Hello, I'm Jessica Mornan, author, founder of Basker, where I help people use gardening and nature to help them with their physical,

mental, emotional, and social well-being. And as much as I'm obsessed with growing flowers

and the power of nature, I'm equally obsessed with the power of watching TV in bed and pop culture.

So each week I merge those two worlds together

and my guests and I talk about nature. That's the outside part. And our current inside

obsession from beauty trends and food trends to books that we love to TV shows that we watch in

bed. Before we get to today's guest, starting a new little intro segment. It's called

reasons why I love to grow. And this is not an exaggeration. Learning to grow cut flowers

has changed my brain. And so I'm not subtly trying to get you to grow to with these reasons.

So reason number one, why I like to grow.

Growing for other people. And I discovered this because of my neighbor, Mr. Bryant. He's 92 years old,

and he sits on his porch in his rocking chair for about five hours a day. Not in his phone, not reading, just rocking.

And I frequently would bring him bouquets from my garden to sit next to his rocking chair.

And his daughters told me how much he loved the flowers and that when they were younger,

he would actually go out and pick flowers to bring home.

And Mr. Bryant's not able to crouch down anymore and plant his own garden.

So a couple of seasons ago, I decided to double what I grow from my own garden and plant a garden for him.

And it gives him something to look at when he's walking on his porch.

And when I see him watering his garden and cutting flowers from it, it is one of the greatest

feelings in the world.

And it just, I mean, I don't know if he feels this way, but I just feel more connected as neighbors to

watch him tend to something that are kind of growing together. So that's my number one reason

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