Welcome to Episode 15, which is 1/4 of the way to 60 episodes as Molly points out on today's show! They kick off new business with Tessa's trip to an arboretum + seed sowing endeavors, as well as Molly's British besties visiting Bham + her very delayed seed order! As motions from the floor come to order, pull up a chair Garden Gabbers... because it's time for a front porch chat with Tessa and Molly. Spring has sprung and the girls are feeling pensive. They wax poetical about how a garden is a process (if it feels like we have been here before, we have...) but they have a new question... what are YOUR needs in your garden as you are learning to interact and engage with the process of gardening? We sense a need, but how do we respond to it? Shout it from the rooftops (or on our Substack) if you have an idea, we would love to hear from you!

To round out the show, Tessa and Molly do a fly through of their wild and wonderful DM's. Think dreamy spring wedding flowers, a chicken purse, an electric blue billiards room, a gingko chair, and a tear jerking wedding of a carpenter at Notre Dame. Be sure to tune in to hear Tessa's dream which includes but is not limited to her playing a viola in a bathtub on a hillside with Martha Stewart before endeavoring to save a piece of property from the clutches of developers... our DM's are the only wild and wonderful place around here!!!

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Show Notes!

+ Tessa chats about her seed starting set up and has pulled together all the supplies you need as well as a helpful video to walk you through her process! GOLD MINE.

+ DM Round up! Fleuropean flower heaven, Chicken Purse, Gingko Chair, Notre Dame Carpenter Wedding, and an Electric Blue Billiard Room

+ On today's Door Prizes... Molly does a run down of some of her Bday presents which included this adorable Emma Bridgewater sheep mug and a toaster from her sister... because sometimes it is just the little things in life like toasted bread that make life worth living :) Tessa treated herself to the book Bird Haven Farm for a dash of flower inspo!

Live from Greenville, South Carolina... it's the 14th episode of Garden Gab!! Molly and Tessa enjoyed a weekend together in Tessa's homeland of South Carolina speaking at the Greenville Master Gardeners Annual Symposium with over 500 enthusiastic gardeners from across 10 states! If you were not in attendance, never fear! Molly and Tessa give the run down of all the best takeaways including (but not limited to) bring personality in a garden, making lemonade out of lemons (or fallen pecan trees), and practical ways to increase biodiversity in a home garden. If you were in attendance and didn't have a pen handy when Tessa walked through her 20 tips for increasing biodiversity, don't fret because our Substack page has you covered! Although the girls are quite giggly this episode at being in the same room together.... and Molly maybe had the flu but didn't know it yet at the time of recording.... this episode will make you feel as if maybe you too spent all day in the Greenville Conference Center with a room full of jolly master gardeners!

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Well hey there Garden Gabbers! Love is in the air in this episode. With all the ice and emotionally distressing temperatures Molly and Tessa hath been enduring in the South, they pretty much jump straight into the reason we are all here... GAMES! *Botanical* dating games to be exact.

Molly the *Botanical* Game Master has conjured up some horticultural love exercises starting with Plant Matchmaking. Each host pitches a plant and the other marinates on the best match. Will it be a power couple, a toxic relationship, all the above?? You'll have to listen to find out. Next up... SPEED DATING!!! Molly and Tessa come to the speed dating table both completely taking on the persona of their chosen mystery plant, forcing the other to ask the right things to uncover their identity. Naturally they are asking questions like, how tall are you after 10 years? Do you have any notable features in spring? Do you like things boggy (you’ll have to listen for context here)... There might also be a little unpacking of plant childhood trauma as well and preferred pruning methods. Butttt are we a match? You will have to listen!

The girls also dive into their deepest most philosophical thoughts on pink and red, in honor of Valentines. Did you know who the pink girls were in your elementary classes growing up? How do we thoughtfully wield deep bold colors like pink and red in the garden?? They finish out the episode discussing the glory of stick on nails, bathtub caulk, and a magical shower lamp.

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Show Notes:

+ Here is a link to Samin Nosrat's Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat. And remember folks, COOKING IS GARDENING!

+ Here is a link to where you can sign up to receive the video on Floret's potting mix experiment as well as her recipe!

+ If you want to be twinsies with Tessa and Molly, here is the link to the Olive and June press on nails!

+ And if you want to shower in style like Molly, she highly recommends this waterproof shower lamp for ambiance...