Hello. I'm your host, Jessica Marnan, and this is inside and out. So, it's dropping stuff. And I'm not editing it.

I'm an author and horticultural therapy practitioner.

And with my company, Basker, I help people and businesses use nature and gardening for health, creativity, and social well-being.

I'm very excited about today's guest, Alison Taylor.

But before we get to her, one little

notes or a big one, it's already started.

The Cyber Monday, Black Friday sale emails and neither thing has happened yet.

And I get it because brands are wanting to get in front of it because with Substack,

there's just so many emails now. So I'm going to do that too

and share what I'm offering here in case my email doesn't get you in time or you don't feel

like opening it. Now until December 1st, I'm offering $50 off either learning to grow cut flowers

or starting a well-being garden. Both can be virtual or in-person.

And the learning to grow cut flowers is definitely a little bit more intensive, learning to grow from

seed. And then how to start a well-being garden is learning how to start a garden with plants, either bought from a local nursery or online.

And when I say the word garden, this does not have to be, you know, a giant thing. It can be

pots on a balcony. It can be pots on your doorstep. It can be on the tiniest little

patch of grass that you have. or if you don't have that,

maybe you do this with a friend. Social well-being is a huge part of the benefits of connecting with nature. And $50 is a lot off and I thought about it a lot, but I don't think

that you understand how much I want people to connect with nature and learn to

grow and start these, even if it's a baby garden, the benefits are just too good to not try.

So no green thumb or experience necessary. In fact, all of my clients are super beginners.

And to see what they have created, I actually cry anytime I look at an email or visit one

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