Better Lawns and Gardens

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert, Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery in Deland , discuss the 21st anniversary of the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival. Teresa’s Top Five Florida Wildflowers. Garden topics and questions include bottlebrush tree, lubber grasshoppers and ama...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Spring ushers in fantastic gardening weather! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, opens the phones to answer garden question and text messages. Dirty Word of the Day is Frondescence. Garden topics and questions include plant zone-appropriate substitution for winter damaged bougainvillea, nematode question,...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is thrilled with the Chamber of Commerce sunshine and Spring temperatures. Perfect for gardening! Teresa discusses pest issues and nematode prevention in Florida soils and how Florida landscapes are recovering. Teresa’s Top Five Heirloom Tomatoes That You May Not Know....

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Spring arrives this week! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins answers garden questions and tells what to do in the landscape for March. Dirty Word of the Day is Trifoliate Orange. Garden topics and questions include soil amendments, is it better to plant in the ground or in containers, frost-damaged plants,...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert, Teresa Watkins celebrates the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day with trivia and answering your garden questions. Make sure to attend the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival being held on March 28, 2026. Teresa’s Top Five is her Top Five Plants Green Roses. Garden topics and questions inc...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Mosquito season begins! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins talks with Heather Stickney, National Sales Manager for Summit Responsible Solutions on whether the winter was cold enough to reduce mosquitos. Dirty Word of the Day is Diapause. Garden topics and questions include freeze-damaged staghorn ferns, chill...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert, Teresa Watkins catches up on gardening questions received during the week. Make sure to attend the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival being held on March 28, 2026. Teresa’s Top Five is her Top Five Plants for an Irish Garden. Garden topics and questions include this week’s weathe...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins talks with Mark Kann, Director of Florida Operations for Sod Solutions on concerns that lawns aren’t greening up yet. Dirty Word of the Day is Kleptoparasitism. Garden topics and questions include brown tips on avocado, what to plant in March, can herbicide be used around th...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert, Teresa Watkins discusses surprises with the winter freeze and how to help your edibles recover with Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery . Dana announces the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival being held on March 28, 2026. Teresa’s Top Five Flowering Shrubs th...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert, Teresa Watkins learns about the benefits of Australia’s latest water conservation irrigation with Annie Morton, Hoselink . Teresa’s Dirty Word of the Day is Cauliflory. Garden topics and questions include frozen plants and trees, how to determine soil moisture, what to do in your lan...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by the Plant Doctor and Better Lawns and Gardens Host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin to ponder historic Florida winter freezes.  Teresa ’s Top Five Favorite Spring flowers that never fail. Garden topics and questions include landscape recovery and how to trim back B...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Winter recovery is the mode of the day! Teresa declares winter is over in Florida for 2026. Garden expert Teresa Watkins celebrates Valentine’s Day with Valentine trivia and Teresa ’s Top Rose Myths. Garden topics and questions include landscape recovery and how to trim back shrubs, staghorn ferns,...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins celebrates Valentine’s Day and provides how easy roses are to grow. Dirty Word of the Day is Node. Garden topics and questions include removing Mother-in-Law’s Tongue, pineapple damage, will my plants recover, invasive elephant ears, bougainvillea injury, split leaf philoden...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins interviews Dan McParland, with the Greater Orlando Orchid Society about the upcoming Valentine’s Day 29th Annual Orchid Show and Sale.  Dirty Word of the Day is Bark. Garden topics and questions include frozen pineapple, staghorn survival, Key Lime seeds, cherry tomato damag...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. After a devastating winter freeze, Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined by sponsor Dana Venrick on the importance of providing nutrients and water to help Florida landscapes recover. Teresa answers questions on how to take care of the plants after the freeze. Teresa ’s Top Five Shrubs that survived...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Today is National Seed Swap Day. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins talks with Kathy Jentz, garden author and editor of the Washington Gardener, who invented National Seed Swap Day. Dirty Word of the Day is Antitranspirant. Garden topics and questions include freezing temperatures, keeping well from freezing,...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins provides important tips on protecting Florida landscapes from historic record lows and freezing temperatures. Florida homeowners are panicking about the freezing temperatures. Teresa discusses tropical plants most susceptible to the freeze and how to take care of the plan...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins explains that severe pruning techniques such as crape murder, excessive trimming, and pollarding are unnecessary. Garden topics and questions include where to find peppermint plants, wax myrtle and mimosa not growing, getting rid of bagworms, moving orchids inside, . https://...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Winter Storm ‘Fern’ heading Florida’s way.  Garden expert, Teresa Watkins discusses the bi-polar weather of record temperature highs followed by freezing temperatures in Florida. Teresa’s Top Five Favorite garden pathway materials. Garden topics and questions include Lavender ‘Phenomenal’, Gerald t...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Celebrating Florida Arbor Day Garden expert, Teresa Watkins talks with Austin Tollman, co-owner of Word of Mouth Tree Service. Dirty Word of the Day is Tree Risk Assessment. Garden topics and questions include freezing temperatures, cycad scale, how to get rid of clover, can crocus and creeping thyme be...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Florida winter temperature records set with snowfall in the Panhandle! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists Nursery talk about what gardeners should fertilize with now to protect their plants. Teresa’s Top Five drought tolerant trees. Garden topics and questions i...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Garden expert Teresa Watkins interviews Madeline Hooper, host of Gardenfit , about how to find joy rather than discomfort when gardening. Madeline shares simple advice for exercising properly in the garden. Dirty Word of the Day is Florilegium. Garden questions and texts include Art in Bloom Garden Tours, Indian jujube, young gardeners, spraying pear tree, insect...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year! Better Lawns and Gardens host Teresa Watkins and Producer Lizzie Steele catch up after a holiday break. Cold front and rain next week. Teresa’s Top Five native plants that flower in winter. Teresa provides what to plant in January. Garden questions and texts include types of evergreen turf, A...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Host Emeritus Tom MacCubbin joins Teresa to discuss the latest herbicide update on Roundup and the available herbicides to use on artillery fern and other weeds. Garden questions include yellowing foliage on hibiscus, herbicides, repositioning a 30-year-old staghorn fern, Foxtail palms’ brown fronds, waterin...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.    Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by the effervescent Katie Dubow, President of Garden Media Group on her predictions for 2026 garden trends. Teresa’s Dirty Word of the Day is Kusumi. Garden topics and questions include what to do in your landscape this month, plant identification, tall varietie...