Better Lawns and Gardens

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Tom MacCubbin and producer Lizzie Steele to discuss new ideas and gardening goals in 2026. New for Florida: Florida’s Full Moon names and symbols. Tom provides his favorite vegetables for 2026, Teresa’s personal favorite garden moments, Tom’s Top...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy New Year! Helping Teresa Watkins celebrate the end of 2025 are Tom MacCubbin and producer Lizzie Steele. Teresa, Tom, and Lizzie discuss Christmas festivities, the record-breaking weather in 2025, garden bucket (pronounced ‘bouquet’) lists for 2026, and their best gardening moments in 2025, and...

Best of Better Lawns and Gardens Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists, to discuss poinsettias, how to plant shrubs and trees in December. Dirty Word of the Day is Chill Hours. Gardening questions include how to calculate chi...

Best of Better Lawns and Gardens. Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.  It’s the Winter Solstice. Garden expert Teresa Watkins and producer Lizzie Christmas cookies, December’s cold temperatures, and is there anything you need to do in your garden right now. Teresa’s Top Five plants that hide utilities, a/c units. Garden topics and question...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Renée Wilson on the eve of the Audubon’s traditional Christmas Bird Count . Dirty Word of the Day is Semelparity. Garden topics and questions include what to  plant in the month of December, ‘Phenomenal’ Lavender, time to fertilize mums, replacing lawn, pine mul...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert, Teresa Watkins answers call in and text questions on what to do in your landscape in December. Teresa’s Top Five Christmas songs that mention plants. Garden topics and questions include sod installation, soil moisture meters, fertilizing winter annuals, clusia disease, and more. http...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins gets Santa’s gift list from Randy Schultz, editor and founder of Home Garden and Homestead . Dirty Word of the Day is Heterophylla. Garden topics and questions include: What to  plant in the month of December, delphiniums, Eileen’s bird feeders, ‘Phenomenal’ Lavender, and mo...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Celebrating St. Nicholas Day, patron of Christmas gift-giving, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, Quality Green Specialists Nursery talk about stopping by the nursery and giving gift certificates, fruit trees and poinsettias. Teresa’s Top Five Citrus trees resistant to citrus greening. G...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins announces the Meet The Authors Party hosted by the National Garden Bureau on Thursday, November 9th. Natalie Carmolli, Proven Winners Color Choice introduces their Deer Proof Plant Program. Garden questions include how much to water Soursop, Lethal Bronzing of Sylvester Palm, fr...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Oranges, tangerines, and grapefruit, oh my! Garden expert and host Teresa Watkins interviews @UF /IFAS Lake County Extension ’s new Residential Horticultural agent, Maria Bautista.  Maria advises on how to select a citrus tree and care for it. Lizzie receives a Plant Delights Nursery’s  Zephyranthes rain...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by her friend, garden author, Jenny Rose Carey, to discuss her newest best-selling book, "The Essential Guide to Bulbs. " You can get signed copies of "The Essential Guide to Bulbs" on Jenny's website. Dirty Word of the Day is Geophytes. Garden topics and questions...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy Thanksgiving! Garden specialist Teresa Watkins discusses her gratitude for sponsors, listeners, and conservation organizations like Horse Farms Forever and Florida Land Stewardship Partnership for their efforts. Teresa’s Top Five Colorful Fall Shrubs. Garden questions and topics include removin...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.    Garden expert, Teresa Watkins lists botanical plants and materials found in the landscape to create holiday decorations. Dirty Word of the Day is Bacciferous. Garden topics and questions include how trees grow, Norfolk Island Pine trees, more lemon tree questions, flowering tree ID, gardenia leaves tu...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the S ummit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden specialist Teresa Watkins shares updates on recent weather records and offers advice on planting choices that will help attract migratory birds to your garden. Teresa’s Top Five Favorite native trees to plant for Cedar waxwings. Garden questions and topics include the mulching fruit trees, ho...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.    Garden expert, Teresa Watkins finds out how Ray Roberts, retired owner of Central Florida Ferns and Foliage, discovered a fascination with ferns that became his life’s work. Dirty Word of the Day is Tracheophytes. Garden topics and questions include yellowing of lemon tree leaves, whether Christmas Pa...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Winter temperatures will set earliest arrival of record lows for Florida. Garden expert Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists discuss prepping the landscape and protecting tender tropical plants. Teresa’s Top Five Favorite Fall and Winter Blooming Shrubs and Plants. Garden...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.    Garden expert, Teresa Watkins provides the Fall chores to do in your landscaping. Teresa talks about Barilla oven-ready lasagna noodles . Dirty Word of the Day is Woody Lilies. Garden topics and questions include what kind of grass to plant, Plumeria is too tall to cover, more full moon suggestions, a...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert Teresa Watkins is shocked by last week’s rainfall and flooding and explains why it happened. Teresa’s Top Five Florida tips on How to Prepare For Winter. Garden questions and topics include cooler weather, how to subscribe to Teresa’s free monthly “In Your Backyard” newsletter, what to ca...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.    Garden expert, Teresa Watkins spooks producer Lizzie Steele with deadly plants that can be found in Florida and around the world. Dirty Word of the Day is Anthocyanin. Garden topics and questions include urban legends, safety in growing oleander, differences between Christmas and Thanksgiving cactus,...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert Teresa Watkins celebrates Halloween with her list of black flowers, ornamental grasses and tropical plants. Teresa’s Top Five Florida Black Plants to grow in Florida. Garden questions and topics include cooler weather and expected rainfall for the state, how to subscribe to Teresa’s free...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.    Garden expert, Teresa Watkins discusses Fall gardening topics. Dirty Word of the Day is Canescent. Garden topics and questions include foraging, plant id, ‘Fire and Ice’ Hibiscus, sweet potato and herbicide, preventing artillerary fern, when to buy chrysanthemums, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign u...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined by Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery about the best time to plant fruit and nut trees. Teresa’s Top Five Florida Plants For Halloween. Garden questions and topics include upcoming beautiful weather, turf irrigation, growing garlic, new hardw...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.    Garden expert, Teresa Watkins and Dr. Gary Bachman laugh, discuss seeds, air frying kale, and how to grind peppers to make seasoning. Gary gets to explain his Dirty Word of the Day. Garden topics and questions include Gary’s book “Southern Gardening All Year Long”, marigolds, deer prevention, and more...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.   Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined in the iHeart studios with good friend, Dr. Gary Bachman. Teresa and Gary discuss the Heritage Cottage Urban Nano Farm tomato and pepper seeds , glow-in-the-dark succulents. Garden questions and topics include the upcoming La Nina winter, Teresa’s Top Five Favorit...

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios.    Garden expert, Teresa Watkins Dirty Word of the Day is Corking.  Garden topics and questions include what to do in your landscape in October, blueberry fungus, eradicating sandspurs, avocado and tomatoes, palm trees damaging asphalt, ornamental grasses to plant, great gardens to visit in Alabama, micr...