Okay, so hear me out, but what if I told you that the most powerful plant in your garden isn't the show-stopping rose that you love or the towering sunflower, but the little clover, the little guys creeping along the ground. Ground cover. Ground covers are the unsung heroes of the garden. They fight weeds. They save water. They prevent erosion. And they can even

replace your lawn. And today's episode, we are diving deep into the ground cover revolution with

Kathy Jens, who is the author of a book with the same title, Ground Cover Revolution. And we uncover

how these humble plants can completely transform your space and make it so much more eco-friendly and beautiful.

We cover your classic ground cover choices and also explore some unexpected ground cover that might bring you so much delight when you see the tiny flowers that they bring to your lawn.

And most importantly, we dive into how they can be such a low-maintenance, eco-friendly solution for

your lawn. So get so excited to cover a lot of ground. See what I did in today's episode.

Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants podcast, where we not only learn how to care for plants

successfully, but how to simply and affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more joy

in our lives by doing so. I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady, author

of Growing Joy, The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness, speaker, podcaster, and most

importantly, your new best plant friend. On Growing Joy with Plants, you'll find conversations

about house plant care, gardening tutorials, and wellness through the lens of plants.

Plant care is self-care on Growing Joy. Kathy, I'm so excited to have you here today. On growing joy.

Kathy, I'm so excited to have you here today.

So glad to be here, Maria.

Can't wait to chat with you.

So how did you become the plant lady you are today?

So I think I've always loved plants being around plants. It was several you know, several years ago when you get your own

place, your own condo, your own home, that's when you really go crazy, right? Yeah, totally.

Always love plants and being around plants, then you're like, oh, I got my own space. I can buy a

couple plants for a window sill. And then I started to spread out into the condo main or common areas right and the condo

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