{"id":88314,"date":"2022-01-04T16:26:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T21:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygardyn.com\/?p=88314"},"modified":"2023-11-13T15:58:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T20:58:05","slug":"finding-happiness-in-hydroponics-with-gardyner-sophie-banton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygardyn.com\/blog\/finding-happiness-in-hydroponics-with-gardyner-sophie-banton\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Happiness in Hydroponics with Gardyner Sophie Banton"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"88314\" class=\"elementor elementor-88314\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3bdfd76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3bdfd76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9967fe9\" data-id=\"9967fe9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2958267 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2958267\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you asked Sophie Banton about gardening three years ago, she would have told you she\u2019d never planted a single seed.<\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a0ce25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8a0ce25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Sure she had a houseplant or two, but growing food was nowhere on her radar. Three years later her house is brimming with colorful fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and there\u2019s no going back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the pandemic hit, Sophie found herself working from home with her young daughter Ari. Like many of us, they were spending a lot more time indoors. So she sat down to think about what could brighten their space. Her first thought- plants. And not just houseplants, fruits and vegetables you can eat. &#8220;If you could grow flowers and houseplants in water without soil,&#8221; thought Sophie, &#8220;Why not produce?&#8221; So she headed to the internet and typed in &#8220;Plants that grow in water.&#8221; A number of things came up, all with the word &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hydroponics\">hydroponics<\/a>.&#8221; One system, in particular, caught her eye. In love with the &#8220;pretty design&#8221; and life it brought to the spaces in the photos, she clicked &#8220;order&#8221; on her first Gardyn, and the obsession was born.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ffbf4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ffbf4d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-432bd20\" data-id=\"432bd20\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-594d59f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"594d59f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"859\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_6195-954x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-88316\" alt=\"Gardyner and her young daughter in matching shirts\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d276d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30d276d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right away she joined the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/gardyners\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gardyners Facebook group<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With access to so many plant tips, recipes and help from Gardyn experts, It didn&#8217;t take long for Sophie to become a full-blown hydroponic fan. As her plants began to grow, other benefits started popping up. &#8220;Just watching my grocery bill, because I eat organic anyway, just completely go down and to have all that access. I don&#8217;t have to go to the store if I&#8217;m hungry. I can just go to my kitchen!&#8221; she says, laughing. Quickly falling head over heels, she ordered two more Gardyns and began sharing brightly colored photos of the plants she grew in the Gardyners Facebook Group and on her Instagram. Photographs of blushing petunias, bright and crunchy romaine, vibrant tomatoes, peppers, beans, and cucumbers invited questions and comments from fellow Gardyners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f332f90 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f332f90\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d762ee2\" data-id=\"d762ee2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c307a5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c307a5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_9170-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"lettuces and greens grown on a Gardyn\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa46b1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa46b1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/9A3C5E66-15B6-4068-82E6-D08358303FBC-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"showing a harvest of herbs and flowers from a Gardyn\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2f29d82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2f29d82\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f6277c\" data-id=\"0f6277c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48deaed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48deaed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Connecting with other Gardyners has been a huge source of happiness. Sophie\u2019s talked with all sorts of people about their Gardyns. Some start with outdoor gardens and wind up switching to indoor hydroponic systems. Others find themselves starting indoors and moving out for more space. A few even use the systems to grow starts they then plant outdoors. &#8220;There&#8217;s a guy in Alaska,&#8221; Sophie says. &#8220;First, he started off with lettuce, then he tried tomatoes, and it&#8217;s just like &#8220;WOW&#8221; for him. Tomatoes all year long in Alaska.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-238374c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"238374c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-974d31f\" data-id=\"974d31f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6835f5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6835f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_5103-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"peppers grown indoors\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d2db56 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d2db56\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-869099a\" data-id=\"869099a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26aacbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26aacbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of the people Sophie\u2019s connected with have autoimmune disorders, something she and her daughter Ari can relate to. &#8220;This is a dust-free house,&#8221; she says, referring to her daughter&#8217;s asthma. &#8220;There are a lot of allergies here.&#8221; As more plants have made their way into their home and diets, health issues have improved. Sophie&#8217;s daughter&#8217;s asthma has lessened to the point that her Pulmonologist gave her the go-ahead to stop medications. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a complete change,&#8221; Sophie says. &#8220;You can see the difference in her complexion.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It doesn&#8217;t hurt that her daughter loves the plants, taking visitors on tours, and snacking on cucumbers (her favorite). It&#8217;s become a family affair. Sophie&#8217;s mom (a master gardener, now a Gardyner herself) comes over to &#8220;shop,&#8221; Tupperware in hand. &#8220;She&#8217;ll take all my chard!&#8221; Sophie laughs. Cherry tomatoes, herbs, bok choy (the purple kind), red lettuce, lavender, and petunias are staples. She&#8217;s grown a full-sized pumpkin and even tried a couple varieties of corn, including a popcorn. &#8220;I have so many seeds, it&#8217;s crazy.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c6cc77 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c6cc77\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b13dff1\" data-id=\"b13dff1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-becec02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"becec02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mygardyn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_4120-scaled.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"A salad of hydroponic foods\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9ce6d92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9ce6d92\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a50d09\" data-id=\"6a50d09\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbef6c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dbef6c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What started as something small for her and her daughter&#8217;s health and environment has become a lifestyle. Their days are now spent surrounded by bright, happy plants. They eat healthier, feel better, and no longer need certain medications. Friends and family members have joined in, making for a shared hobby, and everyone enjoys sitting down to more beautiful meals together. In those three years, Sophie has found a community she connects with and discovered how much she loves helping others grow. \u201cIt\u2019s empowering,\u201d she says. &#8220;I mean, it&#8217;s all about possibility.\u201d Looking at everything she&#8217;s done, I&#8217;d say that&#8217;s right on point.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> If you asked Sophie Banton about gardening three years ago, she would have told you she\u2019d never planted a single seed. Three years later her house is brimming with colorful fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and there\u2019s no going back. When the pandemic hit, Sophie and her daughter Ari found themselves spending a lot more time indoors. So she sat down to think about what could brighten their space. Her first thought- plants. And not just houseplants, fruits and vegetables you can eat. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardyn","category-health-wellness"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v26.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Finding Happiness in Hydroponics with Gardyner Sophie Banton - Gardyn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you asked Sophie Banton about gardening three years ago, she would have told you she\u2019d never planted a single seed. Three years later her house is brimming with colorful fruits, vegetables, and flowers, and there\u2019s no going back. 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