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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

Genres:

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

Language:

English

Contact:

14077603966


Episodes
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S2 Ep404: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Jenny Rose Carey Essential Guide to Bulbs November 22, 2025

11/22/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by her friend, garden author, Jenny Rose Carey, to discuss her newest best-selling book, "The Essential Guide to Bulbs." You can get signed copies of "The Essential Guide to Bulbs" on Jenny's website. Dirty Word of the Day is Geophytes. Garden topics and questions include Bougainvillea ‘Torch Glow’, how to water perennials, where to place bluebird houses, 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 New garden tours announced! Philadelphia Flower Show, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer! 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:00:39:24

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S2 Ep403: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Thanksgiving for Conservation Efforts November 22, 2025

11/22/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Happy Thanksgiving! Garden specialist Teresa Watkins discusses her gratitude for sponsors, listeners, and conservation organizations like Horse Farms Forever and Florida Land Stewardship Partnership for their efforts. Teresa’s Top Five Colorful Fall Shrubs. Garden questions and topics include removing weeds and adding Black Kow manure, Lychee tree disease, winter-damaged Majesty Palm, dividing poinsettia; lemon trees, propagating Turk’s Cap, what to plant in November, 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 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list. Photo and graphic credit: Horse Farms Forever, Drake Ranch, 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:00:39:22

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S2 Ep402: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Nature Centerpieces November 15, 2025

11/15/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins lists botanical plants and materials found in the landscape to create holiday decorations. Dirty Word of the Day is Bacciferous. Garden topics and questions include how trees grow, Norfolk Island Pine trees, more lemon tree questions, flowering tree ID, gardenia leaves turning yellow, 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 New garden tours announced! Philadelphia Flower Show, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Special discount offer! 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:00:39:23

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S2 Ep401: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Attracting Birds to Your Yard November 15, 2025

11/15/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Broadcasting live from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden specialist Teresa Watkins shares updates on recent weather records and offers advice on planting choices that will help attract migratory birds to your garden. Teresa’s Top Five Favorite native trees to plant for Cedar waxwings. Garden questions and topics include the mulching fruit trees, how to divide staghorns, pinecone gingers, attracting bluebirds, lemon trees, what to plant in November, 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 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list. 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:00:42:36

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S2 Ep400: Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 Fern Fever November 8, 2025

11/8/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins finds out how Ray Roberts, retired owner of Central Florida Ferns and Foliage, discovered a fascination with ferns that became his life’s work. Dirty Word of the Day is Tracheophytes. Garden topics and questions include yellowing of lemon tree leaves, whether Christmas Palms need covered with the approaching cold front, Money tree leaves are turning brown, are Sycamore leaves a good mulch, getting rid of creeping indigo, 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 New Garden tours announced! Philadelphia Flower Show, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Contact for special discount offer! 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:00:39:09

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S2 Ep399: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Earliest Winter Chill for Fall November 8, 2025

11/8/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Winter temperatures will set earliest arrival of record lows for Florida. Garden expert Teresa Watkins and Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists discuss prepping the landscape and protecting tender tropical plants. Teresa’s Top Five Favorite Fall and Winter Blooming Shrubs and Plants. Garden questions and topics include the approaching Arctic blast, trace minerals, possible tropical storm watch in Caribbean, when to irrigate after a freeze, overgrown Sunshine mimosa and Frogfruit, what to plant in November, 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 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list. 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:00:39:28

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S2 Ep398: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Fall Chores For The Landscape

11/1/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins provides the Fall chores to do in your landscaping. Teresa talks about Barilla oven-ready lasagna noodles. Dirty Word of the Day is Woody Lilies. Garden topics and questions include what kind of grass to plant, Plumeria is too tall to cover, more full moon suggestions, 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 New garden tours announced! Philadelphia Flower Show, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! 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:00:39:32

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S2 Ep397: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Fall Prep for Winter

11/1/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins is shocked by last week’s rainfall and flooding and explains why it happened. Teresa’s Top Five Florida tips on How to Prepare For Winter. Garden questions and topics include cooler weather, how to subscribe to Teresa’s free monthly “In Your Backyard” newsletter, what to call Florida’s full moons, what to do after flooding, how to protect plumeria, stressed turf, dying Queen palm, what to plant in November, 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 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list. 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:00:39:30

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S2 Ep396: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Deadly Plants October 25, 2025

10/25/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins spooks producer Lizzie Steele with deadly plants that can be found in Florida and around the world. Dirty Word of the Day is Anthocyanin. Garden topics and questions include urban legends, safety in growing oleander, differences between Christmas and Thanksgiving cactus, what to do in your Fall garden, 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 New garden tours announced! Philadelphia Flower Show, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, Wikicommons 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 #Gardentours #artinbloom #travel #travelphotography #landscapephotography #tours #adventure #beauty #flowers #design #photography #flowersonInstagram #gardensonInstagram

Duration:00:42:01

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S2 Ep395: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Black Plants October 25, 2025

10/25/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins celebrates Halloween with her list of black flowers, ornamental grasses and tropical plants. Teresa’s Top Five Florida Black Plants to grow in Florida. Garden questions and topics include cooler weather and expected rainfall for the state, how to subscribe to Teresa’s free monthly “In Your Backyard” newsletter, when to root plumeria, planting carrots, new Floridian wonders if she has thatch and what to do about it, pyrethrins, pear insects, 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 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list. 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:00:39:25

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S2 Ep394: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 October Gardening October 18, 2025

10/18/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins discusses Fall gardening topics. Dirty Word of the Day is Canescent. Garden topics and questions include foraging, plant id, ‘Fire and Ice’ Hibiscus, sweet potato and herbicide, preventing artillerary fern, when to buy chrysanthemums, 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 New garden tours announced! Philadelphia Flower Show, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! 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:00:39:15

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S2 Ep393: Better Lawns and Gardens = Hour 1 Plant a Nut Tree! October 18, 2025

10/18/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined by Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery about the best time to plant fruit and nut trees. Teresa’s Top Five Florida Plants For Halloween. Garden questions and topics include upcoming beautiful weather, turf irrigation, growing garlic, new hardwood chips for mulch, pokeweed, persimmons, pecan trees, hibiscus tea, and more. 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 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list. 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:00:40:34

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S2 Ep392: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Dr. Gary Bachman in the House Part 2 October 11, 2025

10/12/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins and Dr. Gary Bachman laugh, discuss seeds, air frying kale, and how to grind peppers to make seasoning. Gary gets to explain his Dirty Word of the Day. Garden topics and questions include Gary’s book “Southern Gardening All Year Long”, marigolds, deer prevention, 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 New Garden tours announced! Philadelphia Flower Show, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! 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:00:39:13

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S2 Ep391: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Dr. Gary Bachman in the House October 11, 2025

10/12/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins is joined in the iHeart studios with good friend, Dr. Gary Bachman. Teresa and Gary discuss the Heritage Cottage Urban Nano Farm tomato and pepper seeds, glow-in-the-dark succulents. Garden questions and topics include the upcoming La Nina winter, Teresa’s Top Five Favorite flowers for hanging baskets, overwintering plumeria, spiders, marigolds, citizen research, and more. 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 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list. 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 #ProvenWinners

Duration:00:39:27

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S2 Ep390: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Your Fall Garden Questions October 4, 2025

10/4/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins Dirty Word of the Day is Corking. Garden topics and questions include what to do in your landscape in October, blueberry fungus, eradicating sandspurs, avocado and tomatoes, palm trees damaging asphalt, ornamental grasses to plant, great gardens to visit in Alabama, microclover, 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 New garden tours announced! Philadelphia Flower Show, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! 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 Ep389: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Your Fall Gardening Questions October 4, 2025

10/4/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins is saddened by the passing of Dame Patricia Routledge, aka Hyacinth Bucket, pronounced “Bouquet”. Teresa discusses best pumpkin varieties for Florida. Lizzie is happy eggnog is in stock. Garden questions and topics include what to do in landscape this month. Teresa’s Top Five Foliage with Great Plant Texture, amaryllis, hummingbirds in Florida, mysterious red papaya trunk, turf fungicide, new blueberry issues, and more. 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 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list. 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 Ep388: Better Lawns and Gardedns - Hour 2 Garden Trends 2026 Annual Report September 27, 2025

9/27/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert, Teresa Watkins is joined by the effervescent Katie Dubow, President of Garden Media Group on her predictions for 2026 garden trends. Teresa’s Dirty Word of the Day is Kusumi. Garden topics and questions include what to do in your landscape this month, plant identification, tall varieties of tomatoes, fertilizer, how to collect soil for testing, 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 New garden tours announced! Philadelphia Flower Show, Revolutionary Garden Tour, Chelsea Flower Show, and more! Come join Teresa on incredible garden adventures! 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:00:38:42

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S2 Ep387: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Time to Fertilize! September 27, 2025

9/27/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Garden expert Teresa Watkins talks with Dana Venrick, owner of Quality Green Specialists Nursery in Deland on Fall fertilizing for turf, vegetables and landscape. Teresa tells what to do in landscape this month. Lizzie needs to know how to chill bulbs for her garden. Teresa’s Top Five Favorite Fall Vegetables, and more. 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 Check out Art in Bloom Garden Tours for 2026. Come join Teresa on these incredible inspiration and sublime national and international garden tours. You can sign up for the mailing list. 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 Ep386: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Secrets of Growing Epic Tomatoes! September 20, 2025

9/27/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert Teresa Watkins interviews Craig LeHoullier, The Tomato Man on his secrets for growing “Epic Tomatoes.” Dirty Word of the Day is Amphigean. Teresa discusses “Can you have too many earth worms?” how long to keep black plastic on pots to sterilize them, using lake water for edibles and landscape, lawn issues, and more. https://bit.ly3c1f5x7 Graphic and photo credit: TeresaWatkins, Craig LeHoullier 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/3c1f5x7 #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #WDBO #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow #tomatoes

Duration:00:41:00

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S2 Ep385: Better Lawns and Gardens - Hour 1 Palm Diseases - September 20, 2025

9/27/2025
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Garden expert, Teresa Watkins, provides hurricane Ian updates for Florida and ways to prepare your landscape for the hurricane’s arrival. Teresa talks with Dr. Braham Dhillon, Mycologist, UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center on palm diseases in Florida. Dr. Dhillon has developed a new test for homeowners to determine if they have Ganoderma Butt Rot in their palms. Gardening calls and texts include white powder on palms, should you prune plumeria before or after a hurricane, what kind of soil for containerized citrus lemons, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Ganoderma Palm Test for homeowners. Join Teresa on an Art in Bloom Garden Tours – Check out the 2026 trips. Graphic credit: Teresa Watkins, UF/IFAS, Dr. Monica Elliott Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens every Saturday 7 am - 9 am EST. Call in with your garden questions 1.888.455.2867, or text 23680. #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #tropical #floridalife #photography #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow #tours #Chelsea #UK #London #ChelseaFlowerShow #palms #diseases #mycology #UFIFAS

Duration:00:39:18