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Kevin Espiritu

Founder & CEO, Epic Gardening

Search every verified Kevin Espiritu interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Kevin Espiritu, founder and CEO of Epic Gardening, discussed his career trajectory and decision-making on the Trailblazer Show podcast in September 2026. He described his early professional poker career, noting that he recognized its limitations but continued due to financial incentives and habit. He also mentioned his time as an early employee at Scribe, the company behind books such as *Can't Hurt Me* by David Goggins. Espiritu stated that Epic Gardening initially aimed to teach 10,000 people to grow their own food through a website, and he later expanded the company's presence to platforms including video, audio, social media, and TikTok. Espiritu also spoke about his recent professional developments, including modeling for Timberland, writing a book, and a planned pilot television show for a major network expected to air in October. He described his reaction to these milestones as measured, saying he tends to focus on next steps rather than intense celebration or despair. He directed listeners to epicgardening.com and shop.epicgardening.com for his raised garden beds and other products.

Recent appearances

  • #14 Journey to building Epic Gardening with Kevin Espiritu

    Kevin is a author, model for Timberland and the founder and CEO of epic gardening, a mega successful digital media property showing people how to grow their own food through the blog Instagram and now TikTok. We discuss how his professional career in poker has helped him become a better decision maker and how the failures and successes that led to Epic Gardening. One of the steps along the way was being an early employee at scribe, the company behind many of my favorite Books including, can't hurt me, by David Goggins

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  • The Science of Gardening, with Epic Gardening

    T-Mobile 5G Home Internet. https://T-Mobile.com/HomeInternet Could you grow your own food on the moon? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly sit down with Kevin Espiritu, the gardening YouTuber behind Epic Gardening, to dig into backyard farming, the future of sustainable food, and what it would actually take to feed yourself on Earth or anywhere else. Kevin describes how he got into growing plants and how it doesn’t always require lots of land. Chuck admits to being an avid gardener secretly and fangirls over Kevin’s 30 fruit trees. How self-sufficient can you reason…

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  • AI vs Dog Cancer, Zito From Apollo Tells All, Tyler Cowen WANTS YOU to Lock In, SF Housing Market

    00:10:36 AI vs Dog Cancer 00:25:25 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 00:45:00 Stratechery: "Agents Over Bubbles" 01:05:48 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 01:11:15 How to Lose the AI Arms Race 01:19:08 𝕏 Timeline Reactions 01:27:34 Oscars Reactions 01:35:44 Kevin Espiritu, founder and CEO of Epic Gardening, is a self-taught gardener who has built the world's most-followed gardening brand, offering educational content across multiple platforms and selling curated gardening products. In the conversation, he discusses breeding rare Costa Rican tree frogs, his journey from creating content to developing products, and the…

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  • In the Garden | The Gardening Learning Curve with Kevin Espiritu

    Welcome back to In the Garden with Flower Hill Farm, where we dig into the beauty, rhythms, and practical magic of growing a garden you love. Join Nicole from Flower Hill Farm for thoughtful conversations, seasonal inspiration, and real-world gardening wisdom. Powered by Botanical Interests, your trusted source for high-quality seeds and gardening know-how. Whether you are planning your next harvest or looking for ways to make your garden work harder for your family, this show is your invitation to grow with intention. In this episode, Nicole sits down with Kevin Espiritu, the founder and CE…

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  • This guy makes over $50 Million a Year Gardening

    Kevin Espiritu, a guy from San Diego, makes over $50 million a year from Gardening. Kevin started out playing poker online to pay for college. He tried to be an accountant, drummer in a band, web designer and SEO expert-- and eventually discovered blogging and Youtube. In 6 years he's built an Epic Gardening business [https://www.epicgardening.com/] New! https://www.behindthebrand.tv/vip Get a short note from me each week with what I've learned from interviewing some of the smartest people in the world -- the best inspiration, eduction, access to events, perks, finds, free stuff and more to…

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  • He Turned A $300/Mo Gardening Side Hustle Into $45 Million/Year | Kevin Espiritu Interview

    [Steal This] Get our proven writing frameworks that have made us millions 👉 https://clickhubspot.com/nxv Episode 591: Sam Parr (   / thesamparr   ) talks to Kevin Espiritu ( https://x.com/KevinEspiritu ), AKA The Plant Daddy, about how he turned a side hustle into a $45M business in his backyard. — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (3:41) $250k playing online poker (6:04) The influence of Pat Flynn (7:43) Cocoa butter cream review site (8:30) Printing on-demand shirts (12:26) From Scribe to $300/mo gardening blog (15:06) Inflection point: The metal raised bed (17:42) Billion-dollar blogs (19:20) Life…

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  • Epic Gardening's $100+ Million Playbook with Kevin Espiritu (Founder and CEO)

    Kevin Espiritu is the founder and CEO of ‪@epicgardening‬ which is, by multiple measures, one of the largest brands in gardening on the planet.What started in 2013 as a blog has since evolved into a gardening empire spanning YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, 4,500 gardening stores, and three gardening books.Epic raised a $17.5m Series A from The Chernin Group in 2021, and according to external sources did $27 million in revenue in 2022. Brought to you by Attio the next generation of CRM https://bit.ly/AttioThePeel⁠ — — — — Brought to you by Attio, the next generation of CRM. It’s powerf…

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  • One Seed can change everything - with Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening

    🌿👨‍🌾 Welcome to another episode of Friends and Mentors! In this special episode, I'm thrilled to have Kevin Espíritu from Epic Gardening joining us. We dive deep into the world of home gardening, exploring how it's more than just a hobby - it's a movement towards sustainability and reconnecting with our roots. 🌱 We talk about the importance of grassroots action, the transformative power of gardening, and how Epic Gardening is pioneering a for-profit model to teach the world to grow. Key Moments: 0:00: Kevin's Journey from Hydroponics to Epic Gardening 1:12: The Evolution of Epic Gardening 2:…

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  • Meet The Gardener Who Turned A Hobby Into A $59,000,000 Business

    Kevin Espiritu grew ‪@epicgardening‬ from a blog about hydroponics to the $59,000,000 it’s valued at today in just a few years. I think it’s amazing how he’s built such a huge successful commercial enterprise out of something he’s passionate about and we talk about what he loves about gardening, surviving for 30 days off food he grew, and test his gardening trivia… SUBSCRIBE to EPIC GARDENING    / @epicgardening   ⏰TIMESTAMPS⏰ 00:00 Introducing Kevin Espirtu From Epic Gardening 01:15 How Kevin Developed His On Camera Personality 06:07 30 Day Survival Challenge 11:25 Morality Of Factory…

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  • Epic Gardening: Kevin Espiritu ECP 118

    Nate talks with Kevin about the ins and outs of gardening in any climate with any skill level. 0:00 Intro 2:28 Kevin's books 4:47 Writing 6:02 Reading 11:49 Public speaking 16:28 Gardening basics 20:16 Satisfaction 24:12 Harsh climates 27:13 Space 30:02 Bees 30:50 Current projects 34:19 Trouble shooting 38:50 Collaborations IG: ‪@epicgardening‬ Website/blog: epicgardening.com YouTube: Epic Gardening Podcast: Epic Gardening Daily Tips & Advice

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  • #016 Kevin Espiritu: Bootstrapping Epic Gardening to $10M+ Media+D2C. Pink Pineapples, Male Models

    This week’s guest is my friend, Kevin Espiritu. Kevin is the founder of Epic Gardening, the world’s biggest gardening education platform. We became good friends over the internet--Kevin and I talked about the trend of parasocial relationships and how you can get to know someone despite having little to no in-person interaction. We talked about how Kevin transitioned from making a living out of playing poker, to building websites, to marketing and blogging, and finally, working full-time on Epic Gardening. This project went on to garner the biggest gardening audiences on YouTube, TikTok, and I…

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  • Growing Your Business Online With Epic Gardening's Kevin Espiritu - Creator Spotlight

    Welcome back to Creator Spotlight, a show where we sit and chat with today’s top Web Creators to see what it takes to thrive online. On today’s episode, Raunak is joined by Kevin Espiritu, founder of Epic Gardening. Web Story link → https://goo.gle/3rJl8eC 0:00 - Cold Open 0:17 - Introduction 0:54 - Getting into Gardening 3:04 - Starting a Business 5:28 - Insights into affiliate marketing 7:46 - Having a mission 10:45 - How to expand and use your time effectively 12:21 - Impressive Milestones Epic Gardening website → https://goo.gle/3wi8A1y Watch more Creator Spotlight → https://goo.gl…

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