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Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Flower Power: How to Grow Cut Flowers All Season Long (for Beginners)

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, Wellness, Gardening, Leisure, Eco Therapy, Nature Therapy, Self Care, Health & Fitness, Houseplants, How To, Home & Garden, Mental Health, Plants

4.8912 Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

When I first got into gardening, I got very fixated on the food I could grow for myself, but what I’m realizing is growing flowers can be as appealing as growing food — and flowers, being the pollinator magnets they are, are crucial to a healthy garden and a healthy mind. I’ve been so curious about cut flower gardening and connected with this episode's guest on Clubhouse, and started picking her brain about what cut flowers I should try as an ultra beginner. Brooklyn's passion for plants, her sensitivity, and her knowledge are things I've been wanting to share with this community! We also share heartwarming stories about our mothers and the lessons they taught us. I hope this episode brings you joy, just like flowers do!Join the Bloom and Grow Garden PartyJoin us in the plantiest and kindest corner of the internet: our private community platform and app with dedicated conversation topics, quarterly meet ups, regional groups and the ability to find plant friends near you and so much more!Join the Garden Party and become a Plant Friend!Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast,so you don't miss the amazing episodes we have coming up! In this episode we learn:[00:02:23] Maria’s garden update[00:05:40] Who is Brooklyn and how she became a flower farmer[00:08:31] Why everyone should have flowers in their garden[00:09:15] Brooklyn shares the personal connection she feels when growing flowers[00:12:08] Things to consider before growing flowers in your garden[00:14:06] The best flowers to grow for beginners: sunflowers, zinnias, strawflowers, and more[00:17:05] A quick recap on annuals vs perennials[00:18:32] The best perennial flowers to grow for blooms year after year[00:21:22] How to plan your flower garden so you have blooms all year long[00:25:48] Brooklyn’s favorite ‘cut and come again’ flowers[00:27:16] How to make the best soil mix for your flowers[00:29:30] When to use fertilizers on your flowers[00:31:04] Where to get the best potting mix, compost and fertilizer for your garden[00:32:41] Where to order your garlic for this season[00:35:03] Why you want to fertilize your flowers (and some signs that they need it!)[00:36:12] Determining how much light your flowers need[00:37:30] Maria shares her experience with her first garden and reading seed packets[00:41:17] How to transplant your flowers and harden them off[00:44:27] How to pinch flowers, what is it for, and when you should do it[00:48:04] What should you do with your flower’s first bud?[00:48:25] What is deadheading and how to do it properly[00:51:03] Brooklyn’s growing tips for peonies[00:52:43] How to grow flowers from corms and bulbs[00:57:33] Brooklyn’s top five favorite flowers (and greens) to grow[00:59:34] A little heartwarming story about Mama Failla and her garden gifts[01:03:22] Maria shares her newfound interest and joy in flower gardeningThank you to our episode sponsors:Espoma OrganicEspoma Organic is dedicated to making safe indoor and outdoor gardening products for people, pets, and the planet. They have an amazing variety of high-quality, organic potting mixes, garden soil, fertilizers, and pest control products that are organic and eco-friendly. To learn more about their pet safe indoor and outdoor gardening products, visit espoma.com to find your local dealer or check out my Amazon storefront of my favorite Espoma products here.Territorial Seed CompanyTerritorial Seed Co provides high-quality seeds and plants (over 2000 varieties) that are tried and tested on their 75-acre farm and have a ton of fall varieties for us to try! Most of us think of the gardening season as spring and summer, but with the right timing and varieties for your location, you can grow year-round! Territorial Seed Company carries lots of varieties to start in summer and harvest in late fall, winter, and even over winter. For seeds, plants, online garden planner, how-to videos and more, visit TerritorialSeed.com and use code BLOOM10 for 10% off on your first order.Follow Brooklyn:Instagram: @brooklynsherriPetal and Herb FarmYa Grandma's Garden and Houseplants on Clubhouse Follow Maria and Bloom and Grow Radio:Join the Bloom and Grow Garden Party Community Platform & App AKA the plantiest and kindest corner of the internet!Take the Bloom and Grow Plant Parent Personality Quiz (Get the perfect plants, projects and educational resources for YOUR Lifestyle)Support Bloom and Grow Radio by becoming a Plant Friend on Patreon!Instagram and Facebook: @BloomandGrowRadioTiktok: @bloomandgrowradioSubscribe to the Bloom and Grow Youtube Show! /BloomandgrowradioWebsite: www.bloomandgrowradio.comJoin the (free) Garden Club: www.bloomandgrowradio.com/garden-club

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0:00.0

The power of flowers, plant friends. It is a real thing. Not only do flowers add dimension and color to our gardens,

0:08.9

whether it's indoors or outdoors, but they also just bring us joy. I mean, who doesn't love a sunflower just

0:16.8

smiling down on them from an outdoor garden or maybe looking up at them from a vase? When I first got into gardening, I was super fixated on the food that I could grow. I wasn't as fixated on flowers,

0:29.0

but what I'm realizing is growing flowers in your garden can be as appealing as growing food because not

0:36.0

only are they beautiful but flowers are pollinator magnets we need them it's

0:40.3

important they are crucial to a happy healthy garden and a happy healthy mind.

0:46.7

Melodies flower garden bed is one of my favorites in her whole garden. I have been so

0:52.2

curious about cut flower gardening and I connected with

0:54.8

today's guest, Brooklyn. We connected on Clubhouse. I then slid into her

0:59.4

DMs and started picking her brain about what cut flowers I should try as an ultra-beinner and since the moment

1:05.1

we started chatting I knew that I needed to bring Brooklyn, her passion for plants, her sensitivity

1:10.0

and knowledge to this community.

1:12.0

It's such a fun chat. I can't wait to bring it to you

1:14.4

plant friends. Welcome to episode 128.

1:17.0

Of Blue Mangro Radio.

1:21.0

Hello. Hello, hello my sweet plant friends. I hope you've had beautifully plant

1:28.0

weeks. Oh my goodness gracious, the Catsgills have come alive with summer, really. It's not even spring. It has been so fun.

1:36.4

Melady's Garden is in full swing. I hope you are watching us on YouTube. She's in a few

1:41.1

YouTube videos of all sorts of garden projects that we're doing.

1:45.0

Go check it out.

1:46.0

The house plants are blooming.

1:48.0

We're moving again.

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