Garden Gab Podcast

Dearest Garden Gab Clubers, Molly and Tessa were reunited in Charleston and it was good for the soul, and Molly’s immune system! They know you all were on the edge of your seat waiting to hear the live experience of Molly’s inaugural Fire Cider baptism, and it delivered. In this club meeting Molly and Tessa also dive into their favorite question as a designer… how do you know what stays and what goes?? They also discuss the merits ...

Welcome back to the Garden Gab Club! Today Tessa and Molly are discussing everything from apple picking to our **funky fall feelings** As our girl Bridget Jones once said, “It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.” We couldn't agree more Bridget. Everyone needs an existential crisis every once in a while, right?

Tessa's **feelings** were trigger...

Well dear listeners, we gabbed a little too hard on the Italy front in episode 5... So, in true Italian fashion, we decided to serve an extra course with a BONUS Breakout Session to sneak in all those motions from the floor! In "Inspiration Station," Molly basks in her deep love of pro tennis and explains what in the world that has to do with garden design. As we enter spider season, Tessa enlightens us on Joro spiders vs. their pe...

Ciao bella! In this fifth meeting of the Garden Gab Club, the girls dive straight into the deep end of Molly's recent trip to Bergamo, Italy for the International Landscape Festival. Although Molly is still slurring her words a bit from jet lag, they manage to have intelligent conversation about a number of big topics. And dear listener, while they might not have all the answers, there sure is a lot of food for thought!

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Yo VIP, let's kick it! This episode of Garden Gab is all about stripes, stripes baby!! But before we venture into all things striped, Molly and Tessa discuss the merits of having green outside a hospital window, and Tessa walks us through a Japanese inspired pond screen she designed this week. Tessa is also waving farewell to her summer edibles and gearing up for some fall veg planting. As for the chatter about stripes, Molly and T...

Welcome back to the third meeting of the Garden Gab Club! While Tessa and Molly do not claim to be geologists, they do spend a good portion of today's episode discussing the merits of a good 10 ton boulder. If you are less mineral and more interested in the herbaceous... there is also a heavy dose of tulip talk, weed battles, and admiration of a good multi-trunk serviceberry tree. But maybe you are more of a creature lover? They ha...

As the second Garden Gab Club meeting is called to order, Tessa and Molly kick off the discussion with a debrief on Molly's recent trip to Iowa for the Perennial Plant Association National Symposium. They dive into all things prairies vs. meadows, plant communities, and the humbling essence of "corn sweat." During the Down Home Committee Meeting, Tessa unpacks her current battle plan to take down summer mosquitos, her bounty of tom...

Welcome one, welcome all! The first Garden Gab meeting is now in session! Join plant pals Molly and Tessa as they dive into what you can expect from the Garden Gab podcast and give you allllll the scoop on how they met (which possibly includes being the youngest and tallest girlies at a Southern Garden History Society meeting). Stick around for a rapid fire Q&A hosted by the Garden Gab Membership Committee which includes, but i...

Welcome to your new garden club! Join hosts and garden design pals Tessa Pinner and Molly Hendry each week as they discuss what they're growing, learning, and dreaming up — whether it is in their own cottage gardens or in their clients' outdoor spaces. This podcast is all about the joy of getting your hands dirty no matter the size of your garden or stage of your life. If you are curious about the garden world or want some green th...