There is nothing more enjoyable than experts doing their thing, but very often expertise ends up…read moremeaning a gloss of grandiosity - examples are: art speak, chit chat about chefs and their 'food journey', movies that are all sequels, theatre performances where the texture of the seat in front of you is more interesting than any of the overheated dialog in the program.
Charles and Danny are experts who bring their two wildly varying life experiences to inform the way they talk about plants (like dancing about architecture, only it WORKS) in the most exhilarating, elucidating and exciting way. I'd like to have some kind of badge or sticker to wear so other people who feel as passionately as I do about just how impressive their combined knowledge is and how very entertaining they make this plant farm would understand that they should talk to me IMMEDIATELY about how brilliant it is.
It's like a potted plant history of the world - polite and filthy, polished and raw, social life, pure delight, full-sun, delusion, hope, the wistful ennui wrought by time, frankincense and fertilizer, chemicals, storytelling, flowers, food, childhood memories, history, the future, and magical talent.
A cat-lovers paradise, sprawling, complicated, rewarding, beautifully clever and honest plants--seriously I couldn't recommend it more highly. Loved every blooming thing.