Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Tom Groves. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Tom, appreciate you joining us today. How did you learn to do what you do? Knowing what you know now, what could you have done to speed up your learning process? What skills do you think were most essential? What obstacles stood in the way of learning more?

I learned much of what I do by gleaning bits and pieces from people around me and then digging deeper. I wasn’t always able to have direct access to what I thought I needed but was able to find my own path.

As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?

I’ve been working in the habitat restoration field for almost 10 years as a botanist. My botany podcast has been in the making for a number of years and 6 months ago I decided to go for it. One lesson someone taught me in my 20’s was “fake it until you make it”. Over the years, I’ve found this to hold true for almost anyone doing anything, so I decided to jump in and see what would happen if I just made a podcast! So I did it! My mission is to share botanical knowledge with the world and get people interested in the really important things in life – plants!

: Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

My particular goal with the podcast is to attempt to expose people to the wonderful world of plants and how interesting they are and how important they are in our everyday lives.

What’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative in your experience?

The most rewarding part of this “job” (it’s not really a job, because I do it because I love it, not for the money) is that I get to share my love of plants with guests and do what I really love is geeking out about botany!

Contact Info:

• Website: https://plantsarepeopletoo.buzzsprout.com/
• Instagram: @plants.are.people.too
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-groves-7ba14773?challengeId=AQHQxcW3Bl-lTQAAAYAGPo5Gy3E9aU4U69vwfOXE28MgVVWp0HtVlF8Oc4edJHeAJq-52w14mEuNPDMU0X4TML6yzBb3Q2IVrg&submissionId=8de4d0f7-47bf-e316-dc9c-55aa09fc8030