Better Lawns and Gardens

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  Finally! Citrus can be grown in Florida again! Teresa gets the facts from Dr. Michael Rogers, UF/IFAS Statewide Coordinator of the Citrus Research and Education Center, Lake Alfred, Florida, on  the new homeowner guidelines for growing citrus in your backyard again . Dr. Rogers provides the citrus-greening...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2  – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins and guest host, Dr. Gary Bachman, Urban Nano Farm grower, discuss with Garden Goddess and Executive Producer of “Be The Star You Are”, Cynthia Brian , on her newly published book, “No Barnyard Bullies.” Teresa and Gary discuss “Peggy Martin” heirloom rose, known as the...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Urban Nano Farmer, Dr. Gary Bachman is in the studios with garden expert Teresa Watkins answering garden questions.  Guests are @USDA Dr. Ramkrishnan Balasubramanian and Beth Rota on the updated and stronger USDA regulations for organic growers.   Gary and Teresa discuss pepper varieties and answer your gard...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2  – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins chats with Susan Mulvihill,   about “ The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver, ” her third gardening book. An award-winning garden author and columnist, Susan provides her expertise in diagnosing problems in vegetable gardens.  David White, 20-year orchid grower and member...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined by Randy Schultz, editor at HomeGardenandHomestead discuss what homeowners should know about installing a garden fence. Randy also describes his new fun and relatable podcast, Camp Codger. Teresa is sad to see “crapemurder” in neigborhoods again. Don’t commit “crapemurd...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2  – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins chats with award-winning garden author and garden nerd, Christy Wilhelmi about her new garden fiction book, “Garden Variety.” Teresa answers your garden questions and discusses the signs that Spring is right around the corner, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Join Teres...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Spring is in the air! What is your sign that Spring is right around the corner? Is it seeing robins? Tabebuias in bloom? Let me know what you think? With many snowbird gardeners in Florida, having knowledge of plants that can grow up North but can also be grown in Florida is a plus! Garden expert Teresa Watk...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2  – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins dedicates the Dirty Word of the Day to Annie Haven, cattle rancher and entrepreneur for Authentic Haven Brands Moo Poo Tea. Teresa answers your garden questions and provides what to do in your vegetable garden in January, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Join Teresa on...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins and vegetable gardeners and Tower Garden rep Leah Brooks are shocked at the escalating cost of food. Leah provides the way to grow an abundance of food in a small space. Teresa answers your gardening questions and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Join Teresa and the country's largest...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2  – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins finds out from l andscape architect and designer, Mark Dwyer, the plants and flowers that fit Pantone’s Color of the Year, “Viva Magenta.” Garden questions and texts include how to start on an acre of weeds, rainbow eucalyptus, do caterpillars and bees die from winter,...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins and Kathy Jentz, editor of Washington Gardener , and GardenDC podcast , discuss the upcoming holiday of “Seed Swap Day. ” Kathy explains how to pack seeds, where to have a seed swap, and encourages everyone to share their seeds in their neighborhoods. Garden questions include wha...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year! Garden expert Teresa Watkins advises what to do in your landscape for January. Guests Jeff Hughes and Madeline Hooper,  stars of the popular national hit PBS series Garden Fit . Madeline and Jeff talk about the importance of warming up and stretching before gardening and discuss their new gro...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, First show of 2023! Happy New Year! Garden expert Teresa Watkins provides recovery solutions for the Christmas 2022 Polar Vortex freeze that blasted through Florida. Evidence to unprotected tropical plants is evident on cardboard plants, split leaf philodendron, hibiscus, jatropha, sweet almonds. Sponsor Dan...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2  – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year with a Special Edition – New Year’s Eve Show with Teresa Watkins, host and garden expert, host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin. and producer Lizzie Steele. Special guest interviews with Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery on mangaves, Jim Berry, J. Berry Nursery, on Hollywood Hibiscus and Black Diamon...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year with a Special Edition – New Year’s Eve Show with Teresa Watkins, host and garden expert, host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin, and producer Lizzie Steele. Recap of activities in 2022. Interesting horticultural discoveries in 2022, landscape issues trending in 2022,  most unusual landscape consultatio...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Teresa Watkins, host and garden expert, is joined by Southern Gardening All Year Long author Dr. Gary Bachman, MSU, on the traditional Florida native mistletoe. Dirty Word of the Day is Polar Vortex. Garden questions and texts include holiday greetings from listeners, mulching bananas, will milkweed survive...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Christmas is on its way! Logs in the fireplace, footsie pajamas, and freeze warnings. Garden expert Teresa Watkins talks with Wendy Wilber, UF IFAS State Master Gardener Coordinator , about protecting your tropical landscape. Polar vortex will bring 20-degree temperatures to North Florida, 30’s to Central Fl...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Teresa Watkins, host and garden expert, chats with the Houseplant Guru, Lisa Eldred Steinkopf, about growing Christmas Cactus. Dirty Word of the Day is phenotypic plasticity. Garden questions and texts include flea control, Eucharis lily, plumeria, where to find a Cracker rose, Atala butterfly, lubber grassh...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, It’s planting Citrus tree season! Garden expert Teresa Watkins chats with Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialist Nursery on the how to grow citrus trees and how to protect them from freezing in winter.  How does Producer Lizzie Steele find time to shop for Christmas. Upcoming cold front will be arri...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Teresa Watkins, host and garden expert interviews g arden author and podcaster Carol Michel about her Christmas garden book recommendations. The Gardenangelists podcast. Dirty Word of the Day is bottom watering. Garden questions and texts include codling moths on apple trees, how much mulch is necessary to p...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins learns how healthy microgreens are to eat and easy to grow with Knowing Nature CEO Rachel Haber’s and her innovative microgreens grow kit. Gardening calls and texts include should Satsuma flowers picked off young tree, how much mulch should be used to prevent weeds, Christmas cac...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Teresa Watkins, host and garden expert interviews the vibrant and inspirational author, Jenny Rose Carey, about her books, “Glorious Shade” and “The Ultimate Flower Gardener’s Guide,” and meeting Teresa and her garden tour next year in England for The Best of English Gardens and Chelsea Flower Show. Garden q...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses the current unusually cold temperatures for November in Florida with UF/IFAS Extension agent, Jeremy Rhoden. Jeremy provides winter protection for landscapes and how to prepare for a freeze. Teresa provides what to do for your citrus trees this week. Gardening calls and...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Hurricane Nicole left damaged gardens and yards. Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins discusses with Tom MacCubbin’s the priorities of storm clean-up in the landscape. Garden questions and texts include mango tree not producing, Polk County listener received 16 inches of rain during Nicole, can we plant che...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Hurricane Nicole storms through Florida! Garden expert Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery talk about the tropical storm’s damage, wind resistance of trees and palms, and the good news that the timing of growing fruit in your landscape is now. Gardening calls and texts...