Across

1 Cultivate and encourage

5 Show communal spirit, in a way

8 Company abbreviation

10 Gardening tool

12 Compassionate

13 Humor

15 Sacred Buddhist sound

17 An excess of this hormone can cause uterine fibroids

20 To and ___

21 Are situated

22 Cruciferous vegetable

24 Flower starters

25 Letter addendum

27 Corn piece

30 One of the vegetable types that can be grown in pots

32 Workshop dealing with ceramics

34 Interchange of thoughts and emotions: it can often resolve many upsets

35 Landscaper's grass

36 Have some

37 Inspires

Down

1 Group of friends and acquaintances

2 Plant system

3 Applies

4 Emotional intelligence (abbr.)

5 Marked physically or emotionally

6 Maturing

7 Encourage, 2 words

9 Raleigh's state

11 Hoop's outer edge

14 Catalina, e.g.

16 Environmentally friendly

18 Connect

19 Clairvoyant's gift, abbr.

20 Tampa locale

23 Wonder

24 Father to a son, abbr.

26 Adages

28 Confirm

29 Conviction

30 Supports

31 Intended

32 Artist's medium

33 Hiker's path