Blueville Nursery's Podcast

Trent, sales representative from Star Seed, gives a Garden Store Seminar on native grass plantings for Kansas.

Pat Silovsky from Milforf Nature Centers gives an informative talk on bats during a Saturday morning Garden Store Seminar.

Assistant Garden Store Manager joins Andrew to discuss indoor house plants.

Dan Russell, Senior Staff Member, discusses fall projects to prepare your lawn and landscape for winter during a Garden Store Seminar

Fall is a great time to plant trees! Growing Division Head Joe Rundle joins Andrew to discuss how to choose trees and how to install them in your landscape.

Andrew's Garden Store presentation from October 7 on weed control in lawns.

Dr. Cloyd discusses the popular monarch butterfly in a Garden Store Seminar from September 2023.

Dr. Cloyd returns to discuss beneficial landscape insects. Garden Store Seminar from July, 2023.

Andrew is up early on a Sunday morning to discuss the extreme heat that has hit Kansas late this summer and how to combat it going into fall.

Andrew discusses the joys of seeding. Forgive the poor audio quality, it is the first podcast Andrew did and he hadn't ironed out all the details!

Dr. Chuck Marr, Professor Emeritus from KSU, gives his fall gardening presentation in Andrew's living room on a blistering hot July afternoon.

Andrew's seminar on lawn diseases in the summer months. What to look for and what do to prevent them and how to handle them when they show up. Garden Store Seminar from 7/22/23.

Riley County Extension Agent Greg Eyestone joins the Saturday morning seminar group to discuss effective ways to keep turf, plants, and trees watered without wasting time and water. Garden Store seminar from June 24, 2023.

 Dr. Chuck Otte's, Retired Geary County Extension Agent, Garden Store Seminar on hummingbirds and orioles from April, 15, 2023.

Brian Ruder, a sales representative from Helena Agri Enterprises, sits down with Andrew to discuss growth regulators and some big picture aspects of the green industry.

Kansas State University Professor Dr. Raymond Cloyd discusses summer insect pests in a Garden Store Seminar from May 6, 2023.

Come check out our copious varieties of daylillies and roses. Add year round color with a mugo pine, or summer interest with a Little Henry Sweetspire. Also, we have container trees and large container shrubs on sale!

Long time Blueville employee, Tim Sharp, joins Andrew to discuss seeding buffalo grass and other native grasses.  Warm season grasses go dormant through Winter months and green back up in Spring.  Buffalo grass is the only native Kansas grass suitable for use as a turf grass and thrives through harsh Summer conditions on the plains. 

Dr. Chuck Marr, Professor Emeritus from KSU, returns to discuss gardening as the season turns from cool to hot. Garden Store Seminar from April 15, 2023.

Winter Grain Mites have been damaging lawns all over Manhattan this spring. Andrew dives in and explores their lifecycle and the damage they can cause. The following link is a great resource for winter grain mite identification and rectification: MF2073 Winter Grain Mites (ksu.edu)

Add spring color to your landscape with these fantastic shrubs. All three bloom in spring and early summer and viburnum will have a second round of blooming in the fall.

Andrew and Derek discuss the pros and cons of the two most popular landscape bed materials; wood mulch vs decorative gravel.

Blueville Nursery's Annual Geranium Sale kicks off spring and serves as a tribute to Dorothy Westervelt and her impact at Blueville Nursery and in the greater community. Keith joins to remember his mother and her love of geraniums.

This week's plants are both early spring bloomers. Flowering Quince have a wild growth structure but beautiful apple blossom-like flowers. Redbuds are a classic medium sized ornamental tree the signal arrival of spring. 25% of April 8-April 14.

Derek explains how properties are evaluated and landscape designs are created for clients.