Cover graphic for Talking Home Renovations episode 47, "Think like a plant". The cover is a photo of Tigrilla Gardenia holding a microphone with a group of plants in front of microphones in front of her.

In this episode we again address the plants that we bring onto our properties and think in a slightly different way about those choices. I’ll be interested to hear what you think after listening to the episode. Why should plant intelligence matter to the home gardener?

Tigrilla Gardenia is a nature inspired business mentor, a World Ambassador for Plant Intelligence and champions connection to nature as the basis for long-term health, happiness, and success. In the episode we discuss what plant intelligence means to the average homeowner who is planning their landscape and why those choices are more important than people think.

A photo of Tigrilla Gardenia, a woman with tan skin and purple wavy hair. She is wearing a bright pink jacket and posing next to a fluffy bush.

About Tigrilla:

Fascinated by nature since her earliest memories, Tigrilla Gardenia turned that passion into her vocation.

Her journey began in a polyethnic childhood. She earned a degree in music and electrical engineering, entering the high-tech corporate world via RealNetworks and Microsoft in the early days of the internet.

The desire to escape the confines of the corporate world proved too strong, and Tigrilla soon began following her own spiritual path. She co-owned a circus, produced intentional dance events, taught Kabbalah, and even toured with Cirque du Soleil.

Today, she works as a Nature-Inspired Mentor and Leadership Coach. Her studies focus on Plant Intelligence, the Effects of Plant Music on Human Health, Social Innovation, and EcoSystems Thinking. Tigrilla has the honor of being a Damanhur citizen in Italy — one of the largest spiritual eco-communities in the world.

Her roots are firmly planted in the arts, communication, and the avant-garde. Tigrilla uses her expertise to empower mission-driven leaders to achieve personal and professional success by integrating nature-inspired innovation in order to bring meaning to Life and make an impact with work. She is an influential speaker and mentor, running courses and workshops on reconnection with the plant kingdom.

Always eager to learn, she studied with some of the greatest minds in bio-inspired sciences, gaining a masters degree in Futuro Vegetale (Vegetal Future): plants, social innovation, design under Stefano Mancuso, University of Florence. She has also studied Biomimicry for Social Innovation and Product Development.

tigrillagardenia.com is her website, some particularly useful pages are:

Discover your Spirit Wild Plant
ReConnect with the Plant Kingdom self-paced course
Join the Naturally Conscious Community

Further reading:

Thus Spoke the Plant by Monica Gagliano
Birthright by Stephen Kellert
Lessons from Plants by Beronda Montgomery