Focus on Flowers

Disney Topiary 10.07.2014 2:00 ↓

In the 1960s, at Walt Disney’s request, Bill Evans and the Disney horticultural team began to experiment with topiary.

Author and Professor Larry Lockridge 06.07.2014 53:43 ↓

David Brent Johnson interviews Larry Lockridge, author of an award-winning biography of his father Ross Lockridge, Jr., author of Raintree County.

Disney Horticulture 03.07.2014 2:00 ↓

Roughly 80% of the Walt Disney World resort flowers are irrigated using reclaimed water.

One Is The Loveliest Number 30.06.2014 58:52 ↓

We're exploring paeans to solitude, songs of unrequited love—even a sumptuous soundscape sprung from a single note.

Astrophysicist David Morrison 30.06.2014 54:30 ↓

Will Murphy speaks with David Morrison, director of the Carl Sagan Center for Study of Life in the Universe at the SETI Institute.

Disney World's Liberty Tree 26.06.2014 2:00 ↓

The official Disney Horticulture logo is the Liberty Tree, and there is a story about how that choice was made.

Flower Festival At Disney World 19.06.2014 2:00 ↓

The Epcot International Flower Show and Garden Festival is held each spring for 75 days.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Sonia Nazario 15.06.2014 49:03 ↓

Gena Asher interviews journalist Sonia Nazario, author of Enrique's Journey

All In A Life's Work: Arcangelo Corelli 14.06.2014 13:48 ↓

Arcangelo Corelli’s complete published chamber music performed by the Avison Ensemble.

Bill Evans: Disney Landscaping Legend 12.06.2014 2:00 ↓

The landscaping at Disney Theme Parks is an integral part of the Disney experience.

Academy Award-Winning Actress Meryl Streep 10.06.2014 50:34 ↓

IU President Michael McRobbie interviews Meryl Streep, one of the greatest actresses of our time.

Living Columns 05.06.2014 2:00 ↓

Narrow shrubs are referred to as columnar in shape, and they are ideal for a small garden.

Tainted Love 02.06.2014 58:52 ↓

Love’s gone bad this hour on Harmonia, as we explore music by—and for—the brokenhearted.

Photomontagist Jerry Uelsmann 01.06.2014 56:43 ↓

Yaël Ksander interviews photographer Jerry Uelsmann, a pioneer of 20th-century photomontage.

A Visit To Constance 30.05.2014 7:38 ↓

We're dropping in on the historic Council of Konstanz with a recording from Capella de la Torre, and music that might have been heard there in the 15th c.

English Ivy 29.05.2014 2:00 ↓

Many people think that English ivy (Hedera helix) is romantic.

Hummel And The Fortepiano 23.05.2014 6:30 ↓

We’re headed into the 19th century with Hummel piano concertos, recorded for the first time on period instruments by Solamente Naturali.

Swallowtails 22.05.2014 2:00 ↓

Adult butterflies linger in our gardens longer when we have the types of plants on which they can lay their eggs.

Psychologist and Author Gerd Gigerenzer 18.05.2014 55:17 ↓

Peter Todd interviews German psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer, who studies the use of bounded rationality and heuristics in decision making.

Onward And Upward 16.05.2014 10:08 ↓

Kudos to Jean Lamon for over three decades with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra!

Baby Mums 15.05.2014 2:00 ↓

The best time to plant chrysanthemums is now...in the spring!

And One Was A Soldier 12.05.2014 58:52 ↓

We’re heading into battle this hour, for a sampling of music by, for, or about soldiers.

Poetry And Conversation With Mark Wunderlich 11.05.2014 15:25 ↓

Mark Wunderlich reads poems from his new collection and sits down for a chat with us!

The Mozart-Bach Connection 09.05.2014 14:53 ↓

Christophe Rousset plays Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier Book II, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin plays related works by Mozart and his contemporaries.

Milkweed For Monarchs! 08.05.2014 2:00 ↓

Pretty and striped, Monarch caterpillars eat various species of milkweed, so plant lots of it to entice this butterfly to your garden.