Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is the Executive Director of the National Garden Bureau, Diane Blazek.

This year the National Garden Bureau is celebrating 100 years! NGB is a non-profit organization that exists to educate, inspire, and motivate people to increase the use of plants in homes, gardens, and workplaces by being the marketing arm of the gardening industry. Their members are experts in the field of horticulture.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is powerhouse and indoor growing expert, Leslie Halleck of Halleck Horticulture.Leslie Halleck has 27 years of experience in different segments of horticulture; from research and trials, to landscaping, to garden center retail, to green industry marketing and business development.

Leslie’s main focus now is to help companies grow with her consulting services and educating consumers through her books and social media.

Today on Grow! with Katie, we got to hang out with Rachel Stein from Kid’s Gardening and do a fun gardening project with Katie's 5 year old daughter, Quinn!

Today’s guest on Grow! With Katie is an incredible woman who is a self-proclaimed horticulturist extraordinaire that is half country bumpkin, half bougie, occasionally extra, and inherently Southern. It’s Abre Lee!

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Farmer Nick! He is a “plantrepreneur”, based in New York, who is passionate about all things green. 

Nick’s mission is to make the world more sustainable by giving people the knowledge and confidence they need to create their own green spaces.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is a backyard organic gardener from Southern California who is thriving on her multiple social media platforms and influencing millions of gardeners and people around the world. It’s CaliKim!

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic many businesses have been forced to close their doors. Essential businesses are still up and running, including many garden nurseries and plant farms. This is great news with people are finding the time to tackle garden and yard tasks they’ve been putting off and growing fruits, vegetables and herbs has become the new norm for many families. Due to limited travel and stay-at-home orders, people are limited to the resources of local businesses and online delivery services.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is one of today’s top influencers; an American fashion model, environmental activist, entrepreneur and she is known as the world’s first “eco-model”, Summer Rayne Oakes!

Today on Grow! With Katie, we got to catch up with our own Peggy Anne and her husband, Dan Benarcik. This dynamic gardening duo knows their stuff and loves to share their passion with each other and others!

Today on Grow! With Katie, we got to *virtually* hang out with our bestie and best-selling author and speaker, Brie Arthur (shhh, it’s her birthday!).

Brie’s first book, The Foodscape Revolution, laid the groundwork for realizing the full potential that every landscape offers, planting with purpose to grow fruits and veggies alongside traditional plantings.  What a perfect topic for right now!