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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Why You Should Plant More Perennials

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

If you want life to be EASIER in the garden, perennial planting is your saving grace. Connect With Chris Chung: Chris a horticulturist, garden consultant, and the founder of Fluent Garden in Vancouver, BC. Website Instagram Facebook Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Epic Gardening Podcast.

0:17.0

Kevin Espiritu here.

0:18.0

I've got Chris from Fluent Garden.

0:21.0

We initially connected on Instagram.

0:23.0

And then Chris, your Instagram Reels have become really popular and super informative.

0:29.0

So Chris is a horticulturist. She's a garden consultant.

0:32.0

And as I mentioned, she's the founder of Fluent Garden in Vancouver, British Columbia.

0:36.0

So Chris, I think it's great to have you on.

0:39.0

And I'm glad that we got to know each other on Instagram.

0:41.0

Yeah, for sure, Kevin. Thanks for having me here.

0:44.0

I'm really excited to be here.

0:46.0

Sure. So when we're talking about gardening,

0:50.0

I think it's always best to start off with the guests background.

0:54.0

How did you get started and where are you growing and what sort of your overall philosophy?

0:59.0

Yeah, so I'm in Vancouver.

1:01.0

Like if you're thinking about zones, I'm in zone 8B.

1:04.0

But really, I just describe where I live as like rainy wet Vancouver.

1:08.0

And that's what I deal with a lot of the times.

1:11.0

And growing up, there was always elements of food in the garden,

1:15.0

whether it's like leafy greens or tomatoes as like summer crops.

1:18.0

So it's always been a part of my upbringing, I guess.

1:22.0

And the, I guess for me, the really big shift was when I had my son,

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