Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Peggy Riccio of PegPlant!

Peggy is a garden writer, speaker and blogger out of the DC area. She has her own website, PegPlant.com, as well as a podcast with our good friend, Teri Speight, called Gardens n’ Plants where they talk about what they are growing, how their plants are doing, and all things gardening!

Peggy is an expert when it comes to cooking with herbs, especially for the holiday season.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is a fun one! We got to hangout with the Illustrating Botanist, Chris Thorogood.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie, is none other than THE Crazy Botanist, Derek Haynes.

Derek’s love for all things plants came at a young age, and he carried that into adulthood, graduating from North Carolina State with Bachelors of Plant Biology.

Derek is also involved in the Plant Daddy Hangouts, which focus on celebrating and connecting those at the intersections of Blackness, masculinity & plant love.

He is also part of the podcast The Plant Kiki! Check that out here.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is the Garden Manager of McMenamins Anderson School, Riz Reyes.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie, is Emmy-award winning producer, television host and garden writer, Doug Oster.

Doug is the floral shoe wearing, Emmy Award-winning producer, television host and garden writer. Many things have come and gone in this industry, but Doug has been a constant. You can hear him on The Organic Gardeners Radio Show, see him on KDKA-TV's Pittsburgh Today Live and find him on social media. He is an amazing story-teller, and truly love to garden. 

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is landscape designer, Susan Cohan.

Susan is the principal and design director of Susan Cohan Gardens, a full-service landscape design studio located in the New York/ New Jersey metro area. Her and her team have created landscape designs for discerning regional and international clients for over fifteen years, and they have won many awards for their work.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is the Director of Continuing Education at Longwood Gardens, Matthew Ross!

Matthew is a leader in nonprofit education, landscaping, public speaking, management, and event planning. He is a strong education professional with a master’s degree focused in Horticultural Science from Michigan State University.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie LIVE is author, speaker and garden designer, Sue Goetz!

Sue has a garden design business, Creative Gardener, where she works with clients, personalizing garden spaces from the seasonal tasks to the design of large projects.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie LIVE is landscape designer, Nick McCullough!

Nick grew up in Ohio and Iowa, watching his dad and uncles working in agriculture, which gave him his love of being outdoors. He knew from a young age that he was going to be a landscape designer.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is author and “Epicurean homesteader”, Tasha Greer.

Tasha is a writer, focused on simple, sustainable living. She gardens on about 1.5 acres of land and grows a variety of annual and perennial edibles, medicinal, and ecosystem support plants.