Emily Murphy is an author, gardener, and podcast host. Her book Grow What You Love, 12 Food Plant Families to Change Your Life, showcases 12 sets of seasonal ingredients, garden-to-table recipes, and easy-to-follow methods for growing your garden, regardless of size. Emily is also a photographer, cook, garden design coach and consultant, and creator of the celebrated blog, Pass The Pistil.
She is an organic gardener with a BS in Ethnobotanical Resources from Humboldt State University, where she studied various subjects, including botany, cultural studies, ecology, environmental science, herbal medicine, and religious studies. She later studied pedagogy at Sierra Nevada College and garden design at the California School of Garden Design.
Emily teaches and speaks regularly about gardening and living, and her writing appears in numerous publications such as Better Homes & Gardens. She also worked as a classroom teacher and school garden educator.
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We meet food and garden influencers and discover people living on the fringe, creating roof-top gardens, and finding ways to grow their most prized ingredients wherever they live. Here we find inspiration and story while unearthing prized, homegrown ingredients and a shared passion for growing, making, and seasonal cooking.
The podcast is not just a show about growing vegetables and flowers. It’s about growth with a capital G, which translates into all parts of life: family, well-being, adventuring outdoors, creating positive change, and finding joy in everyday living.
Her goal is for everyone to experience the joy gardening can bring, from being in nature to enjoying and living a healthy lifestyle.
