Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Sheila Sanford of White Moth Wisdom.

Sheila is a community herbalist, mother of three, gardener, cook and Ayurvedic practitioner. Devoted to the study of horticulture for over 20 years, she has spent the last five focusing specifically on the art and practice of Herbalism. 

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is author and speaker, Shawna Coronado.

Shawna was diagnosed with severe degenerative osteoarthritis of the spine, and her world was flipped upside down to the point not being able to sleep and she could barely walk. She has used her diagnosis and healing process as a way to inspire others who are going through medical difficulties.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie was Stephanie Rose from Garden Therapy!

Stephanie’s interest in gardening and the amazing benefits that come from gardening began with her own inspirational story of her health and how her garden helped her to overcome her illness and disability. She now uses that story and the knowledge that she obtained to help inspire others.

Stephanie’s website is full of so many great recipes, activities, projects and advice on her blog to check out!

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Perla Sofia Curbelo!

Perla is a Puerto Rican journalist turned mediapreneur. In 2009, she founded Agrochic, a gardening blog for Spanish speaking garden lovers and “agropreneurs”.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Mike Rimland from Costa Farms.

Mike has been with Costa Farms for 10 years and is the Director of Research and Development for Houseplants and he has 40 years of plant hunting, breeding and production experience.

He is also called the Costa Farms Plant Hunter.

Mike’s job involves him travelling the globe, looking for new and different plants.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Mr. Plant Geek himself, Michael Perry!

Michael has had more than 18 years of experience in the horticulture industry, and has become a recognizable face in the plant world. In 2015, he was listed in the Top 20 most influential horticulturists by The Sunday Times.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Rob Cardillo, the incredible landscape photographer.

Rob has been photographing gardens, plants and the people that love them for over twenty years. A native of Pittsburgh, Cardillo now resides outside Philadelphia and travels extensively during the growing season.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Niki Jabbour of Savvy Gardening!

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Lauren Mandel, founder of BloomTime and author of EAT UP.

Today on Grow! with Katie, we are joined by Seth Reed, the co-founder of GrowIt!

GrowIt! is the plant community app that allows users to post photos of their plants, whether it be to highlight what they are growing or to gain information from fellow users on what a plant is, care tips, etc.