Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care
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Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care
Looking for free, natural ways to decrease stress and increase joy and calm in your life? The answer might be simpler than you think: houseplants, gardening and nature. On Growing Joy with Plants, learn alongside Happy Plant Lady, Maria Failla to care for plants, engage with nature, and use them to...
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How to Prep Your Houseplants for Winter: Best of Growing Joy Replay
As we move into the winter season and you notice the days are getting shorter, you might also notice that your plants start looking a little sleepy. M...
Food Preservation for Plant Parents: Transform Your Gardening Journey into Sustainable Joy and Wellness
Have you ever wondered how a simple vegetable garden can transform into a thriving source of joy, health, and sustainability? Join host Maria Failla i...
The Joy of Living Christmas Trees: Best of Growing Joy Replay
Did you know that you can have a living Christmas tree in your home that can be planted and live long after the ornaments come down? I didn't know thi...
Explore the Healing Plants of the Sonoran Desert
Plant friends, today let’s talk about the Sonoran Desert, one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world. As a former New Yorker turned Florida plant...
Christmas Tree Extravaganza Part 1/2 - Cut Christmas Trees: Best of Growing Joy Replay
I am so tickled to bring you this episode, a very special episode in the Best of Growing Joy series. This is the fifth episode I ever published in my...
Discover Coherent Water: Boost Plant Vitality and Enhance Self-Care with Nature for Plant Parents and Lovers
Did you know that the water we drink and use in our gardens isn’t in its most natural, optimal form? That simple idea cracked open one of the best con...
How Plants Communicate: VOCs, Mycorrhizae & the Hidden Language of Plants: Best of Growing Joy
Plant friend, I'm so excited to bring you this Best of Growing Joy series, a throwback episode to 2020. In the pandemic, I let my plant nerd freak fla...
Propagating Anthurium From Seed
If you’ve been hanging around the planty corners of the internet lately, you’ve probably noticed something: there’s a particular surge in interest in...
5 Houseplant Crafts that Make Amazing DIY Holiday Gifts: Best of Growing Joy Replay
What if your holiday gifts didn't just look beautiful, but they kept growing long after the season ended and reminded the giftee of you and what an am...
Poisonous Plants and Their Lore
We all love plants, right? We give them names, talk to them like they’re our friends, and basically treat them like family. However, a lot of plants o...
At Home Hydroponic Gardening 101: Best of Growing Joy Replay
If you want to grow fresh herbs, greens, edible flowers, maybe even vegetables, right in your apartment, but you don't want to deal with soil, hydrop...
Rainwater Harvesting 101: Learn to Garden with Less Water
In a time where it feels like the weather is getting more and more volatile no matter where we live, making sure that you can capture rainwater is so...
Aquascaping Made Simple: Beginner Tips for Aquatic Gardening: Best of Growing Joy Replay
Have you ever dreamed of turning a simple fish tank into a lush underwater jungle? Or maybe you're like me, and you have a partner who isn't really i...
Leave the Leaves: Think Before You Rake
Happy Leave the Leaves Month, plant friends! Did you guys know that was a thing that plant parents celebrate in October? It's actually one of the simp...
Hoya Care Guide: Growing, Blooming, and Busting Myths with Doug from Vermont Hoya: Best of Growing Joy Replay
What is it that makes hoyas so irresistible that buying your first hoya often leads to having 40 in the few months to follow? In this listener favori...
Indoor Houseplant Trellis 101: How to Train Your Vines
Have you ever wondered why your hoyas or pothos sometimes send out those long and wild tendrils that seem to have a mind of their own? I certainly hav...
Grow Lights 101 with Leslie Halleck: Best of Growing Joy Replay
Did you know that brightness has nothing to do with how much energy your plants actually receive from light? In this episode, I’m joined by horticultu...
The Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Garden from Scratch
Where do you even start if your dream is to turn that blank slate into a gorgeous garden? You’ve just moved into a new house. The keys are in your han...
Intro to Bonsai: Best of Growing Joy Replay
What if caring for a tiny tree could teach you patience, presence, and even a new way of looking at life? That, my friends, is the magic of the art o...
Digital Detox: What 3 Days in Nature Taught Me (and How You Can Recreate It at Home)
Interested in joining Maria on a retreat like this? Join the waitlist! http://growingjoywithmaria.com/retreat
Three days with no phone, no lapto...
DIY Plant Decor Ideas: Vertical Gardens, Grow Shelves & More with Erin Harding: Best of Growing Joy Replay
Are you running out of space for your plants? Growing your plant collection can be quite the challenge when all your countertops, tablespace and even...
Alocasia Propagation Tutorial: How to Propagate an Alocasia Corm
Plant friends, if you’ve hung around the plant community for any amount of time, you know some sub-groups go deep, and one of the most passionate is t...
Monstera 101: Propagation, Care & Styling Secrets for Stunning Growth: Best of Growing Joy Replay
The monstera might just be the most iconic houseplant of all time. Those bold, split leaves show up everywhere in logos, restaurant décor, and home go...
Groundcovers That Work: Low-Maintenance Plants for Every Garden
What if I told you that the most dominant plant in your garden isn't the rose that you love or the towering sunflower, but the little clover, the litt...
Container Gardening Secrets from Epic Gardening’s Kevin Espiritu: Best of Growing Joy Replay
I'm thrilled to be sharing this planty conversation with my #plantfriendIRL, Kevin Espiritu from Epic Gardening! Kevin and I recently met IRL in San D...
Earthing Explained: The Science of Grounding for Better Sleep, Less Pain, and More Energy
You've probably heard the phrase, “Go touch grass.” It's usually thrown around online when someone needs to log off and reconnect with reality. But th...
Low Light Plants for Beginners and Advanced Plant Parents with the Houseplant Guru: Best of Growing Joy Replay
Today I welcome Lisa Eldred Steinkopf, otherwise known as the “Houseplant Guru,” to the show for an enlightening conversation about how to care for pl...
Backyard Transformation: How a First-Time Gardener Nailed It on the First Try
Plant friends, I have to tell you about someone who has completely blown my mind this gardening season! Her name is Lily, and she happens to be my bro...
How to Grow Garlic: Best of Growing Joy Replay
Garlic is a staple in so many savory dishes, but if you've only ever cooked with the sad grocery store bulbs, it's time to see garlic's true potential...
Dogs + Houseplants: How to Keep Your Pup Safe (and Your Plants Intact)
If you love your dog as much as you love your monstera or other houseplants, you’ve probably run into this dilemma: how do you keep your plants alive...
The Beginner’s Guide to Canning and Fermenting Your Garden Bounty: Best of Growing Joy Replay
If you’re an edible gardener, chances are you’ve found yourself staring at a heaping bowl of tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, or carrots, wondering how...
Cultivating Abundance and Gratitude in the Garden
What do a theater kid, a Venus flytrap, and a million TikTok followers have in common? Abundance… and my new plant friend Brian from Redleaf Ranch! Br...
Terrariums, Vivariums & Paludariums: Everything You Need to Know to Get Started: Best of Growing Joy Replay
What if your next plant project wasn’t just a container of soil and greenery—but a living, breathing world? In this Best of Growing Joy episode, we re...
Fungus Gnats, Failing Fiddle Leaf Figs & The Gap of Death: Fix Your Top 3 Plant Problems
If you’ve ever watched your fiddle leaf fig drop all its leaves, battled fungus gnats that fly into your ear, or poured water on your plant only to wa...
How to Manage Deer, Squirrels, Chipmunks, Moles, Voles and Other Animals in Your Garden with Brie The Plant Lady: Best of Growing Joy Replay
When I polled our listener community about your top requests for outdoor garden-related episodes, the number one request surprised me: it wasn’t manag...
Plants Are Our Relatives: Exploring Ancestral Wisdom and the 5 Rs of Herbalism
I thought I had a pretty deep connection with plants. I mean, this podcast is literally about talking to them (and about them). But after 300+ episode...
Orchid Care for Beginners: Your Top Orchid Questions, Answered: Best of Growing Joy Replay
We are joined by Chris today for another installment of our Plant Science Series featuring The Sill! Orchid 101 is near and dear to my heart because I...
4 Recipes for Your Abundant Zucchini and Cucumber Harvests
Are you looking at your basket filled with zucchini (and cucumbers) that you’ve harvested this summer? You might also be wondering what you can do wit...
How Plants Hijack Your Brain's Reward System (In a Good Way): A Neuroscientist's Take on Houseplant Addiction: Best of Growing Joy Replay
Today’s episode is about exactly what the title says: our brains… on plants, and what happens in our brains when we become plant people. When I was st...
Exploring 14 Types of Pothos: From Marble Queen to Albo to Climbing Giants
Your plant parent story might have started with some humble pothos. It’s forgiving, fast-growing, and honestly, it’s probably the most underrated plan...