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Better Lawns and Gardens host, Teresa Watkins, provides gardening advice, landscaping tips, interviews garden celebrities, and answers your questions on turf, flowers, shrubs, and trees. Gardening information for gardeners who want to be sustainable and low maintenance! Topics and interviews include monthly gardening advice on Florida-friendly landscaping, water conservation, landscape design, themed gardens, new garden books, and colorful plants for sun or shade. Saturday mornings 7am - 9am EST. iHeart WFLA-AM 540 https://bit.ly/3594wWb The Better Lawns & Gardens Podcast drops every Monday! Subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Call with your questions at 1-888-455-2967 or text 23680. Subscribe to Teresa's free monthly gardening newsletter "In Your Backyard." #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #fertilizer #turf #grass #landscaping #fruits #vegetables #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #BlackKow #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #iHeart #TeresaWatkins #podcast #liveradio #Southerngardening #South #vegetablegardening #tropicalplants #tropical #iTunes #Amazon #Spotify #SouthernLiving #Bhg #Tampa #Tallahassee #Georgia #Louisiana #Texas #Alabama #landscapingtips #gardenadvice #garden #plants #tropical

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United States

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Gardening

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Better Lawns and Gardens host, Teresa Watkins, provides gardening advice, landscaping tips, interviews garden celebrities, and answers your questions on turf, flowers, shrubs, and trees. Gardening information for gardeners who want to be sustainable and low maintenance! Topics and interviews include monthly gardening advice on Florida-friendly landscaping, water conservation, landscape design, themed gardens, new garden books, and colorful plants for sun or shade. Saturday mornings 7am - 9am EST. iHeart WFLA-AM 540 https://bit.ly/3594wWb The Better Lawns & Gardens Podcast drops every Monday! Subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Call with your questions at 1-888-455-2967 or text 23680. Subscribe to Teresa's free monthly gardening newsletter "In Your Backyard." #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #fertilizer #turf #grass #landscaping #fruits #vegetables #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #BlackKow #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #iHeart #TeresaWatkins #podcast #liveradio #Southerngardening #South #vegetablegardening #tropicalplants #tropical #iTunes #Amazon #Spotify #SouthernLiving #Bhg #Tampa #Tallahassee #Georgia #Louisiana #Texas #Alabama #landscapingtips #gardenadvice #garden #plants #tropical

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English

Contact:

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Episodes
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S2 Ep445: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Mosquito-Free Bromeliads April 18 2026

4/18/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Teresa Watkins, is joined by Heather Stickney, marketing director of Summit Responsible Solutions, and providing organic solutions to have mosquito-free bromeliads, and flea and tick-free hikes, camping, and yards. The "Dirty Word of the Day" is “Air Layering”. Garden topics and questions include potted earthworms, when to prune evergreen shrubs, weeds and herbicides, success story on winter-damaged avocados and Christmas palms, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours Incredible destinations, beautiful flowers, iconic cultural art, at the Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa to experience garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowmanure #gardens #Gardentours #artinbloom #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #beauty #flowers #design #photography #flowersonInstagram #gardenson #Instagram

Duration:00:39:28

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S2 Ep444: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Native Trees For Arbor Day April 18 2026

4/18/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. And the Spring holidays keep coming with great gardening weather! Garden expert Teresa Watkins discusses with Quality Green Specialists Nursery’s owner, Dana Venrick, what native trees should be planted and what native trees will thrive along Florida’s coastline and alkaline soils. Teresa’s Top Five benefits from planting trees. Gardening questions include what to plant in April, success story on freeze-damaged avocado, African violets, sick magnolia, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours Incredible destinations, beautiful flowers, iconic cultural art, at the Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa to experience garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowmanure #gardens #Gardentours #artinbloom #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #beauty #flowers #design #photography #flowersonInstagram #gardenson #Instagram

Duration:00:39:31

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S2 Ep443: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Cheryl Harris Florida Irrigation Society April 11, 2026

4/11/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Teresa Watkins, garden expert, discusses important legislation needed for water conservation and irrigation systems with Florida Irrigation Society’s Executive Director, Cheryl Harris. The "Dirty Word of the Day" is Pollen. Garden topics and questions include squirrels, growing carnivorous plants outside, sprouting suckers from avocados, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours Incredible destinations, beautiful flowers, iconic cultural art, at the Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa to experience garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Follow Teresa Watkins on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowmanure #gardens #Gardentours #artinbloom #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #beauty #flowers #design #photography #flowersonInstagram #gardenson #Instagram

Duration:00:39:20

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S2 Ep442: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 FFL Nicki Munroe April 11, 2026

4/11/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins celebrates National Garden Day and April is Water Conservation Month. Teresa interviews Nicki Munroe, Environmental Horticultural Agent for UF/IFAS Indian River County Extension, about Florida-Friendly Landscaping Principle #2 – Watering Efficiently. Teresa’s Top Five Flowers That Thrive with Rainfall or 1x a week watering is highlighted. Gardening topics and questions include benefits of gardening, what to plant in April, fertilizing guava trees, preparing ground for grass plugs or sod, freeze-damaged avocado, hybrid elderberry, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Only a few spots left! Join garden expert Teresa Watkins on memorable national and international tours—including trips to Newport, RI; Martha’s Vineyard; Buffalo, NY; Niagara Falls, Canada; the Artiste Gardens of France; the Grand Gardens of the Brandywine Valley; and the Ethereal Gardens of New Orleans—perfect for sparking inspiration. https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, UF/IFAS FFL Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Follow Teresa Watkins on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowManure

Duration:00:39:29

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S2 Ep441: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Spring Gardening April 5, 2026

4/4/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Teresa Watkins, a garden expert, shares essential Spring gardening tasks for your landscape. The "Dirty Word of the Day" is Anther. Teresa also addresses April's newsletter Landscape Malpractice question. Topics and questions discussed include how to deal with avocado suckering caused by winter damage, frustrations over water restrictions, growing hollyhocks in Florida, tips for successfully cultivating gardenias, whether a fig tree can recover, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours Incredible destinations, beautiful flowers, iconic cultural art, at the Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa to experience garden adventures! Still have spaces available on popular tours. https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowmanure #Easter #gardens #Gardentours #artinbloom #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #beauty #flowers #design #photography #flowersonInstagram #gardenson #Instagram #GardenerDC

Duration:00:39:34

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S2 Ep440: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 How to Take Care of and Grow Easter Lilies April 5, 2026

4/4/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins shares tips on caring for and cultivating Easter lilies in celebration of the holiday. Her "Top Five Flowers the Easter Bunny Won’t Eat" is highlighted, and she joined this week GardenerDC to discuss her passion for public gardens. The conversation covers topics like this week’s beneficial rainfall, fun facts about Easter lilies, what to plant in April recommendations, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours Incredible destinations, beautiful flowers, iconic cultural art, at the Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa to experience garden adventures! Limited availability. https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowmanure #Easter #bunnies #rabbits #gardens #Gardentours #artinbloom #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #orchids #beauty #flowers #design #photography #flowersonInstagram #gardenson #Instagram

Duration:00:39:28

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S2 Ep439: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 Gary Bachman Container Tomatoes March 28, 2026

3/28/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by Dr. Gary Bachman, Heritage Cottage Urban Nano farmer on his Real World Gardening for container tomatoes. Teresa is speaking at the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival in Deland on “Florida Pollinators Gone Wild”. Dirty Word of the Day is Native (and related words). Garden topics and questions include Eileen’s new Drift rose, Desert rose, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours Incredible destinations, beautiful flowers, iconic cultural art, at the Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa to experience garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowmanure

Duration:00:40:04

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S2 Ep438: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival March 28 2026

3/28/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery in Deland, discuss the 21st anniversary of the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival. Teresa’s Top Five Florida Wildflowers. Garden topics and questions include bottlebrush tree, lubber grasshoppers and amaryllis, frost blankets, irrigation amounts, propagating camellias and gardenias, frozen lantana, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Only a few spots left! Join garden expert Teresa Watkins on memorable national and international tours—including trips to Newport, RI; Martha’s Vineyard; Buffalo, NY; Niagara Falls, Canada; the Artiste Gardens of France; the Grand Gardens of the Brandywine Valley; and the Ethereal Gardens of New Orleans—perfect for sparking inspiration. https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Mainstreet Deland Association, Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://tinyurl.com/59kzpavz Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowManure

Duration:00:40:38

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S2 Ep437: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Spring Garden Chores March 21, 2026

3/21/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Spring ushers in fantastic gardening weather! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, opens the phones to answer garden question and text messages. Dirty Word of the Day is Frondescence. Garden topics and questions include plant zone-appropriate substitution for winter damaged bougainvillea, nematode question, is there still time to put down a weed killer, when to fertilize turfgrass, how to plant an orchid in a staghorn fern, why isn’t my pear tree blooming, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s free monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours Incredible destinations, beautiful flowers, iconic cultural art, at the Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa to experience garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #blackkowmanure

Duration:00:39:40

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S2 Ep436: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Nematode Prevention March 21, 2026

3/21/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is thrilled with the Chamber of Commerce sunshine and Spring temperatures. Perfect for gardening! Teresa discusses pest issues and nematode prevention in Florida soils and how Florida landscapes are recovering. Teresa’s Top Five Heirloom Tomatoes That You May Not Know. Garden topics and questions include more winter damage advice, brown fruit trees, flowering plants to attract hummingbirds, how to transplant a tall bottlebrush, vegetables and herbs to plant right now, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join garden expert Teresa Watkins on memorable national and international tours—including trips to Newport, RI; Martha’s Vineyard; Buffalo, NY; Niagara Falls, Canada; the Artiste Gardens of France; the Grand Gardens of the Brandywine Valley; and the Ethereal Gardens of New Orleans—perfect for sparking inspiration. https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Wikicommons, Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowManure

Duration:00:39:30

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S2 Ep435: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Springtime Garden Questions March 14, 2026

3/14/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Spring arrives this week! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins answers garden questions and tells what to do in the landscape for March. Dirty Word of the Day is Trifoliate Orange. Garden topics and questions include soil amendments, is it better to plant in the ground or in containers, frost-damaged plants, delphiniums are blooming, is year-old fertilizer still good, are those tv grass ads for real, seasonal vegetables, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours Incredible destinations, beautiful flowers, iconic cultural art, at the Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa to experience garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowmanure

Duration:00:39:35

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S2 Ep434: Better Lawns and Gardens - St. Patrick's Day Green March 14, 2026

3/14/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins celebrates the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day with trivia and answering your garden questions. Make sure to attend the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival being held on March 28, 2026. Teresa’s Top Five is her Top Five Plants Green Roses. Garden topics and questions include this week’s weather, how to check stems and bark to determine if a shrub or tree is alive, when to cut azaleas, frozen Bird of Paradise dilemma, are avocados and mangos dead, Norfolk Island Pine, what to plant in the landscape in March, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours Incredible destinations, beautiful flowers, iconic cultural art, at the Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa to experience garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Heirloomroses.com Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKowManure

Duration:00:39:01

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S2 Ep433: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Mosquito Season Begins March 6, 2026

3/7/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Mosquito season begins! Garden expert, Teresa Watkins talks with Heather Stickney, National Sales Manager for Summit Responsible Solutions on whether the winter was cold enough to reduce mosquitos. Dirty Word of the Day is Diapause. Garden topics and questions include freeze-damaged staghorn ferns, chill hours, starfruit, clusia hedge, and tomato pests, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours , Still space available for the Newport Flower Show and Martha's Vineyard, The Grand Gardens of the Brandywine Valley, Buffalo Garden Walk, and Niagara Falls, Canada, the Artisté Gardens of France, and the Ethereal Gardens of New Orleans. Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

Duration:00:39:27

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S2 Ep432: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 March Garden Questions March 6, 2026

3/7/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins catches up on gardening questions received during the week. Make sure to attend the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival being held on March 28, 2026. Teresa’s Top Five is her Top Five Plants for an Irish Garden. Garden topics and questions include this week’s weather, root depth for annuals, time to use herbicides, dividing amaryllis, what to do in the landscape in March, and much more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours , Still space available for the Newport Flower Show and Martha's Vineyard, The Grand Gardens of the Brandywine Valley, Buffalo Garden Walk, and Niagara Falls, Canada, the Artisté Gardens of France, and the Ethereal Gardens of New Orleans. Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

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S2 Ep431: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Why Isn't My Lawn Greening Up? February 28, 2026

2/28/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins talks with Mark Kann, Director of Florida Operations for Sod Solutions on concerns that lawns aren’t greening up yet. Dirty Word of the Day is Kleptoparasitism. Garden topics and questions include brown tips on avocado, what to plant in March, can herbicide be used around the chicken coop with chicks, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours The Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

Duration:00:39:27

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S2 Ep430: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Edibles with Dana Venrick February 28 2026

2/28/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins discusses surprises with the winter freeze and how to help your edibles recover with Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery. Dana announces the Florida Wildflower and Garden Festival being held on March 28, 2026. Teresa’s Top Five Flowering Shrubs that should be planted more. Garden topics and questions include welcomed rainfall and weather for the next week, pruning tropical plants back, blueberry fertilizer, start looking for lubber grasshoppers, amaryllis blooming, desert rose pruning, mangos, avocados, is it time to plant bulbs, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours The Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

Duration:00:39:22

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S2 Ep429: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Classy and Efficient Hoselink Irrigation Feb 21, 2026

2/21/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins learns about the benefits of Australia’s latest water conservation irrigation with Annie Morton, Hoselink. Teresa’s Dirty Word of the Day is Cauliflory. Garden topics and questions include frozen plants and trees, how to determine soil moisture, what to do in your landscape, cherry tomatoes, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Only 2 open spaces on Teresa’s Revolutionary Garden Tour (April 23 – 29, 2026) and the Best of English Gardens and the Chelsea Flower Show (May 18 – 27, 2026). Join Teresa for these distinctive and enjoyable national and international garden experiences or other tours to Newport, RI, Martha’s Vineyard, Buffalo, NY and Niagara Falls, Canada, the Artiste Gardens of France, the Grand Gardens of the Brandywine Valley, and the Ethereal Gardens of New Orleans, perfect for finding inspiration. https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Hoselink, Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. 0. Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

Duration:00:39:28

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S2 Ep428: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Are Florida Winters Normal? Feb 21, 2026

2/21/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by the Plant Doctor and Better Lawns and Gardens Host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin to ponder historic Florida winter freezes. Teresa ’s Top Five Favorite Spring flowers that never fail. Garden topics and questions include landscape recovery and how to trim back Bird of Paradise, crapemyrtle with moss and air plants, Jacaranda has no leaves, tomato plants have powdery mildew, can you use Preen under bird feeders, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Only 2 open spaces available on Teresa’s Revolutionary Garden Tour (April 23 – 29, 2026) and the Best of English Gardens and the Chelsea Flower Show (May 18 – 27, 2026). Join Teresa for these distinctive and enjoyable national and international garden experiences or other tours to Newport, RI, Martha’s Vineyard, Buffalo, NY and Niagara Falls, Canada, the Artiste Gardens of France, the Grand Gardens of the Brandywine Valley, and the Ethereal Gardens of New Orleans, perfect for finding inspiration. https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/40nZkck Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

Duration:00:39:32

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S2 Ep427: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Valentine's Day February 14 2026

2/14/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Winter recovery is the mode of the day! Teresa declares winter is over in Florida for 2026. Garden expert Teresa Watkins celebrates Valentine’s Day with Valentine trivia and Teresa ’s Top Rose Myths. Garden topics and questions include landscape recovery and how to trim back shrubs, staghorn ferns, fig trees, best type of wisteria for container, will lilacs grow in Florida, tibouchina pruning, how to cut back plumbago, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Our 2026 Art in Bloom Garden Tours are now available! Join Teresa for these distinctive and enjoyable national and international garden experiences, perfect for finding inspiration. https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. 0. Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

Duration:00:39:03

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S2 Ep427: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Rose Care February 14, 2026

2/14/2026
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins celebrates Valentine’s Day and provides how easy roses are to grow. Dirty Word of the Day is Node. Garden topics and questions include removing Mother-in-Law’s Tongue, pineapple damage, will my plants recover, invasive elephant ears, bougainvillea injury, split leaf philodendron, plumeria, St. Augustinegrass sprouting, and more. https://rb.gy/0hzjxx Sign up for Teresa’s monthly gardening newsletter, “In Your Backyard” where you can read Teresa’s what to do in your landscape tips, Landscape Malpractice: How to know when to fire your landscaper,” Teresa’s Design Tips; and more. https://bit.ly/2YRBbsT Art in Bloom Garden Tours Only a few spaces left on The Revolutionary Garden Tour and the Best of English Gardens and Chelsea Flower Show. Limited availability on Newport Flower Show, Brandywine Valley, Buffalo, NY, Canada, France, and New Orleans. Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Ask about our special discount offer! https://www.artinbloomgardentours.com/ Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://rb.gy/gf8k3s Join me on Facebook, Instagram. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #podcast #syndicated #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow

Duration:00:39:27