE FOLLOW HERITAGE MUMS WEBSITE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Monica Packer. What you're about to hear is a session from my five-day online event going on right now,
0:06.2	The More for Mom's Conference. This event is for the mom who is ready for more in her happiness,
0:11.9	habits, health, home, and hobbies. Audio versions of each speaker session will only be available
0:17.1	on the public about progress feed through Sunday, October 12th. For ad-free video and
0:22.1	audio versions of all content, be sure to sign up for the basic or all-access pass before the
0:27.4	conference ends on October 12th. You can do so at aboutprogress.com slash more for moms. Now
0:33.4	on to our special session.
0:43.7	Thank you. on to our special session. Cynthia Stringham, welcome to the Moore for Mom's Conference.
0:47.4	Thanks so much, Monica, for inviting me. I'm so thrilled to be here.
0:51.0	Well, we are in real life, friends.
0:53.2	Yes.
0:53.3	I've learned so much from you over the years on the
0:55.3	topic we are going to discuss today. But the thing I love the most about your own journey with gardening
1:00.9	is that you weren't a professional from like day one. This was something that was a passion of
1:07.3	yours, a hobby for a very long time until it did turn into more of your profession,
1:11.5	which we'll hear more about today. But I wanted to begin with those amateur roots and how you got
1:16.2	started into gardening. So I kind of go back to my childhood. And my mom and dad, they were both
1:23.8	big gardeners. My mom was more into flower gardening, and my dad was a big
1:28.2	tiny vegetable gardener. And that is where I spent my childhood, barefoot, picking berries,
1:33.4	picking peas. And I loved it so much. And the irony to it is when I was in high school,
1:40.2	I actually wanted to go into landscape architecture. And I hate to admit this now, but during
1:45.1	that time, I was deterred by a lot of people saying that's not a great profession for a woman.
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