Calling the eighth Garden Gab Club meeting to order! Today, Tessa and Molly step up on their arboricultural soapbox to proclaim the virtues of all things trees! If you have found yourself swooning over the burst of this year's fall color or have pondered "how would I even go about planting a tree..." then today's meeting is for you!! Tessa was recently a part of a fundraiser for Trees Upstate, an organization that advocates for the planting, promotion, and protecting of trees in the Upstate region of South Carolina. She also planted two new black gum friends to keep her sad black gum company, and it has the girls deeply pensive about the importance of trees in our lives. What would our childhoods be without trees?! Are you actually planting a tree for yourself? And in the words of Taylor Swift... why do the leaves change in the fall?! 

Speaking of questions, in a sad Wildlife Committee update Molly was left asking where one of her bee colonies went. Never ones to end on a downer, be sure to stick around for a round up of inspiring tree quotes to send you out on your own tree soap box! WE MUST HAVE TREES!!

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Show Notes:

+ This winter Molly is sowing THIS seed to repair her hard compacted clay soil over the winter months.

+ Check out Trees Upstate and their amazing mission with Tessa is a part of!

+ Check out Molly's guest appearance on the Plantastic Podcast with Dr. Jared Barnes where they (surprise!) talk a lot about TREES!

+ If this convo sparked your interest in all things trees, might we recommend you grab a copy of Urban Forests by Jill Jonnes which Tessa has been devouring!

+ Check out Tessa's video on TREE PLANTING, and while you are at it subscribe to her channel for more incredible gardening tips!

+ Molly has been diving in The Modern Professional Planting Designer by Andrew Fisher Tomlin and it is a wealth of inspo.

+ To see more pics from the episode, check them out on this episode's Substack page!