Focus on Flowers

Lullaby For The Wandering Child 26.06.2016 4:56 ↓

Paul Asta reads "Lullaby for the Wandering Child" and "The Great American Road Trip."

Maintenance 23.06.2016 2:00 ↓

Keeping a garden presentable across all seasons of the year requires an eagle eye, and considerable commitment of time and energy.

Harmonia Top 40 20.06.2016 58:52 ↓

We’re spinning some of early music’s “hit #1 singles,” alongside some listener requests.

Political Scientist and Anthropologist James Scott 19.06.2016 58:32 ↓

Will Murphy speaks with Professor James Scott, whose research centers on peasants of Southeast Asia and their strategies to resist various forms of domination.

Sometimes I Wish My Dad Was A Lobster 19.06.2016 4:03 ↓

Harlan reads "It Is Possible to Be Many Different Things" and "Sometimes I Wish My Dad Was a Lobster."

Western Wind 17.06.2016 7:11 ↓

Taverner’s Western Wind Mass is considered the first mass of its kind in England to use a secular tune rather than plainchant as its cantus firmus.

Vertical Accents: Create Exclamation Points In A Border 16.06.2016 2:00 ↓

There are many mounding plants, but they need to be interspersed in a garden with some vertical accents.

TV Personality Marc Summers 12.06.2016 59:01 ↓

John Bailey speaks with TV personality Marc Summers.

Nose 12.06.2016 4:45 ↓

Jill Koran reads "Death on Turnagain Arm" and "Nose."

F Words 09.06.2016 2:00 ↓

If you are designing a new garden, think about the following words: form, foliage, flowers, fruit, fragrance and focal points.

Comedians Mat Alano-Martin and Andy Kindler 07.06.2016 59:02 ↓

In the first half-hour, Annie Corrigan interviews standup comic Mat Alano-Martin. Then, Addison Rogers speaks with comedian, actor, and writer Andy Kindler.

The Graveyard And Back 05.06.2016 4:58 ↓

Daniel Minty reads "The Graveyard and Back" and "Wyoming Pastoral with a Litany of Sometimes."

Voices of Eternity 03.06.2016 7:35 ↓

"The repetition of a...harmonic motif evoked a sense of time stretching far beyond the limits of our physical world, thus creating an illusion of eternity!"

Louisiana Iris 02.06.2016 2:00 ↓

Part of my fascination with this iris is that the deer leave them alone.

Filmmakers Tony Buba and Joseph Bernard 29.05.2016 59:21 ↓

Josh Brewer speaks with documentary filmmaker Tony Buba, and Yaël Ksander hosts an interview with mixed-media artist Joseph Bernard.

As The Stars 29.05.2016 4:36 ↓

Ben Debus reads "Elegy from a Second Story Window" and "As the Stars."

A Grave Mistake 26.05.2016 2:00 ↓

...Realization dawned that I had, in my haste, picked up the wrong spray bottle!

New Yorker Staff Writer and Historian Jill Lepore 22.05.2016 55:52 ↓

Brent Johnson hosts speaks Jill Lepore, a staff writer at The New Yorker and professor of American history at Harvard University.

White Beauty 22.05.2016 4:26 ↓

Danni Quintos reads "White Beauty," "Brown Girls," and "Cousins."

Picturesque Corydalis 19.05.2016 2:00 ↓

In my zone 5 garden, Corydalis has self-sown in a rock wall and down cracks in the side of a set of cement stairs...

Agriculturalist Cary Fowler 15.05.2016 58:49 ↓

Trish Kerlé hosts speaks with the former executive director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust.

The Running Back Is Born Again 15.05.2016 4:58 ↓

Brianna Low reads "The Running Back is Born Again," "Watching Little House on the Prairie," and "Laura Describes the Glass."

Creeping Jenny 12.05.2016 2:00 ↓

Update (May 2022): CREEPING JENNY IS CONSIDERED INVASIVE IN PARTS OF NORTH AMERICA! Never plant it where it borders a lawn, as it will escape into the grass and be impossible to get rid of!

The Mother Line Story Project 10.05.2016 59:23 ↓

For Mother's Day, WFIU presents stories from the Mother Line Story Project.

Mother, Hunting 08.05.2016 4:42 ↓

Jessica Franck reads "Mother, Hunting," "Home Visit," and "It's a Girl."