Focus on Flowers

J.S. Bach's "Magnificat" (Channel Classics) and Purcell's "Dido & Aeneas" (Ambronay).

A cactus in full bloom is guaranteed to lift one’s spirits.

A rebroadcast of George Walker's 2003 interview with tuba master Harvey Phillips.

Richard Cecil reads his poems "Blue Star" and "The Sirens."

Japanese garden design is well known for its focus on different shades and textures of foliage, with a minimal use of flowers.

Music of Henry Purcell and the French Baroque on the ATMA Classique label.

Maura Stanton reads her poem "Class Assignment -- Thirteen Ways of Looking for a Poem," written in honor of Wendy Bishop, 1953 - 2003.

Lilac and lavender, roses and annual sweet-peas have distinctive and memorable scents.

Owen Johnson speaks with Columbia University journalism professor Michael Schudson, a scholar of the history and sociology of the news media.

Gluttony: found in music of the Renaissance and Baroque, and Les Voix Baroques performs early 17th-century carnival music.

Poet Keith Leonard reads "When She Talks About Her Drowned Father," We're Beginning to See What Cannot Stay," "Downburst," "Upheaval," and "Latitude."

Owen Johnson hosts this interview with Gay Talese, one of the founders of the “New Journalism.”

To improve the soil in an established garden, simply shred the leaves that accumulate from the trees in your yard and spread them over the garden beds.

"Athletic" poetry by Patrick Coleman: "Team Dressage," "Team Archery," and "Team Pole Vaulting."

I am now digging big wide round holes and placing lots of bulbs of different sizes and bloom times all together at differing depths.

A continuation of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra’s commissions of new works inspired by the Brandenburg concertos of J.S. Bach, American lutenist Ronn McFarlane joins us to talk about his compositions, and the Dunedin Consort & Players are featured in a release of Bach’s B minor Mass.

Keith Leonard is a recipient of an Academy of American Poets award and an AWP Intro Journals Award nomination.

In the fall when I look at my garden, and possibly when you look at yours, there are so many things that seem to need a remedy next summer.

Karen Hanson hosts this interview with biologist Ellen Ketterson.

Edgar Allan Poe is remembered for his macabre and inventive short stories and poems.

All tropical plants must be kept from freezing and stored in a state of dormancy. Lack of warmth inhibits growth, which is why cool temperatures are best.

Marian music by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Harmonia Mundi) and George Frideric Handel (Archiv Produktion).

A look at witches and insanity in songs and scenes from late 17th-century English stage works, violinist Ingrid Matthews and harpsichordist Byron Schenkman perform live in recital from Seattle, and Esterházy Machine explores Haydn’s trios for the baryton.

Eileen Myles reads her poems "Your Name," "Snowflake," and "DH," then shares some “prose about poetry” from her upcoming novel.

Experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats stated that since plants are rooted and cannot travel he thought that they would like to see videos of other locations.