Better Lawns and Gardens

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, garden expert and host Teresa Watkins is joined by Home Garden and Homestead’s editor Randy Schultz with Gifts for Gardeners this Holiday Season.  Randy announces his new podcast “Camp Codger” – Rocking Chair Wisdom from Three Old Guys. A podcast for people in their Golden Years. Dirty Word of the Day is Tap...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins and Mister Landscapers ’s Jo Reese discuss changes with Daylight Savings Time. Fall back with your alarm clock, smoke detectors, and 1x a week watering with automatic irrigation systems. Low-volume irrigation kits for your bird baths, raised beds, and gardens. Gardening calls and...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, garden expert and host Teresa Watkins with Producer Lizzie Steele, talk about the benefits of bats, bat trivia, how to attract bats, and the best places to hang a bat house. Teresa asks pumpkin riddles, and offers flowers and herbs to plant in a Florida Fall garden. Dirty Word of the Day is Dodder. Garden qu...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy Halloween! Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins interviews Dr. Jamie Daugherty, UF/IFAS Residential Horticultural and Master Gardener agent about Florida’s ethereal, scary, and endangered plants, such as “Ghost plants”, “Witches broom,” “Skeletonizers,” and “Zombie” trees. Gardening calls and texts in...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, garden expert and host Teresa Watkins and producer Lizzie Steele, discuss the many varieties of mints in the world. Dirty Word of the Day is Herb. Teresa gives her tips on growing a beautiful herb garden. Garden questions and texts include pruning ilex schillings, rabbits are eating geraniums, Deer and rabbi...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, garden expert and host Teresa Watkins and producer Lizzie Steele are enjoying the record-breaking low temperatures as Fall arrives in Florida a month or two early! Weather reports from callers and listeners as to the freezing and below freezing temperatures in North Florida. Gardening calls and texts include...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, garden expert and host Teresa Watkins and Dr. Gary Bachman, host of Southern Gardening TV and author of Southern Gardening All Year Round , discuss being the keynote speaker at the UF/IFAS Florida Master Gardener 39th State Conference in Orlando. Teresa and Gary chat about tools for  EarthBOX® , reusing soil...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios,   garden expert and host Teresa Watkins is joined in the studio by  Dr. Gary Bachman, host of Southern Gardening TV and author of Southern Gardening All Year Round , discussing landscaping in hurricane-prone states and growing over 1000 pounds of tomatoes at his Heritage Cottage Urban Nano Farm . Dr. Bachman...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios,   garden expert Teresa Watkins lightens the mood with Halloween spirit and talks with award-winning garden author, Carol J. Michel a bout her new holiday book for gardeners of all ages, The Halloween Hare. Dirty Word of the Day is Vivipary. Garden questions and texts include turfgrass growing in shade, canta...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, With Hurricane Ian devastating Florida landscapes, garden expert Teresa Watkins, discusses with @UF Lake County Extension Commercial Horticultural agent on what to do in your landscape to recover and replant. Issues such as flooding, re-staking leaning trees, and fertilizing. Dana Venrick, owner of Quality G...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios,   garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses future gardening trends for 2023 with Garden Media Group President Katie Dubow. New trends that embrace “Individual Accessibility” and believing in yourself with the #Teslaeffect, “Down-aging,” 2023’s Color of the Year, and much more. Garden questions and texts includ...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, provides hurricane Ian updates for Florida and ways to prepare your landscape for the hurricane’s arrival. Teresa talks with Dr. Braham Dhillon, Mycologist, UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center on palm diseases in Florida. Dr. Dhillon has developed a new test f...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios,   Summer fertilizer bans come to an end in most Florida counties at the end of the month. Garden expert, Teresa Watkin, is joined by the “Gardening for Dummies” series, Lance Walheim to discuss the best ways to fertilize your lawn, what type of fertilizer is best, and weed control.  Garden questions and text...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, remarks on the poignancy and symbolism of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral wreath. Hummingbirds have started their migration to South America. The National Garden Bureau provides new hummingbird-attracting plants, including Salvia ‘Hummingbird Falls’, in the garden centers. Teresa add...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios,   Big News!  Teresa announces her next garden tour in Spring 2023! The Best of English Gardens and The Chelsea Flower Show will be May 16th through May 25th, 2023! Nowhere in the world is the passion for horticulture expressed more vividly than in Britain, where gardens have served as inspiration for painter...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, raves about the Fall Harvest moon, the peak of this year’s (non?) hurricane season. Dr. Bryan Unruh, Associate Center Director and Professor of Turfgrass Science, at the West Florida Research Center and Educatio Center announces the centennial anniversary of turf research Field...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios,   This week on Special Report with Bret Baier, there is a new series on the impending global food shortage (Starts at 15:44). September is National Fruits and Vegetables Month. Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses the need for more people to grow their own food. Leah Brooks provides benefits and tips of gr...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Fall is 19 days away. September is National Fruit and Vegetable Month. Teresa and Lizzie celebrate International Beard Day and International Bacon Day. Starting off the morning with ‘Old-World’ traditional olive brining with Quality Green Specialists nursery owner, Dana Venrick. Teresa and Dana chat about ho...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios,   Garden expert Teresa Watkins and host of Horttube channel, Jim Putnam discuss easy curb appeal for do-it-yourself homeowners. Jim provides colorful and low-maintenance plants for the Fall garden from Southern Living Plant Collection, Encore Azaleas, and Sunset Plant Collection. Purchase great curb appeal p...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Gardening expert Teresa Watkins starts off with bragging on  her Hollywood Hibiscus, “Rico Suave”: This celebrity flower collection from J. Berry Nursery will light up any ‘walk of fame’. Rave reviews for this tropical celebrity! His name is Rico Suave. Isn't he gorgeous? I premiered this superstar in my gar...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Gardening expert Teresa Watkins chats about her recent vacation and her visit with Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery . She learns about “crevice gardens” trends invented by Tony Avent, plantsman and proprietor. The Dirty Word of the Day is mangave. Garden calls and texts include how to prepare old potting s...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios,   Garden expert Teresa Watkins provides details of her vacation to Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. Her “Rhod trip” to visit Rhodwood, the inspirational home of North Carolina’s most outstanding landscape designer, Jay Sifford. Teresa describes her new plants for her landscape and her discove...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios,   Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses responsible pest control, Summer control of mosquitos with Summit Mosquito Bits and Dunks. with Randy Schultz, editor of the award-winning Home Garden and Homestead website. Dirty Word of the Day. Gardening questions and texts include how to control root nematodes in...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Gardening expert Teresa Watkins discusses the only low-volume irrigation system she recommends for Florida gardens with Mister Landscaper representative, Jo Reese. Teresa highlights her newest tropical beauties for shade and indoor containers, and what to do in your landscape for the month of August. Gardeni...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios,   Garden expert Teresa Watkins is saddened at the news that the Monarch Butterfly species has been put on the Endangered Species list but Garden for Wildlife Senior Director, Mary Phillips explains the designation and how planting the right native plants will help protect Monarch butterflies. Teresa and Mary...