Gardening with the Gardiners

Gardening with the Gardiners: Episode #29   Hosts Hope and Matthew share a personal update announcing the reopening of Boone Gardiner Garden Center after a decade.  With plans for:  Landscape Design Offices,  Greenhouses, Retail plants and products from their Acorn Lane Farm.     They also cover timely late‑fall tasks and quick tips: digging and storing dahlias and other tender bulbs (curing and s...

Gardening with the Gardiners Episode # 28 hosts Matt and Hope Gardiner share seasonal garden news — moving tropicals into a new greenhouse, protecting orchids from sunscald, goat milk soap, peony finds, and a fun giant pumpkin note — then dive into a full guide on spring bulbs. They explain bulb types (true bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes, offsets), best fall planting times (around Oct 15–Thanksgiv...

Episode #27:  The Great Pumpkin Podcast Special! Hosts Matthew and Hope Gardiner explore everything pumpkins — from their Native American origins and Halloween folklore to practical growing, harvesting and storage tips. They cover varieties for carving and cooking, pollination and pest advice, how to grow giant pumpkins and simple seasonal uses for seeds and squash. The episode closes with a plant...

Episode #26 of Gardening with the Gardiners:  Love Your Lawn in Fall.   Hosts Matthew and Hope cover fall lawn care for Kentucky, explaining cool- vs warm-season grasses, overseeding, core aeration, smart fertilization (soil testing recommended), irrigation adjustments, leaf mulching, and timing for pre-emergent weed control. They also share recent garden visits and events, and feature Plant of th...

In this episode #25 of Gardening with the Gardiners, hosts Matthew and Hope Gardiner walk through a practical September checklist to prepare your garden for fall and next spring. They cover dividing and transplanting perennials (including peonies), ordering and planting bulbs, starting fall vegetable beds, collecting and storing seeds, and propagation tips. Other topics include mulching and cover...

Episode 24 of Gardening with the Gardiners, we wrap up our Ireland travelogue with this Part 3.  Includes highlights from Ashford Castle to the Fairy Bridges, Derry, Connemara, the Dark Hedges and the Giant's Causeway, mixed with local folklore and seaside landscapes. We also cover practical gardening topics: hot-weather watering tips, using dahlias for late-season color, and the difference betwee...

In this episode the Gardiners continue their Ireland travelogue, Part II: exploring Kilkenny, Waterford, Galway and the Burren, visiting the Cliffs of Moher, Rock of Cashel and Ashford Castle, and sharing the horticultural highlights they found along the way. They discuss peat bogs and their ecological and cultural importance, Ireland’s iconic dry‑stone walls and landscape craft, memorable gardens...

Hosts Matt and Hope return from a 12-day family trip to Ireland and begin a multi-episode travelogue focused on gardens, landscape design, history, and local brewing traditions. They share highlights from Dublin’s Guinness Storehouse, the terraced majesty of Powerscourt Estate, Kilkenny Castle, and the Smithwick’s brewery. The episode blends horticultural observations—big hydrangeas, formal terrac...

In this Episode of Gardening with the Gardiners, Matt and Hope Gardiner, discuss creating butterfly gardens. They cover choosing the right site (full sun and wind protection), providing host plants for caterpillars (parsley, dill, fennel, milkweed), nectar plants (zinnias, coneflowers, lantana, bee balm), and supporting the full life cycle with puddling spots, shelter, and year-round bloom. The ep...

Be ready for July's Heat and all of the potential pest problems that can plague your garden.  In this episode Hope and Matt discuss Bagworms, Japanese Beetles, Aphids, Spider Mites, Scale and more.  We are here to arm you with the knowledge to protect your garden from these damaging creatures!!   --- Please like and follow our podcast and drop a review!  It will really help us get the word out.  ...

Do you want Heavenly Hydrangeas?  Then this is the show for you.   In this episode Hope and Matt discuss all you need to know about one of the Queen's of the flowering shrubs, THE HYDRANGEA!  We discuss the history and origins, Hydrangea plant and flower types, popular varieties, how and where to plant them, pest and disease and more!  From Mopheads, to Oakleafs, to Panicles and more come discover...

In this episode Hope and Matt give a farm/ spring update.  Instead of the usual format of one main topic, they discuss many tips and action items for the garden/ landscape right now.  From Garlic (an update from episode 4) to deadheading, watering, bagworms, a great new plant for your garden and much more!  All that after an action packed and funny farm update.     --- Please like and follow our p...

Strawberries!   In this episode Hope and Matt discuss all you need to know about many people's favorite fruit, the Strawberry!  We discuss the history and origins, strawberry types, popular varieties, how and where to plant them, propagation, pest and disease and more!  Listen in to get your spring strawberry crop growing and producing these delicious fruits for your family.     --- Please like an...

The Perfect Peony Podcast.  In this episode Hope and Matt discuss all you need to know about one of the most perfect flowers, the Peony!  We discuss the history and origins, peony plant and flower types, popular varieties, how and where to plant them, propagation, pest and disease and more!  Come discover why no garden is perfect without at least some Peonies in it!     --- Please like and follow...

Conquer your Garden this spring by dividing, perennials that is.  In this episode Hope and Matt discuss all you need to know about how to divide perennial flowers to increase plant health, vigor, blooms and most importantly make more plants, for FREE!     --- Please like and follow our podcast and drop a review!  It will really help us get the word out.   --- Also, if you have a gardening, landsca...

In this episode Hope and Matt continue to discuss all things Spring in the garden with a focus on Spring Ephemerals.  Those beautiful, fleeting gems of the woodland spring garden.  

In this episode hope and Matt discuss tips for spring cleanups of your garden and your landscape. What to do to get the garden ready for spring and have your Landscape and Garden looking its best this year.   Get a head start on the season with pruning and trimming, weeding, edging, fertilizing, mulching, and more.  

In this episode we discuss Seed Starting and everything you need to know to start your seeds indoors now to get a head start on the spring season.  From trays, to growing medium and conditions, lights, water and more.   Speaking of Spring, it is definitely starting to look a little bit like Spring and we give a farm update and discuss the upcoming season as well.  

Episode #11 Love is in the Air!  Skunks, Moles and Vols.  In this episode, Hope and Matt give an update on their farm and February.  Then they discuss all about skunks, moles and vols in our gardens and landscapes, facts on them and how to deal with them.  

Update on the farm and winter chaos. As well as a discussion about winter house plant care and how to keep your house plants in tip top shape over the winter time.  

After too long of a break ,we are back and discussing the winter storm of 2026 and tips for plants and your garden during this time.  

In this episode we discuss the Christmas tree.  Its history from Pagan roots to Christian Symbol.  As well as how to care for cut trees and living trees.  Just in time to get you ready for the Holidays!  

In this episode, we discuss all about Dahlias.  How to care for, grow, store and more.  Even if you have never grown Dahlias or don't know much about them, this episode has lots of great gardening tips.  Plus we do a section on overwintering other annual plants such as Gladiolus, Elephant Ears, Cannas and more. 

Welcome to Episode #6 !  We discuss Putting the garden to bed and all the things you should do this fall to get your garden in tip top shape for next spring.  This episode is full of helpful tips.  

We discuss how Bats are widely misunderstood and are beneficial for our gardens, yards and the environment at large.