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Best wishes to everyone! Here is a little plantastic escapism to entertain you. [We recorded this episode on 2/28 and added a little corona check-in intro on 3/21. Episode begins around 4:19.]

Can plants \\u201chear\\u201d music? What would plant-generated music sound like? On this episode, Leah and Colleen attend \\u201cThe Secret Song of Plants,\\u201d the release party for an album of the same name by music therapist Andrea Cortez. Accompanying Andrea is cellist Henna Chou and\\u2026 a pothos ivy?!?!\\xa0

Join us as we dive deep into the world of plant music, plant sentience, and philosophy, from the Plant Wave, to The Secret Life of Plants, to Mort Garson\\u2019s \\u201cPlantasia,\\u201d and beyond.\\xa0

Watch the Secret Life of Plants documentary here.

More info at our website: www.horticulturati.com. Email us at info@horticulturati.com. Our theme song is \\u201cPlants\\u201d by The Horticulturati House Band.\\xa0

Also mentioned in this episode:\\xa0\\xa0

\\u201cInside the Spiritual World of Plant Based Instruments\\u201d (Vice magazine, 2016); \\u201cData Garden Quartet\\u201d at Philadelphia Museum of Art (2012); Multiple intelligences; \\u201cRock or Bach an Issue to Plants, Singer Says\\u201d (New York Times, 1971); In Search of \\u2026 Other Voices with Leonard Nimoy (TV series, 1977)

PS. In our research, we found several great podcast episodes on the topic of plants and music and tried not to rehash too much territory. Highly recommend you check out: \\u201cSmarty Plants\\u201d (Radiolab, 2018); \\u201cPlants That Sing\\u201d (Twenty Thousand Hertz, 2019); \\u201cThe Secret Life of Plants\\u201d (The Organist, 2018), \\u201cAre Plants Listening?\\u201d (Sound Meditation Radio, 2020).