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 How to Fall in Love with Gardening This Spring Feat. Carla of @GardenPlot57 

Welcome to Bri Books! On today’s episode, we’re talking about falling in love with the garden this spring, first-time gardening secrets, and how to get kids excited about gardening. Almost everyday, Carla of @gardenplot.57 treats us to vibrant photos of her cut flower garden, homemade skincare products, and dozens of veggies she’s growing in her backyard garden in Cornwall, England. In this episode, Carla gives tips on how to start (and maintain) a garden in a small space, and shares tips on DIY gardening projects we can do right now to get a jump on the season. Carla and I bonded over the amazing book “Floret Farm's A Year in Flowers: Designing Gorgeous Arrangements for Every Season” by Erin Benzakein, an amazing resource that’ll inspire you to step up your flower arranging (and flower growing) game. Carla also shares the secret to getting kids interested in gardening and how to lure them away from the XBox and towards the garden box. 

 Carla’s guide to gardening in a small space: 

1. Utilize your patio by planting pots with salad greens, herbs, and dwarf tomatoes. 

2. Go high! Make use of vertical space by creating vertical planters. Archways and trellises allow you to grow “up,” and make use of tiny amounts of space for things like beans, peas, cucumbers and tomatoes. 

 More gardening resources recommended by Carla and Brionna:

  1. Huw Richards YouTube channel and book, “Grow Food for Free”

  2. Sandria of A Beautiful Nest

  3. Misilla of Learn to Grow

  4. Adam Yn Yr Ardd, a wildly talented Welsh gardener

'The Garden in Every Sense and Season' Feat. Sandria Kendrick of "A Beautiful Nest TV"

How to Get Started in the Garden Feat. Misilla of "Learn to Grow" + How to Engage Kids in Gardening

How to Get Started in the Garden Feat. Misilla of "Learn to Grow" + How to Engage Kids in Gardening