Garden Inspired Cocktails and Mocktails for Joyful Living

We often talk about garden-to-table, but what about garden-to-glass? AKA how to grow plants for garden inspired cocktails, and all the ways to turn a harvest into something delicious, regardless if you drink alcohol or not. I spent a full year not drinking, first through fertility treatments and then through pregnancy. And I learned that the mocktail section of most menus is a trap. Everything is so sweet that you finish it in about 90 seconds. And then I met Belinda and Venise at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show. They're sisters, they're plant ladies, and they run a garden-to-glass syrup company called Simple Goodness Sisters. They also wrote the book called Drink Your Garden. In this episode, they share different ways you can enjoy your garden harvest in easy yet delicious cocktail and mocktail recipes. Let's dive in!

In this episode, we learn:

[02:46] Meet Belinda and Venise of Simple Goodness Sisters!

[03:26] How did their syrup business begin?

[06:29] Venise's homesteading story

[10:49] What the farm grows for the business vs. for their families

[13:52] What counts as a cocktail garden?

[15:29] Home Greenhouse Revival by Leslie Halleck

[17:07] How to use edible flowers

[18:18] Which edible flowers are easiest to grow?

[21:33] What actually belongs in a cocktail garden

[22:41] Why purple sage and mojito mint taste better in drinks