Here's a question that might keep you up at night, plant friend. What if your plants that are

sitting on your window sills or sitting in your front yard are doing a lot more than just sitting

there and looking pretty? What if they are actually communicating? For the best of

Growing Joy series this week, I decided to bring a fascinating conversation I had a couple

years ago with Paco Calvo. He's a professor and a philosopher of

science and his writing partner, science writer Natalie Lawrence, they're co-authors of a book called

Planta Sapiens, which is all about exploring the fascinating world of plant intelligence and behavior.

The book was fascinating. The conversation was even more

fascinating. And as we swing into the season of planting our plants, planting our gardens,

growing, growing, growing, I wanted to re-release this episode to remind us that it isn't just about

growing. It's about so much more. Plants are so epic and amazing,

and this episode really connects you to that sense of awe that we can have about them. So I hope

you love it as much as I do. 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.

Paco and Natalie, welcome to Growing Joy.

I'm very excited and a little bit intimidated to have you guys here today.

Well, I'm hiding, yeah.

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