Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Kelly Norris, the Director of Horticulture and Education at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Gardens.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Gordon Starr from the Delaware Center for Horticulture.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is the OG Houseplant influencer, Lisa Eldred Steinkopf of The Houseplant Guru!

Lisa is a blogger, freelance writer, and houseplant enthusiast. Her work has been published all over the web including HGTV Gardens, Michigan Gardner Magazine, Michigan Gardening Magazine and Real Simple Magazine.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie was Rochelle Greayer of Pith + Vigor!

The guest on Grow! with Katie is Amanda Thomsen of Kiss My Aster! and her daughter, Hazel!

Amanda is a horticulturist, garden designer, keynote speaker, freelance writer, backyard consultant, and author living in suburban Chicago.  She wants to help the world live more sustainably (but without a load of effort and twice the fun!).

Teresa Speight is a Native Washingtonian, a Mother, Grandmother, Steward of our Land, Master Gardener, Garden Writer, and History lover. Whew, what a list!

Cottage in the Court offers curated Garden Experiences for small groups and one-on-one Garden Coaching, specializing in earth-friendly practices. Reconnecting average people with the soil is important. “When we reconnect with the soil, nature, and our roots, we can begin to respect all that the earth provides.”

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is the founder of Black Girls with Gardens, Jasmine Jefferson!

Black Girls with Gardens is a digital resource for women of color to find support, inspiration, education, and representation in gardening. It is a collective dedicated to providing answers, tips, and inspiration to women of color interested in gardening.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Senior Director for Garden for Wildlife at the National Wildlife Federation, Mary Phillips!

Mary provides strategic and operational oversight of the National Wildlife Federation’s Garden for Wildlife™ movement of 5 to 7 million people creating habitat where they live, work, play, learn, and worship.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is best-selling author and radio host, Jessica Walliser.Jessica Walliser co-hosts “The Organic Gardeners” on KDKA-Radio in Pittsburgh, PA. She is a former contributing editor for Organic Gardening magazine and a regular contributor to many national gardening publications. In addition, Jessica is the Acquisitions Editor for Quarto Publishing Group’s gardening imprint, Cool Springs Press. Her two weekly gardening columns for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review have been enjoyed by readers for over ten years.

Today’s guest on Grow! with Katie is Layci Gragnani from Bushel and Berry!

Bushel and Berry, one of Ball Horticultural’s brands, is a unique collection of compact, ornamental and self-pollinating berry plants for the home garden.